How to Reuse it Creatively » CDs http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:38:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Experimenting with CDs and Jewelry http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/how-to-upcycle-everything/cds-how-to-reuse-everything/experimenting-cds-jewelry/ http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/how-to-upcycle-everything/cds-how-to-reuse-everything/experimenting-cds-jewelry/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:29:57 +0000 Lauren http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/?p=1503 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> close up of a necklace made from reused cds

I have been having some fun figuring out different ways to cook, boil, mold, cut and form CDs into jewelry.  I made a pretty funky CD necklace a couple of weeks ago.  First, I boiled the CD in water until it was fairly easy to cut with scissors.  I cut out the shapes I wanted and then placed them on a cookie sheet and in an oven at 400 degrees F.  After about 5 minutes the CD parts started to bubble.  I let them cool and then made a necklace with some vintage fabric and cord.

a necklace made from reused cds

I love how the CDs look when they bubble.  Looks like glass!  I will have to experiment more and make a series of necklaces.

close up of a necklace made from cds hanging on a woman's neck

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]]> http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/how-to-upcycle-everything/cds-how-to-reuse-everything/experimenting-cds-jewelry/feed/ 1 How to Reuse a CD to make a Necklace. http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/how-to-upcycle-everything/reuse-cd-necklace/ http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/how-to-upcycle-everything/reuse-cd-necklace/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:28:16 +0000 Lauren http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/?p=1337 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you all had a nice and relaxing holiday season.  I just got back from an amazing vacation in Alaska.  Although it was freezing (negative 40 F most of the time) it was great to spend time with my in-laws, eat to my hearts content, catch up on some sleeping and reading and have a snowy Christmas.  I am back home now and ready to see what 2011 has to offer.  This week, here is my offer to you.  Make yourself or a loved one a Happy New Year Necklace (:  Or, just make them a necklace from an old cd.

stack of cds on top of a wood table

I will be experimenting with CDs this month to see what creative reuse ideas I can come up with.  First, here is How to Reuse a CD to Make a Necklace Pendant.

cd necklace hanging around a woman's neck

1.  Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.

2.  Place a CD on a baking sheet.

cd placed on top of baking sheet inside an electric oven.

3.  Bake approximately 5 minutes until bubbles start to form.

baked cd that has bubbles all over it on top of a baking sheet

4.  Take the CD out of the oven and let cool a few minutes.  Cut to your desired shape.

5.  Use an exacto knife to push a hole through the top of your pendant.

exacto knife cutting a hole into a bubbled cd

6.  Sand down the edges of your new cd pendant.

part of a cd on top of a piece of sand paper

7.  String a ribbon through the hole and you have yourself a brand new creative reuse necklace.

cd necklace pendant with a pink ribbon place through a hole.

Now, this is just the fundamentals for making a CD necklace.  You can embellish as much as you would like to.  In fact, if you have a CD necklace you would like to share with me, send it my way (info (at!) howtoreuseitcreatively.com).

close up detailed photo of a cd necklace pendant.

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]]> http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/how-to-upcycle-everything/reuse-cd-necklace/feed/ 0 How to Reuse Old CDs to make Coasters http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/how-to-upcycle-everything/how-to-reuse-old-cds-to-make-coasters/ http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/how-to-upcycle-everything/how-to-reuse-old-cds-to-make-coasters/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:51:32 +0000 Lauren http://howtoreuseitcreatively.com/?p=117 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I have so many CDs and have been coming up with new and fun was to reuse them.

Here’s how to make CDs in Drink Coasters:

1.  Pick the most eye pleasing CDs.  Make sure that you have an even number.

2.  Make pairs out of your CDs.

3.  With a hot glue gun, make a zig zag glue line on the bottom of one CD and quickly turn that CD over and glue it to the bottom of the CD you paired with it.

4.  There you are!  Make a martini and use the coaster!

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