Yesterday I was itchin' to do some painting. I kept looking at the random Polka albums I have and decided I would paint it. I knew from there I wanted to melt it into something, but figured I would decide what to melt it into after painting it. 

To do this I used about 7 different colors, I used one color at a time adding random sized Polka Dots in various sections of the album. Here's an example:

I then applied my Homemade Mod Podge (which I truly love!) to the top of the record. This painting process took me about an hour. You can apply as many or as little as you want of the polka dots.

 After the homemade Mod Podge dried, I put in in the Oven at 150 degrees. I placed a upside down metal bowl in the oven and then place the record on top of it. I let it melt for about 30 minutes occasionally checking on it. Once it was easily pliable, I took the record out (using oven mits) and folded the edges in the create a tip at the bottom. I then folded the top over just a little bit just to expose more of the polka dots. If the record starts to harden and it's still not what you want, it's no problem just put it back in the oven for a little bit so that it becomes pliable again. You can do this as many times as you want until you're happy with the results.

 Once I was happy with my results, I took a thumb tack and stuck in onto the Wall through the hole in the record. I'm going to use mine as a Wall Pocket, because my husband is always unloading his pockets onto miscellaneous surfaces around our house, so I'm hoping this will work out better for him. 

He also had the idea of buying those small battery powered white lights you buy to put on a wreath, and stick them in there to create a sconce. Either way I'm very happy with the results, and the new addition to our wall.

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