Monday, January 23, 2017

Creative Ways To Use Piano Sheet Music

By Amy Clark


Repurposing and reusing items for other reasons can be fun as well as useful. Piano sheet music looks great and can jazz up any setting in a number of ways. You can use it for decorations or other ideas. It's great to use for bringing the shabby chic theme to life, which involves a lot of vintage touches in soft colors.

You could get an old piece of furniture, like a table, and repurpose it using sheet music to create something entirely different. Transfer the paper to the table using Mod Podge, which is called decoupage. This works great for side tables or sideboards that can be accent pieces.

Distress the item a little to really create an authentic look that is vintage. There are antique stains available in most home stores that will finish the piece of furniture off beautifully. The stain will also seep into different parts of the paper and the random dark spots will have a lovely aged finish.

When it's Christmas, there are so many things you can do with sheet music, but carol sheet music makes it even more festive. You can make a paper wreath by rolling sheets into cones, starting at the corner. Snip off the ends of some cones to make different sizes for various layers. Get a circular base or cut one out of cardboard and begin gluing each cone around the edge of the circle.

Keep going around and adding more cones until the circle is completely hidden. The wreath will look like a fantastic starburst of music. Finish off the center of the wreath with a great ornament like a snowflake or tie a huge bow in a rich color like red for the season. To create an even more dramatic effect, age the pieces of paper before beginning, either by using a light stain wash or watercolor wash, or by "baking" the paper for a crispy, aged effect.

Music paper makes for great DIY ornaments, which are especially effective during Christmas. Papier mache tree ornaments are easy to make and they can be done in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Try making little gift boxes with ribbon bows to hang on the tree, or paste the paper onto baubles and trace patterns over them in glitter. Kids in particular will love this type of project.

You could create simple but effective gifts for friends using sheet music. Here's an idea: why not make some place mats for a couple's anniversary using larger sheets of paper? Laminate or age them for a great finish and you have a thoughtful gift that works so well in a vintage-themed or monochrome room. This could even be done inexpensively for a wedding, and use the wedding song for the music for something intimate.

You can add a personal touch to any wedding by collecting the music of the couple's top songs together. Wrap the paper around mason jars that have candles in them. Line the walkway for the bride with the mason jars or use them on the tables with the centerpieces. In fact, this type of accent works great throughout the venue as part of the general decor when placed strategically.




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