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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Brainstorm:old CDs, DvDs and Laserdiscs  |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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 Posted - Jun 14 2012 : 6:12:37 PM
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Someone gave DH an old laserdisc player and their collection of discs, one of them is Star Wars (Ok, cool) and the rest are odd music video discs. Well, I'm unlikely to move these in an Ebay lot, so I thought, hey- maybe I can upcycle them!
So far... I'm not doing too well for ideas 
A google and Etsy search only turned up a couple ideas like making Christmas decorations, painting pictures on them like those saw blade crafts, making clocks out of them, or resurfacing a table with them.
The vibe I am going for is kind of shabby chic and green... trying to walk a careful line and avoid "cheap" looking like slipping them under a candle or using them as is for coasters. (embellished versions I would be fine with though!)
I've got several old CD ROMS I could put to use, and these laserdiscs. Let me know if you've got any ideas!!
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2012 : 7:04:51 PM
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Laserdiscs have value. Some films were released in that format only, and are much higher quality. Do some research before turning yours into something that would render their contents inaccessible. You might be surprised who will be interested. My husband and I recently purchased a DVD of a movie that is otherwise unavailable anywhere, that was made from a rare laserdisc, so there are still people out there collecting laserdiscs and players for them. You never know. What seems like junk to us might be treasure to someone else.
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pinokeeo
True Blue Farmgirl
559 Posts
Phyllis
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2012 : 10:03:49 PM
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Once you have determined that you really don't want to keep them, you can make things like house numbers, banners, baskets and lampshades with them. You just need a really sharp utility knife and a magic marker. Here are a couple of examples of things that I have made.
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