Lazy Dione? Not today! Lazy Susan? Yes!

I’m on Pinterest. Pinterest to a woman is like a honey to do list for men, in that there are so many things that don’t get done. I have so many items pinned. Creations I want to mimic, new recipes to try, outfits to recreate, haircuts to dream of, places to visit, my to do list grows and grows. I have however done many recipes that I created another board titled "Recipes that I have Tried and Liked". Partly because I need organization in my life, but mostly because I am getting older and I forget that I pinned it and then I pin it again.

Friday, Darryl and I hit a few garage sales and I found this really useful Lazy Susan. I wonder how in the world they named this handy little rotating tray a Lazy Susan? Do you know?

The problem is there was a letter L etched into the wood. We don't have any L's in our household. I suppose I could say it stood for Lazy, but after being indoctrinated into all the creativity that Pinterest affords I decided to put some of that knowledge to use. I have seen all kinds of really cool items refurbished with fabric, scrapbook paper, and other items, so why not our Lazy Susan? So off to Hobby Lobby I went!

I bought some scrapbooking paper, four sheets total for a whopping $1.18.

I then decided I wanted the crosses for the background and the words for the cross. I used a cross off my wall and laid it on top of the Lazy Susan and it fit, so I traced the design on the paper.  The cross was bigger than the 12 x 12 scrapbook paper, so I had to overlap it on another one. Next, I cut the cross out and set it aside.

Since the scrapbook paper would not fit over the Lazy Susan and I only had two pieces of paper I had to cut the paper in quarters. Most people would have probably used a compass or some other mathematical way to determine how to cut the paper, but I am one of those people who think the world would be fine without numbers. I elected to turn the Lazy Susan over and put the corner of the paper in the center of the Lazy Susan and marked a couple of pencil marks on the paper, then I put the Lazy Susan on top of the paper, lining up the marks and then traced the outline. Then I cut it out and used that pattern to cut three more.

Then I laid it out all to see if it fit and how it looked. It fit, but the two colors did not contrast at all and I thought the outline of the cross was getting lost in all the crosses. So I took my trust black Sharpie pen and outlined the cross. Laid it out all all again and I liked it much better. Then I took the Mod Podge and put it on the back of the paper and then put them on the top of the Lazy Susan until the entire Lazy Susan was covered with the cross scrapbook paper and let it dry. Then I put the cross I cut out with the words on it and mod podge it on top, let it dry and then added a second coat and wa-la...our new Lazy Susan that will sit on our new custom made stone table.

Now when you need something on the other side of the table, just give it a whirl. So for $3.18, we have a new Lazy Susan. I also seen on Pinterest that some people put the Lazy Susan in their fridge with all their condiments on it and they can just turn it and get what they need, but this one is too pretty to put in the fridge, so it will sit on the table for now.