Dollar-Bin Tray Up-cycling

I got this cute little tray from the dollar bin at Target last Easter. I've been holding onto it waiting to be inspired.

Finally inspiration hit! I thought it would be fun to try out my new Martha terra cotta paintable finish.

It comes in different colors, but I like that I can paint it whatever color I want. It goes on very easily. You just need to make sure you put on a thick coat to get a nice texture. Once it was dry I painted the tray with my Martha metallic finish in coffee. Since I was planning on lining the inside I only needed to paint the outside.

Since I didn't want it to scratch my "new" bedside table, I put felt protectors on each corner.

Lining the inside was super easy. First I cut a piece of card-stock the same size of the tray and my fabric slightly larger than the card-stock.

Using my iron, I folded the fabric over and pressed it flat.

Then I just used packing tape to attach the fabric to the card-stock (of course you could hot glue it, but the taped worked just fine).

Once everything was secure I put it inside the tray. I even used tape rolls to attached it to the tray.

LOVE it!

Personally I think it looks FAB-U-LOUS!