• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Dreams Factory

DIY & everything in between

  • Home
  • Project Gallery
  • Frenchified
  • DIY
  • Freebies
  • Recipes
  • Shop
    • Products I ♥ – Amazon
    • Products I ♥ – iHerb
  • About
    • About me
    • Link parties
  • English

DIY Faux Rusted French Labels + free printable

August 30, 2018 By Diana / Dreams Factory 16 Comments

Learn how to make DIY Faux Rusted French Labels by adding patina and rust with 3 ingredients you already have in your kitchen! Use the vintage labels to decorate different objects around your home and create beautiful vignettes for fall … or for any other season!

Hello friends! Are you ready for a new chic DIY project? :)

I hope you are, because today we are making some amazing DIY Faux Rusted French Labels! We will be using natural ingredients that will perfectly work together and will transform regular paper labels into vintage beauties, aged and rusted to perfection.DIY Faux Rusted French Labels

{This post contains affiliate links}

If you love vintage things, this project is definitely for you, because it has that right amount of rustiness that will make your heart sing :)

I designed some vintage looking labels for this project – all French, of course … I even added two ‘nail’ holes on the sides of each labels, to make them look more authentic and rusty.

As always, I used the French graphics from The Graphics Fairy, these graphics have a way of always inspiring me in creating something new… well, old in this case :)

DIY Faux Rusted French Labels

 

DIY Faux Rusted French Labels

I mentioned the 3 key ingredients earlier, they are:

1. Coffee
2. Cinnamon
3. Sugar

Each and every one of these ingredients has a different property that will help us achieve what we want. One will add patina and will create wrinkles to the paper, one will literally become our ‘rust’ and one will help us to position and better control the rust.

DIY Faux Rusted French Labels

This was a fun project to make, because I didn’t have any expectation when I started it. That really helped me clear my mind and just enjoy the whole process.

I have used coffee to distress paper before while making my DIY Coffee Stained Vintage Books or my DIY French Script Paper Feathers, but I’ve never used those other two ingredients that sort of tied everything together and completed the whole look.

Things got messy at one point, but sometimes beautiful things are created that way :)DIY Faux Rusted French Labels

Finding ways of using the labels won’t be hard, there are so many possibilities when it comes to decorating with these beauties.

I found online some super chic zinc pots that worked perfect with my new DIY Faux Rusted French Labels. The old zinc finish pots are from Esschert Design (Netherlands) and come in various sizes and shapes.

I’m sharing them with you because I just love them and I think they would look great in any house, no matter the style you are choosing for your home decor.

You can use the zinc pots as they are.


 

Or decorate them to match your home decor style or color scheme and come up with unique ways of using them. I kind of prefer this second option – decorating the pots furthermore..

But I guess that once you discover the powers of DIY projects, that need of decorating sort of just happens at one point :)

DIY Faux Rusted French Labels

You can also decorate jars and bottles or any other items that you think might need a little bit of makeover.
DIY Faux Rusted French Labels

I really love how my DIY Faux Rusted French Labels turned out, I hope you will give them a try!


NOTE: The little coffee cup is from Cosy & Trendy (a brand from Belgium that I love) and I found it online in my country. It’s from a collection called ‘New England – Patine’ and has an amazing ivory color. You can find more details on their website Cosy & Trendy, but chances are they are already available in your country on some website that sell home decor items.

~~~~~

I’m sharing the step by step process and the beautiful free printable that I created on The Graphics Fairy, as part of our collaboration, make sure you stop by and check the full tutorial, all the details you need to know to make your own beautiful rusted labels.

Click HERE to learn how to add patina & rust to regular paper
to make the DIY Faux Rusted French Labels
And download the free printable (with different sized labels)!!

 


An InLinkz Link-up

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This post contains affiliate links so you can easily find the products I love.
See more of my favorites {HERE}.

~~~~~~~
Now you can also check my new Amazon shop –>click here
for more 
DIY, home decor & kitchen essentials, healthy stuff and more shopping ideas,
Dreams Factory’s style!

~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sharing with lovely people at these awesome parties.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Related

Filed Under: DIY Projects, Free Graphics, Frenchified, Home decor, Paper DIY Projects, Seasonal, Uncategorized

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DID YOU MAKE THIS PROJECT?

Tag @bydreamsfactory on Instagram and hashtag it #bydreamsfactory.
Can’t wait to see your creations! ♥

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Follow Dreams Factory on social media ↷

  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Newsletter & updates ↷

Interested in DIY projects, home decor ideas and everything in between?

Subscribe now – IT’S ALL FREE! :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previous Post: « DIY French Faux Chalkboard Labels or Tags + free printable!
Next Post: Start Today 5 Minute Decal Transfer on a Coffee Cup + free printable »

Reader Interactions

Lovely comments so far

  1. Debs

    August 30, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    Gorgeous! Great way to take my coffee staining to another level,can’t wait to try this out,thanks for sharing x

    Reply
    • Diana / Dreams Factory

      October 1, 2018 at 4:47 pm

      Hope you will love this project as much as I did, Debs!

      Reply
  2. Renita

    August 30, 2018 at 11:34 pm

    Be still my heart. Beautiful.

    Reply
    • Diana / Dreams Factory

      October 1, 2018 at 4:48 pm

      Happy you like them, Renita!

      Reply
  3. Kerryanne

    September 5, 2018 at 5:31 am

    Diana, I adore the rust effect on your labels. It look so real and very vintage!
    Thank you for sharing this DIY rust project at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring it at Friday’s party and pinning too.
    Hugs,
    Kerryanne

    Reply
    • Diana / Dreams Factory

      October 1, 2018 at 4:58 pm

      Kerryanne, I was so pleased by their whole vintage feel and look.
      And the house smelled amazing while making them, with all the cinnamon and coffee involved! :)
      Thank you so much for sharing, many hugs back! ♥

      Reply
  4. Elyse

    September 9, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    Just love these! You have inspired a bunch of new projects in my mind!

    Reply
    • Diana / Dreams Factory

      October 1, 2018 at 5:03 pm

      Happy to hear that, Elyse!
      Have fun creating them all! :)

      Reply
  5. Ann

    September 9, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    Oh, I luv the look of these, such a fun DIY. Pinned. I’d luv to invite you to share it with us at Wall to Wall DIY Wednesday, which runs thru Mondays! Best, Ann

    Reply
    • Diana / Dreams Factory

      October 1, 2018 at 5:10 pm

      Happy you like them, Ann!
      And many thanks for pinning! :)
      I will definitely check your party, thank you for the invite!

      Reply
  6. Kippi

    September 9, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    Beautiful post! Happy Fall, Kippi

    Reply
    • Diana / Dreams Factory

      October 1, 2018 at 5:11 pm

      I’m glad you like it, Kippi!
      Happy and cozy fall to you, too! Let’s make it a great one! :)

      Reply
  7. Julie Briones

    September 11, 2018 at 2:53 am

    These are GREAT! Congrats on being featured at The Scoop!

    Reply
    • Diana / Dreams Factory

      October 1, 2018 at 5:25 pm

      Thank you! :)

      Reply
  8. Julie Briones

    September 11, 2018 at 6:35 am

    These are so lovely… and quite unique! I’ll be sharing them on my Tuesday Turn About #7 tomorrow! Hope that’s okay!

    Reply
    • Diana / Dreams Factory

      October 1, 2018 at 5:24 pm

      Happy you like my faux rusted labels, Julie!
      And many thanks for sharing them, I really appreciate it!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Hello, welcome to Dreams Factory!
This is my happy creative place where I share my love for handmade, DIY Projects with Shabby touches, Frenchified home decor items and ideas on how to use them all over your home, graphics, homemade delicious recipes and many more.
I hope you'll find my blog inspiring and you'll join me in creating soulful beautiful things, one DIY project and recipe at a time! ~ XO, Diana

  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

my new etsy shop ♥

You’ve got mail!

Want to hear the news first?
SIGN UP
to stay up to date ↷

Looking for something?

Most Loved on Pinterest

Latest DIY Projects

Copyright

All images and content from this blog are owned by Dreams Factory (unless stated otherwise) and are considered copyrighted materials. Feel free to use 1 or 2 images (except for step-by-step or long pin images) from Dreams Factory as long as you give credit to this blog and link back to the original article. Click HERE to learn more.

— Disclosures —

Links on Dreams Factory may be sponsored links or affiliate links. For full disclosures and policies please click here .
Return to home page
Copyright © 2021 Dreams Factory
Using { Foodie Pro Theme & Genesis Framework }
  • English
Dreams Factory uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our blog.Got itLearn more