So on my journey to living homemade I decided to start out with something that looked pretty simple; decoupage. Inspired by One Pearl Button I decided to decoupage some dull wooden bracelets I got in a sale a couple of years ago to gain some confidence with the craft.
An experienced decoupager would tell you to start out with nice flat surface to work on such as a box or frame but being me I didn't research THAT part properly and made it difficult with the bracelets...All the in depth know how of how to go about this craft I gained from the link above, though typically I just took it face value with some of my own research into materials.
I used:-
- Wallpaper samples ripped into 2/3cm wide and 8cm long (collected by visiting a home store and choosing what I liked without being too cheeky with the amount)
- Wooden bracelets(I already had but got them on sale in a cheap shop)
- PVA glue (With a little water to make it shine and fix the overlapping edges)
- Clear nail varnish to seal
Results:
My mistakes; I'm not me without my constant array of errors and misunderstandings.
Some wallpaper nowadays is WAY to thick to use on such a small object but would work amazingly on larger items like tables, boxes or frames. I also didn't have a brush to hand nor money to buy one so I used my hands and it all got rather messy!
Borrowing suggestions and ideas some other cute things to decoupage with are wrapping paper, tissue paper, pictures from old books, old atlases, newspapers, magazines or even print out songs, poems or quotes. It also says seal with proper varnish.
