My friend Rebecca hosted an Art and Wine party a couple of weeks ago. I was a little apprehensive at first, I’ve never done decoupage and friends together. But it ended up being great fun.
My decoupage experience is very limited. I’ve decoupaged one other thing previous to the party, it was a car bucket for the boys room to keep the million cars we’ve accumulated with 3 boys. I decoupaged it with the DK Publishing book “The Big Book of Things that Go” which had almost all of the pages torn out anyways. It turned out great and went with the car theme we had going in their room.
Here’s a picture:
The night of the Art + Wine party, we could choose from a tray, vase or bangle bracelets – I chose a tray. It was definitely a process of trial and error for us all. I learned about what not to do from my own mistakes. The biggest one was paint the tray BEFORE you decoupage the center. The other was I wouldn’t have used the quote if I knew the paper would wrinkle up like it did.
My tray didn’t turn out perfect, I could maybe get a nickle for it at a yard sale, but I love it. There is something about making something for yourself. It wasn’t for anybody but me. The upholstery I do mainly goes into to other people’s houses so I don’t get to see it everyday. I love seeing the tray everyday.
Here’s a picture of the tray:
I saw this decoupage idea after I did my tray. If only I had some of grandma’s purses still around….
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:22 am
I love decoupage! (As you can tell from the 18 boards hanging in our hallway and the 6 I just made for Winnie’s bedroom). I think that bucket is just the CUTEST. In regards to the tray, next time you use paper or anything thin, just put it onto the surface and use a ruler or scraper to scrape out bubbles as you press it down.