Once you are introduced into its magical arts, your decoupage projects transform your life. The sorcery of decoupage can conjure presents and works of fine art and have them materialize precisely in front of your eyes. It can even time journey, creating aged furniture fresh once more and new furniture vintage.
One minute you hold a table napkin, a doily, a photograph; in the next, voila,your decoupage ideas have changed them into pieces of art! At its core decoupage's sorcery entails translating an image onto a primed surface; be it wood, glass or even ceramic. The perfected image, nestled on its new home, is then layered with finish or polish to materialize your desired artistic outcome.
Decoupage lovers have fallen in love with the arcane versatility of handmade paper. But you need not follow this hottest trend. With a attentive eye you could collect those candy wrappers and labels and even used stamps that would have found their demise at the local recycling center, and give them a second less functional existence as the patterns and decorations in your latest decoupage artifice. Similarly, left over present wrapping can find new utility as the verisimilar 3 dimensional pictures on hallmark cards and home-made hardback protectors. Simply apply the repetitive gift wrap images onto paper then slice them to fit their new framework.
Even Mother nature's miniature imps; autumn leaves, tulips, seashells, or parrot feathers can be gathered and pressed pressed into use as part of the elaborate detailing that changes every day end tables or jewelry boxes into stunning designed objects of artistic appreciation. Or the magic of decoupage can even rework something as uncomplicated as a shade for a lamp. Just picture taking that filthy old shade for a lamp, treating it with a good cleansing and then decorating it with a landscape conjured directly from the natural life, a fantastic tapestry with authentic preserved flowers and the used golden feathers from your bird: a witche's infusion to change that ugly old lampshade into a topic of conversation.
Even over-looked used items that are common in economy markets, the detritus of our manufacturing era, can be reincarnated via the life giving influence of your decoupage ideas. An old discolored although sturdy dresser can be recovered from its last resting place in the basement to be converted into an painting center where you save and coordinate your brushes and paints when they are not in use;or else possibly even a newborn's changing counter that subsequently changes into a storage unit for the children's toys as he or she grows up. Also possibly that toy chest can grow spontaneously with your child as you continually include new images of him or her onto it so that it turns into a enchanted mirror of your child's development and a little activity that the two of you share during his or her growing up.
Here is a a suggestion for you from a experienced decoupage master about which glaze to pick: A fast drying water-based glaze is ideal for defending pieces from scrapes and scuffs and even a little bit of heat. A heavier, oil-based glaze is the way to go with should you care to present an item that yellowed shade of an antique; you can even create new furnishings that crinkled or marbled appearance with an oil-based varnish, so that the modern becomes old again for the very first time.
Just think of all the promising spells you can create, every one of the low-cost but personalized present ideas you can materialize out of thin air: a set of penguin coasters for the aunt who loves arctic themes, a Justin bieber protective hardback cover for your teenager's english school book or a Steeler's logo for your football preoccupied husband's coffee cup. The possibilities stop only at the remote far reaches of your magical dream space.
Author Resource:
Karen Cooper is an expert in decoupage and has many decoupage ideas for youVisit her site at www.decoupageyourlife.com for more articles make sure to sign up for her free 10 day decoupage mini coursel
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