By Becky Striepe •
May 20, 2009
[Freshly stained dresser. Photo by Lenore MacLeod-Bickley]
We’ve all got pieces of furniture that look like they’re on the way out. When I first moved to Atlanta, a friend gave me a coffee table. I had no money and very little furniture, so I was grateful even though the table was sort of…well…it was ugly, alright? It was an ugly, ugly table. Rather than pitch it, I decided to give it a fresh coat of white paint and try my hand at a mosaic. We still have that little coffee table living out on the front porch! It’s a little bit dusty at the moment, but I’ll show you a picture if you promise not to judge my housekeeping skills:
By Jackie Hernandez •
April 15, 2009
Sewing pattern tissue has a great graphic quality. If you have some vintage or used sewing patterns laying around, consider reusing them for art, home decor, jewelry, or anything else you can decoupage. Here are a bunch of inspiring ideas for reusing sewing pattern tissue paper.
By Jamie Ervin •
December 17, 2008
I decided that the kiddos would make these fabulous decoupaged canisters. We would then fill them with all kinds interesting things.
Idea #1: Fill with little love notes or notes of inspiration and gift, the receiver gets to draw a note out to read anytime they are feeling a bit blue.
Idea #2: Makes adorable wrapping and the receiver can then use the tub to hold all kinds of nifty things.
Idea #3: The kids can use them to store collections of rocks, stickers, leaves, play jewels, whatever…
Idea #4: Two words: Time Capsule
Idea #5: Sharing tub- fill it with a surprise (love note, treasured toy, gift, etc…) then pass it on to a sibling who will do the same in a weeks time. Keep it moving.
Idea #6: Your Ideas? Share in the comments!
How to make these fabulous little tubs-
