Hello Again!

Good Evening Everyone, 

Lately I have been experiencing a creative block as well as writers block, hence the reason I have not been posting on my blog, but I believe I have pulled myself out of this creative block. The first thing I have created in a long while is our family monogram to fill the empty space in collage pictures on my living room wall. 

Before

After

I am very proud of it and I will show a picture of the monogram with the collage of pictures later. 

Thank you for viewing my blog and please come back again. 

Creatively yours, 

Summer-Lea 

My first decoupaged plate

I am making a decoupaged dinnerware set for my sister for christmas and decided to do a trial run on one of my own plates. I think I did a pretty good job.

Decoupaged Block Shelves

Well I almost completed the block shelves for my niece. I hope she loves them as much as I do. All I have to do is seal them and they will be good to go.

If anyone is interested in making these block shelves yourself at home, I bought the blocks at my local Micheals Arts and Crafts store. They were fairly cheap. I painted the box with acrylic paint and applied 2 coats to the blocks. 

I used scrapbook paper I had laying around the house for the inside of the box and applied them to the box by using Mod Podge glue Matte (also purchased at Micheals). I cut the paper to fit each side of the box. Make sure you cut the paper to the inside not the outside since the inside is a smaller dimension. Once I cut the paper, I applied the Mod Podge glue to the back of the paper and  put it on one side and used a straight edged tool to remove bubbles and then I applied the glue again to the top of the paper. Apply 2 coats to the outside of paper. 

At the end I carefully applied my ribbon to the outside of the box using Mod Podge glue as well.  I would Mod Podge the whole box to avoid change in the paint color. Add the embellishment of your choice with a glue gun. Once everything is dry, seal with a spray sealer. 

Good Luck! Any questions please contact me. 

Block shelves for my niece

Well my niece's block shelves, I am giving her as one of her christmas presents, has officially been started. I painted them and now they are ready to be decoupaged. I cannot wait to see how they turn out. Ill keop you posted on my progress.

Decoupage Ideas

If anyone is looking for wonderful Decoupage ideas, I have come across many new ideas on Youtube. Yes Youtube! Who would of thought. I definitely did not think Youtube would be a useful search tool for decoupage, but apparently many people post their tutorials. In my search, I came across decoupaged canvases, wood transfers, decoupaged tile, etc.

  

Decoupaged Plates..Love this!

I hope you all find these ideas as useful as I do. Happy Decoupaging!

Mental Road block

I have been trying for days to think of the perfect Christmas gift for my sister and I cannot come up with any gift worthy craft ideas. She told me to make her anything as long as it was not pink. In my point of view everything is great in pink.

After watching a tutorial on how to decoupage plates, I decided maybe I could buy a set of clear dishes and decoupage them with Christmas themed paper napkins. Now I am not sure.

Tutorial for Decoupaged plates

I will keep you updated on what I finally decided.

Decoupage Notion

I recently decided to start decoupaging. I have always shown an interest, but never knew where to start. I created my first project last night when I was bored by using an empty wine bottle and some Christmas tissue paper. Oh my, I am shocked at how well it turned out.

I am not sure it is exactly finished. I want to turn it into a lamp (suggestion by my mom). I think it would make a wonderful lamp.
Any suggestions on improvements would be appreciated by anyone who is skilled in decoupage.

More projects to come.