My First Foray into Furniture - Red Wooden Table with Striped Top

With some of my mom's arrangements.
Aren't they lovely?

I found this small table (stool?) in my mom's laundry room, covered by a pile of newspapers, and I located some red paint in the cluttered (but not for long...) garage.  I used striped paper and Mod Podge to cover the top surface of the table.  I'm going to make several more red pieces using the coordinating paper.

It isn't perfect, but it's pretty darn cute for a free stool that I made using crap I found around the house.  I learned a couple of things that I already knew, like patience is a virtue, and if you are not patient you can cause flaws in your work, and then you'll be really disappointed in yourself because you should know better.  Overall it turned out pretty adorbz though.

Step-By-Step Photos after the jump.

First, I sanded her down with
my new sanding block.

The little tablestool that could.

Then I spray painted it red.  Two coats.

Then I attached the paper to the top
using Mod Podge, and smoothed for about
2 minutes to make sure no bubbles formed.
Then a thin layer on the outside of the paper.

A flaw caused by sandpapering off the edges
of the paper before the Mod Podge was dry.
I covered it with another piece of paper.

Second verse, same as the first.

Nearly finished - just need to add one
more coat.

Peacock Decoupage Wooden Lettering

Val is my gorgeous red-headed sister

This is the 3rd set of letters I made, and I made 2 huge breakthroughs: I bought a Paper Studio craft knife and I discovered the joys of using spray adhesive.  That stuff is truly amazeballs.  Together they make covering things in beautiful paper a true dream.  Don't leave me at the house alone, or you may come back to see I've Podged the whole place.

This enables my insane need for perfection.

My newest love.

Choose the paper you want for each letter, and lay the paper face down.  Spray the adhesive on the back of the paper, then stick the letter on the paper, also face down.  Then, using the knife and a cutting mat, trim around the

edges of the letter and ta-da!

Same-Same Picture Frame - Chance's Birthday Gift

The jingle pretty much writes itself.

My friend Chance has started a movement called Same-Same (c) whereby he finds pictures of two seemingly unrelated persons, and juxtaposes them in a hilarious way.  He is masterful at it.  He should be on Bitch Stole My Look with Joan Rivers.

So I decoupaged him a Same-Same picture frame.

Monticello stack and alphabet punchouts

Wooden frame without glass - $1

Carly's Birthday Gift - Decoupage Wall Lettering

I combined coordinating scrapbook papers and wooden letters to make a gift for my precious little sister's 17th birthday.  I painted the letters white (for some reason, white spray paint totally didn't work on these - I guess it's because of the cardboard-esque texture), then traced the letters onto paper and cut the paper letters out and affixed the paper to the fronts of the letters.  After that I decorated each letter with various notions using regular white Elmer's Glue.  Finally, I covered the letters with the shiny Mod Podge and glued them to a length of ribbon.

Materials: Letters, Scrapbook Paper Pads, Glossy White Acrylic Paint,
Mod Podge, Scissors, Ribbon, Pencil

The cutest wooden letters at Michael's.  $2 each.

All the different types of Mod Podge.  I actually ended up
using the Shiny type, which was $7.99/16oz.

Most of the thick ribbon spools were $3.99.
I decided I couldn't go wrong with a basic white.

Scrapbooking Paper $19.99