DIY - Decoupage On Metal And Shabby Chic Tutorial

How many of you decided to get rid of unnecessary items from your home and garden or replace them with new, tailored to the interior of your kitchen or bathroom decorations?
Simply by following my steps you can change any dull and boring object into an attractive decoration.
This is easy, quick, cheap DIY and above all you don't need great painting or decorating skills.

                                                           MATERIALS NEEDED

• metal containers/tins
• washing liquid
• acrylic paints (light, dark - ivory, brown)
• medium drit sand paper
• paper napkin
• kitchen sponge (cut for small pieces)
• small piece of candle
•  acrylic varnish (matt or gloss) 
• decorative string, rafia 

1. Wash the metal containers with washing liquid and wipe dry.

2. Rub with medium grit sandpaper and flick 

 the dust. This is a very important step before painting.

 3. I have decided to mix two colours of paint, a little of gold and a little of bronze. 

You can use any colour you have at home but make sure that the first coat is darker than the top one.

4. Slowly coat the tin with the base coat without leaving bleeds and bubbles. How I usually say, tap tap slowly your tin and leave to dry. This will create the smooth surface.

5. Now I'm going to age the container by rubbing a candle in selected places. Remove bits of wax before next step. 

6. Apply top coat of light paint leave to dry. At this step you can start cutting your chosen motif.

 7. When your tin is completely dry ( I usually leave it for at least 12 hours) start your shabby chic process by going all over your metal object with medium grit sandpaper. 

8. Separate the remaining two layers and gently apply the motif using Pva glue, when dry repeat the step.

 9. Add a bit of shading and finally varnish at least three times with acrylic lacquer.

10. As a final touch you can add a decorative ribbon or anything you prefer. 

Enjoy the creative process.....

Decoupage Clock And My First Giveaway

Tody is a vey special day and despite the fact of that day I'm not upset or unhappy. It is a round year of my birthday and all what I can say is that it ends with zero.

To celebrate my Birthday and a new blog design I'm going to giveaway one of my decoupage dream clocks. 

The simple idea of this design unexpectedly came to me out of my dreams. I was dreaming abouth millions of colourful ribbons waving over my head. Unfortunately I could not reach any....
Here it comes the clock with three colours of ribbon - yellow, blue and red brick.
The giveaway starts today and finishes September 5th.

TO CELEBRATE WITH ME PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION, SHARE MY GIVEAWAY AND FOLLOW MY BLOG.

1. What art of decorating I have used to make this clock?
2. I would love you to join my blog.
3. Share my giveaway on  twitter, facebook or your own blog.

Please mark your moves under this post
Remember anybody can enter.
The number of participants shound not be less than 5.

The lucky winner will be chosen randomly on 5th September.

Have a lovely day.

My New Blog Design And Country Roses Clock

Don't you think Karen is a very talented, creative and generous woman? Yes, it is Karen from My Desert Cottage. A beautiful blog about hobby, craft and friendship. This was my first impression when I visited her space long time ago. She helped me to realised my dreams and worked out other more complicated things in my head.

So, I have decided to treat myself very well this year and got a new blog design. It is hard to describe it just in one word but all  what I feel is romanticism and the desire to create.

Along with the blog design I have made a large wall clock with sympathy to the two pots of roses bought for me by my friend.

 Country Wall Clock

Unfortunately they haven't tolerated the atmosphere in my house and I had to cut them back and leave until the next year to flower. Instead of I have to enjoy my red roses decoupage clock.

Vintage Roses

To celebrate my new blog design I'm going to spread some love and run a giveaway. The piece I'll be giving away is very special to me. I will tell you some more in my next post.

All the best.

Clothes Hangers With Crackle Ground Effect

I’m extremely excited because I just received a beautiful small decorative  pillow. It's stylish, delicate olive colour with an elegant bow at the top and it was the giveaway prize from Random Button run by the Not Mass Produced blog a couple weeks ago. 

Laura is the owner of this creative shop and makes a great selection of bespoke fashion accessories and interiors. This little pillow perfectly matched my velvet sofa and I decided to picture my clothes hangers with it. 

 The hangers are a part of my small 'Old Country Roses Collection' and are painted in a vanilla bean colour and finished with a crackle medium and golden pigments.

Decoupage Clock - Artificial Marble And Decorative Painting

Everyone of us probably has a person they admire, someone who influences us or just gives us a kick to live. For me - decoupage is my kick. It stimulates my mind and awakens my imagination. I like relaxing with a paint brush in my hands and afterwards a glass of wine.
I have decided to try new technique. I took me a while to be ready for it, but once I was, I didn't even have to practise how to learn it - I just sat down and did it.
This is my first clock using a marble effect and hopefully you like it. 

The piece is finished in matte, further highlighting the vintage style of the clock.

I decided to stay with grey as a main colour with a litte bit of purple and blue, and obviously this beautiful young little girl had peered at me all the time in thoughtfulness.