Mod Podge!

I misunderstood and so didn't take a before picture. I used to make Mod Podge creations all the time. I've gotten away from it over the past couple years, though, because I couldn't come up with useful items to make. I still have a lot of my supplies, though, so I finally decorated the wooden "P" I bought to put up in my room.



I usually use stickers because I've found a lot of good ones over the years. This was a very simple project. I wish the picture showed it better, because the stickers are so cute. I first came up with a plan of what I wanted it to look like. I really thought the pink and green argyle sticker would go wonderfully with brown. If I recall, I bought the pink flowers specifically to go with the argyle.

I then painted the letter with a 2" sponge brush. I like working with those, because I think it has a cleaner finish. I did three coats to give it that nice rich look. After it had dried, I added the argyle strip. I had a hard time deciding how I wanted it to go on. I'd considered cutting it so that I could keep it on the edges. I decided, though, that it would look tidier if it was in one straight line. I was going for a clean, preppy look, so I thought tidy was more suitable.

The flower stickers were difficult, because I didn't really have a way to see how I should place them before sticking them on. I'm mostly happy, though, with the final result. Lastly, I brushed the coat of Mod Podge. My favorite thing about Mod Podge is the gleam it gives paint. I would have loved to put small-ish green circles here and there amongst the flowers, but I don't have a steady enough hand to paint them.

This is an old memory box that I found a few weeks ago when I was finally cleaning my room. I really really really dislike the color orange, so when I saw this lesson my mind automatically flashed to it.

First I started off by removing the metal plating in the middle, so that it wouldn't make the finished project look all bumpy. To do this, I simply pushed an exacto knife underneath the plating and wiggled it off.

Next I got out a whole bunch of old magazines and tried to get a theme or at least an idea of what to do. I came across these really cool rings that were in that shape of animals, so I decided to go with jewelry and animals. I started cutting out animal prints and jewelry that I thought was pretty and then simply pasted it down to the memory box cover

I don't think it turned out as great as I had originally hoped, but I think it's still pretty nifty.

*Sorry the after picture is kinda blurry!*

Congratulations! Nice works.

hppamela - 90 HP*
Clafin - 100 HP

*Missing before picture unfortunately

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My parents needed a towel dispenser for their old fashioned soda fountain. They had a new plain white one, so I decided to cover it in old Coca Cola advertisements. The soda fountain is mostly turn of the century victorian because that is when the building was built, so I looked on the internet and tried to find mostly late 1800 and early 1900 ads. There weren't enough to cover it, so I decided I would use ads up to about the 1950s.

I covered the three sides in the pictures, even though one of the sides will always be facing the wall, and after I was done, I used a knife to cut the seams I had pasted over so that it could still be opened to put more towels in it.

Wherever have you got those vintage-y Coca Cola pics, Sam...I want them! ;O

Samantha Granger - 100