Trinket box with Sweet Violets

Today I am going to show you my new lilac trinket box .It was made from a paper-mache oval box. I painted it with lilac acrylic paint and then decorated with my favourite motif -Sweet Violets. I covered the box with few layers of glass glaze and decorated with golden pearl drops.

Sunshine Award

Last week I received this Sunshine award from Scarletbutterfly from At the Beach Collection.

This is my first Blog Award so it is very special to me. Thank You very much.

The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whoes positivity and creativity inspires others in the blog world

The rules for accepting the Sunshine Award:

~ Put the logo on your blog or within your post

~ Pass the award onto 12 bloggers

~ Link the nominees within your post

~ Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog

~ Share the lovely and link to the person from whom you received this award

I want to pass some "sunshine" on to the following bloggers

AgaArt

Myszka

Ankar

Maria

Talulahblue

Anne-Marie

Gilian

Dragonfly Cottage

Durwin Rice

So shabby pink

The pink rose cottage

Birdcages & butterflies

The Plum Blossom Lantern

I was inspirited by Joey. Her project I found on Ikeahacker

I bought the cheapest lantern  covered with rice paper in a local DIY market. Few days before I bought lovely napkins Plum Blossom by Karen Fjord Kjaersgaard. I felt that I just HAD TO make over this lamp. So I decoupaged it. I feel the SPRING in my bedroom now.

Mother's Day Gift? Cute Pink Box is PERFECT

This is a perfect little Mother's Day gift, isn't it? 

This cute pink box is decoupaged with Cath Kidston's napkin and decorated with pearl drops and gorgeous white lace.

Cath Kidston's Roses on a glass plate

I always wanted to decoupage on a glass. Here I am going to show you the glass plate Cath Kidston's Roses motif . The background is a little bit transparent (I have used a white rice paper)

Cute Handmade Egg Money Box with Sweet Violets

Recently I made this cute lilac (Easter) Egg money box. I love violets; they are my favourite flowers, so I just love this one.

 

Love, Valentine's Day, Cherubs, etc...

This cute tealight holder with Cherub is perfect for a romantic dinner, isn't it?

Another one

Lovely romantic mirror

Shabby Chic Pink Set of Hand Mirror and Brush

That romantic set I have made for my daughter.

Next Easter Eggs

I have been very busy recently. So I want to show my few last projects .

Shabby Chic Baby Pink Easter Egg with Cath Kidston's Motif

Baby Blue Easter Egg with Daffodils

Easter Egg - yellow with tulips

My technique - napkin decoupage -pros and cons

My main technique at this moment is decoupage, particularly napkin decoupage (or serviette decoupage). In this post I am going to explain why I like this technique. As all decorations techniques, napkin decoupage has pros and cons.


For me the most important advantages are:
1. Paper napkins have fantastic designs
2. Paper napkins are very thin. Usually paper napkins have 3 layers, in decoupage we used only first printed layer.
3. Because they are very thin, paper napkins easily blend into a background.
4. I like the attention to details, very important for me is good quality and good finish – working with paper napkins it is not to hard to achieve this goal
5. Paper napkins are cheap


Main disadvantages arising from the use of napkins decoupage:
1. Paper napkins easily tear
2. Paper napkins easily get wrinkled while they are glued


With napkins you can decorate almost everything –metal, wood, glass, plastic, paper, fabric, ceramic, walls - the possibilities are endless. The only restriction is your own imagination.
If you want to know more about my technique -let me know -I could write more.