Eat, Drink & Découpage

DIY projects #2, 3 & 4

Eat & Drink:
Introducing Jessica to the art of decoupaging was quite entertaining. Attention all neat-freaks: this process is not a clean one. Make sure your fingers are ready to get a little sticky. If you know how to cut and paste, this project is for you. This idea came to us after seeing this kitchen wall décor in the Vivaterra magazine. We didn't feel like spending the $$ on the entire set, so we got creative and decided to make our own version.

Supplies:
* Wood letters from your local art supply store (we purchased ours at Hobby Lobby... which also happened to be the only place we could find the ampersand symbol... that's an "&" for all of you who are clueless as to what that is ;) )
* Bottle of Mod Podge (we used the glossy kind)
* Sponge paint brushes
* Magazines galore!

We kept with the "eat & drink" theme of this and used lots of Bon Appetit and other foodie magazines. We découpaged the word "eat" in all different food cutouts, and the "drink" the same way, with cutouts of different drinks.  This process works better if you apply a thin layer of glue to the back of each piece, and then apply a thin coat over the entire letter once completed. Google it if you're still confused with how to découpage... this is the best explanation I can give for now :)

Project #2: Initial door décor:

Oversized paper mache letters were used for this project (23.5'' letters, purchased at Jo-Anne fabrics), and it was done the same way as our "Eat & Drink". Jess used scrapbooking paper for hers, and I painted mine first, then cut out different flowers, etc. from a magazine. Can't really mess this project up, and is a easy project for kids and adults to add a little pizazz to your walls! These were attached to our doors with velcro, but 3M command strips would work, too.

Project #3: Homage to "Friends"
Unfortunately we do not have a peephole on our door like our dear friends, but we pretended, and bought an old frame at Hunt & Gather, along with a small wooden #2 (for apartment #2 :) ) and hung this on our door in place of our peephole... and of course, it was découpaged with leftover paper which matched our living room!

Inspiration

our re-creation