Sunday, January 2, 2011

No Mod Podge?!

I thought I had enough Mod Podge to last a while! But apparently it goes quickly when you’re covering a desk, a mid-size wall shelf and miscellaneous small items.

I honestly thought I would have my ribbon organizer ready to show you already, but as I am prone to do I’ve turned it into a larger project than I intended. Also, there is the aforementioned shortage of Mod Podge. I’ll have to stick with preview photos for now!

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The original. I was hoping to leave most of it white, but the paint was actually pretty beat up. There were drips in places and chips in others.

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The beautiful cut-outs in the sides are my favorite part of the shelf. They’ll support a dowel to hold spools of ribbon.

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Painted. This took two days thanks to the original high-gloss finish. Next time I’ll invest in a spray primer, stash bust or no… Some spots are still streaky, but they’ll be covered by paper anyway.

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I’m covering almost all of the shelf surfaces in these five papers. It’s looking pretty good so far, if I do say so myself! I’m looking forward to showing you the real thing.

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2 comments:

  1. It's going to look so nice! Love the cheery papers.

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  2. There are tons of recipes for home made mod podge, I think its 1 part water to 3 parts elmars glue, which is on sale for about 15 cents in August & September! So much cheaper than Mod- Podge.

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