Vienna's 1st decoupage bag

A very happy day for my little niece, Vienna. Haha..... She was so excited. Why???  Because we had a family gathering & during the gathering, we decoupage a bag for her.

Before that, we planned to decoupage an art table for her and her sister Venise as I got this great idea from Tiffany Teske which make me feel something special which can do it together with the two little 'monsters'.  But when Vienna knew that a canvas bag also can be decoupage, she jump up & down so happily.  SHE WANT A DECOUPAGE BAG!!! So, decoupage art table project postponed.

Vienna's mom, I means my sister Nicole is good in decoupage.  She has been practising decoupage since 2005.  She owned a florist shop before she entering decoupage world.  Since we launched a new website www.howtodecoupagetips.com on doing Decoupage, we always get together for discussing some new ideas on decoupage, where to get those tools, supplies etc.  & of course, we decoupage together almost every weekend!!!

Wanna take a look at Vienna's 1st decoupage bag???  Haha.....

Back View

Front View

Basic Tools and Supplies for Decoupage

Recently, some of my friends comments that Decoupage must be a very complicated craftwork after they view my website at www.howtodecoupagetips.com.  But the truth is, Decoupage is not a complicated craftwork if compared to other types of craftwork and decoupage bring lots of fun too.

You can start decoupage even you only have some simple decoupage tools or supplies.

Here are some basic Tools or Supplies for Decoupage:

SCISSORS

-To cut out the images that you need to decoupage.

GLUE

-To stick the images to the object or surface.

IMAGES

-You can get from old magazine, napkins or even newspaper.

OBJECT / SURFACE

-Object or surface can be anything as decoupage can be applied to nearly any object or surface such as photo frame, glass, paper box etc.

If you had those tools or supplies that I mentioned above, you may start your Decoupage now!!!

You can learn more about HOW TO DECOUPAGE at www.howtodecoupagetips.com.

What Is Decoupage?

I am doing DECOUPAGE. When people heard this, they sure will ask "WHAT IS DECOUPAGE"?  I can tell you that DECOUPAGE can bring you FUN. I love decoupage. It is so personal.

Ok, what's so special about " Decoupage " ???

And what is Decoupage actually???

Decoupage = Cut ( from the French word )

Some people defined decoupage as an " art produced by decorating a surface with cut outs and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer ".

Basically, decoupage is the craft of decorating household objects, usually wooden furniture or papier-mache boxes, with pictures cut out of paper. It originated in the 18th century, to stimulate the beautiful, intricately hand painted lacquer items that were being imported at great expense from Asia, and early pieces are decorated with Asian art and themes.

Let us put this into a very simple way of explaination. If you can CUT and PASTE, you already know most of the techniques which involved in decoupage.

So simple as you cut out pictures, you glue the pictures onto an object, and then cover the object and pictures with a few coats of glue / decoupage medium ( any medium sized work ) to protect it. By looking at the finished object, you would think decoupage would be COMPLICATED but it isn't!!!

Sounds easy right?  Why not you start own decoupage today.

If you wanna know more about how to decoupage, pls visit www.howtodecoupagetips.com.