Decoupage of napkins: how to make their own hands

It's no secret that things( gifts, interior items, clothes) are handmade nowadays and are worth much more things of factory production. And there are a lot of varieties and techniques for doing handmade products. Let's try at home from what is at hand, create something refined and original, choosing for this one of these techniques - the technique of decoupage, namely decoupage from napkins.

What we need for the operation of the

1. So, for a start, we are comfortable in a room where there is enough lighting and there is a large table - it will become your working surface.
2. One of the important moments of preparation will be the choice of the decoration object. Look around you. Let's choose something wooden, for example, a kitchen cutting board. Its surface is more or less smooth and smooth, and paper napkins can well grasp with wooden surfaces with the help of glue.

1. To decoupage by hand from napkins turned bright and colorful, we need the same bright and colorful paper napkins or ordinary white napkins with a color pattern on them. Such napkins are now quite easy to find in any department store, and for sure you have a few pieces of such "festive" napkins with flowers, hearts, etc. at your place after the holidays.
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2. Experienced masters of napkin decoupage use special adhesives, varnishes and appropriate compounds to join the elements of the ornament and the decoration object. We are at home is quite suitable ordinary PVA glue, which can be very slightly diluted with water to dilute the consistency.
3. We will apply the glue with a brush, so prepare it in advance.
4. If the pattern on the napkins you plan to transfer to the decoration object is small enough, you may need a nail scissors. Although with a certain zeal and accuracy, you can do without them - to break through the drawing manually, which in the future will create a blurred edge effect.
5. Our final step will be the acquisition of a coating varnish. Perhaps, this is the only thing that may not be at your house and it will just need to buy in the store for needlework. Ask the seller about the varnish, which is suitable for decoupage from napkins. For a more even application, it is better to purchase the lacquer in a spray can, aerosol.

Step-by-step description of the work of

When the preparation is complete, and all the necessary is already on our working surface, we will determine some sequence of how to make decoupage from napkins.

1. Separate from our napkins the top layer with a pattern.

1. Carefully cut out or break through our drawing manually.

1. Apply glue to the surface of the decoration object.
2. Put the cut out pattern on the glued surface and carefully spread out all formed wrinkles and bubbles. Remove excess glue remnants of napkins.

1. When all the elements of the ornament you designed are pasted, and the glue is dried, we varnish the entire surface of the decoration object. It is desirable to apply the varnish in 2 coats with a certain time interval for drying.

Useful tips for needlewomen

Do not forget that much of the use of decoupage techniques depends on you: on your accuracy, assiduity and imagination. If desired, you can create whole pictures with scenes, and use for this as a decoration objects a variety of things from wood, textiles, metal, plastic, cardboard, ceramics and other materials.

So, now you know how to use a napkin for decoupage to create a truly unique, unique and refined hand-made thing, giving a second life to the usual ordinary homely household items.