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msdoolittle
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Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2011 :  09:13:40 AM  Show Profile
In this new craft room we created, I decoupaged an entire wall with 1960s advertisements. I loved it so much, now I'm Mod-Podging everything! I just did my sewing cabinet yesterday. It was that hideous 1970s/1980s speckled wood finish, so I sanded it all down, painted it Dover white, and roughed all the edges with sandpaper. Then I sandpapered the knobs and hinges, and THEN I took some of my Mamaw's vintage chicken and egg fabric, cut it out to match the cabinet door panels and decoupaged the fabric right onto the sewing cabinet. I thought it was a great way to pay tribute to my grandmother, who is no longer on this earth. I will think of her every time I sew!

So, I'm totally sold on decoupage now....

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pinokeeo
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Phyllis
Oregon
USA
559 Posts

Posted - Oct 16 2011 :  10:08:26 AM  Show Profile
We decoupaged a wall once with magazine clippings that were all black and white photos. It took a long time to complete but it looked great when we were finished. And it stayed on the wall for many years.

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Annika
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Annika

USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2011 :  10:10:42 AM  Show Profile
Hi Amanda! I love 'podging! I've mostly done it with jar labels and small projects like that, but WOW! An entire wall sounds like so much fun! BTW, I found a DIY recipe for making your own mod podge! It works just fine for me, so I saw your post and wanted to share. Try it on a smaller project first, I don't know how it would work on a bigger one, since I've never tried it. Saving a few nickles never hurts

I hope that you are having a lovely Sunday!

http://doityourselfdivas.blogspot.com/2011/09/diy-mod-podge.html

Annika
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl

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Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 19 2011 :  7:36:43 PM  Show Profile
Thanks, Annika! I'll look into that :0) I really enjoy Mod-Podging. It's relaxing to me...I think that the smell takes me back to vacation bible school, lol!

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KathyC
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Kathy
Gastonia NC
USA
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Posted - Oct 19 2011 :  9:32:59 PM  Show Profile
The headliner in my van is sagging and I thought about removing it and decoupaging maps to the ceiling, wonder if the heat buildup would affect mod podge.

Kathy
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader

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USA
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Posted - Oct 24 2011 :  06:15:28 AM  Show Profile
Wow! A entire wall? I'd love to see pictures of it. Sounds fun. We use modge podge all the time here. We make flower vases with recycled glass jars and scrap fabric/tissue paper/photos/etc. We also use it to cover collages on the fronts of our journals, to make Christmas ornaments by covering recycled jar lids, and much more.

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batznthebelfry
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Michele
Athol Ma
USA
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Posted - Oct 28 2011 :  10:25:59 AM  Show Profile
this sure takes me back to my girl days back in the early 70's...remember the wooden purses that were done this way....thought they were so cool.....If you didn't decopouge back then you were an outcast...lol....Michele'

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FarmDream
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Julie
TX
USA
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Posted - Oct 28 2011 :  4:02:30 PM  Show Profile
I'm thinking of decopouging the MJF tshirt transfer to something....hmmm

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