Decoupage Baby Picture - finished!

I used 9 coats of glossy Mod Podge on this one.  Plus glitter.  I think it turned out well.

Birthday Decoupage Project for my brother, Chris

I'm going to decoupage a wood circle with a picture of my brother as a baby for his 50th birthday.  Today I scanned the photo, printed it out on my inkjet printer, ripped it out and sprayed it with hairspray so I can decoupage it onto the wood.  I painted the wood with red acrylics with a little white mixed in.  I'm gonna wait until tomorrow to start decoupaging.  I only have gloss Mod Podge left so will use that.  I think it will be awfully plain so I'd like to use either silver stars (like the kind you got as a kid in school) or silver glitter on it.  I'll have to ask Mom if she has any of those star stickers.  What do you think?  Should I leave it plain or what?  Here is the picture of the original photo, from about 1963 and the one I printed:

Here is the painted wood circle:

Decoupaged Planter

I finished the decorated coffee can for my mom to use as a planter.  I used a DCWV stack called Taj Mahal.  It has different Indian themed papers.  I used 6 different papers from that and taped yellow construction paper with double-sticky tape to the can.  I almost finished up a jar of Matte Mod Podge with another 10 layers on this can.  I picked out the colors especially for my mom.  Her birthday is in a month.  I think I've got decoupage out of my system for awhile.  On with the pictures!

And here's the finished project!

Creative Update

I'm currently decoupaging a medium size coffee can for my mom.  It's going to be an indoor pot for a plant (I don't have any Outdoor Mod Podge).  It's her birthday next month. I've been doing a little embroidery on Beth's hot pink apron.  When I was in Olympia last I bought some more supplies, including crayons and fabric (evil chuckle commences).  Yes, I have plans!  I should probably finish the projects I've started.  There is an embroidered leaves on napkins project next to my living room chair.  Each one has a simple leaf design.  Already finished two. Will post pictures soon. Found a laminating machine on Amazon for only $40 plus the laminating sheets are another $15.  I can't really justify it right now.  What do you think?  It cost about $6.50 the last time I had my bookmarks laminated at Staples.  What would you laminate if you had a laminating machine?  Crafting is a total stress release for me.  I've had a stressful week.  Got into it with my best friend. *sigh*  I think I'm making a habit of creating when I'm upset.  Not a bad strategy at all.

"Blue Christmas" Box - Decoupage

Here's my first Christmas present for the year.  I realize it's only July!  I had this navy blue box sitting around.  I decided to decoupage it.  I used some papers from last Christmas, from a DCWV mat stack.  Also some glitter papers, the same brand, really too heavy to use.  The corners turned up on the glitter paper.  I just got some Matte Mod Podge, which is what I used for this project.  I applied about 5 coats when I added the layers of paper and 5 more to finish.  I just cut out random shapes and strips of paper.  It turned out pretty good.  I might add a layer of varnish later if I can figure out what kind to use.  It took about 48 hours for it all to dry, in 2 hour increments and overnight twice. 

My kitchen table, at the start of the project:

Then I added the holiday papers:

This is the finished box with the glitter papers and layers of Mod Podge:

This is for someone who likes blue.  Hmmm......!