A Blackboard with Decoupage

       

White-stain the piece of wood with craft paint and decorate it with napkin decoupage. The black square in the middle is painted with blackboard paint and the result is a lovely blackboard.

1. Use a wet foam stencil brush to apply the craft paint onto the wood.

2. Mark the area where you want the blackboard and paint with blackboard paint.

3. Attach the outer thin layer of the napkin onto the board using matt decoupage lacquer.

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Make candles with flowers

         

Using a candle mold you can make big and beautiful candles for your home. Dried plants are placed in the wax before it hardens. Here we have made both a lantern and a big compact candle.

1. Moisten the dried flowers and attach them to the inside of the mold. Remember to close the hole in the bottom. Pour in melted candle wax coloured with ivory. Mix 1 part of stearin and 3 parts stearin/palm oil. Fill up only approx. 1/3.

2. With a stick attach the leaves/flowers which have become unstuck.

3. Weigh down a melting pot or similar and insert into the mold. Let the wax solidify and remove the melting pot. You can also wait until now to add the plants. You could pour a little bit of sand into the bottom before placing a tea light. This candle mold can be used again and again.

4. Pour in candle wax approx. 2cm in the bottom. Let it harden. You can insert a candle holder in this mold. Pour in a little sand or gravel first.

5. The candle mold can also be used for making a compact candle with wicks. Pour in a few millimeters of candle wax into the bottom. Tie knots on the wicks, which are then inserted into the melted wax. Or you can use waxed candle wicks as shown.

6. Fasten the wicks onto small sticks and pour in the melted candle wax.

7. Place the flowers gently and hold them in place onto the side with a stick. Some will slip off again but keep on putting them in place whilst the wax is liquid.

Tea Light Candle Holder with Frost

A tall tea light candle holder with a metal hanger is dabbed with glass frosted paint, text added with a marker pen and decorated with a piece of raffia tied around adding the finishing touch.

1. Measure 3cm from the top and 3.5cm from the base of the candle holder and draw a line with a white gel pen.

2. Cover the top 3cm and bottom 3.5cm of the candle holder with masking tap. Press creases firmly flat.

3. Dab glass frosted paint onto the candle holder with a sponge. Remove the masking tape immediately thereafter. Fix the frosted paint when dry in an oven at 160 degrees for 30 minutes. Write a text with a permanent marker pen.

4. Attach a piece of thin special double-sided adhesive tape along the top edge.

5. Tie the raffia around the candle holder on top of the special double-sided adhesive tape.