Marbling Madness

I am mad on marbling at the moment. I have seen it appear online more and more. I had a go at home but never quite got it to work. I bought some marbling inks, which did the job, but I prefer the more vibrant colours that acrylic paint creates. A lot of sites say to use liquid starch to get the paint to float, which is not available over here. I tried powdered and spray - but this didn't do the job. I now have a cupboard full of starch! There are some more possibilities to try so perhaps I will have another go soon.

There is a good tutorial here on how to marble on fabric.

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left image from here plus good tutoral also, right image from here

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I love the marbled leather purse on a favourite site of mine, Scout & Catalogue. 

DIY Christmas decorations

These look like a great DIY project for decorating the tree this year, if skint after all the Christmas shopping! Although, I'm thinking that perhaps they are much harder than they look. These were created by Jasen Melnick, a graphic designer from the U.S who made these to give as presents last Xmas. Check out his Behance profile here.

 

DIY project idea - clouds!

Fun for a kids bedroom! LED clouds, find out how to make here.

Urge to paint shoes

Discovered these kitschy shoes on Nubbytwiglet (what a name) and now I wanna go, or rather add it to my long list of stuff to try and probably fail at...