Home Interior: DIY Snowflake Books

Jesse together with I simply got dorsum from a mini opor-garai visiting his sweetness parents this week. It was a much needed few days of relaxation together with I returned abode inwards total Christmas-mode. I don't fifty-fifty know how it happened. I swear I was waving to play a joke on or treaters on my agency out of town. But resistance is futile. My Christmas wheels accept been ready inwards motion.

So, yeah.
My inspiration goes into overdrive this fourth dimension of year, together with I'm hoping to part all sorts of fun creations alongside y'all over the side past times side calendar month or so. This volition hold upwardly my minute Christmas flavour every bit a blogger, together with I invention to tackle it alongside both hands. I'll also hold upwardly sharing the occasional non-holiday-related project, too (like the mantel tutorial I'll hold upwardly sharing on Monday), hence hopefully at that spot volition hold upwardly a lilliputian something for everyone.

I aim to please, fifty-fifty though these 2 lilliputian manhands tin give the sack alone practice hence much. :)

Yesterday, I kicked off my opor-garai decorating past times whipping out my decoupage together with creating some snowflake covered books.

I accept tons of sometime books that I've collected through the years. I dearest to read, together with although I generally operate my e-reader these days, I nevertheless occasionally selection upwardly a pretty mass for a dollar or hence at the thrift store. I commonly endeavour to abide by books inwards hues of blue, green, together with black.

Yesterday, I tried something I've been wanting to endeavour for awhile.

I painted my books white.

And hence I decoupaged some foil baking doilies on them.

Voila. Snowflake covered books.

They turned out hence pretty that I'm going to accept a actually difficult fourth dimension non icon ane meg to a greater extent than books white.

I mean, I'll endeavour to create out it, but let's hold upwardly rational.

I simply dearest the agency they look. They brand for dandy opor-garai decorations, together with would also hold upwardly a actually neat handmade gift idea. You could pigment together with decoupage simply well-nigh whatever mass together with write a lilliputian message to the recipient inside.

Although, for me, that persuasion is to a greater extent than inwards theory. I alive inwards a footing where my brother gift wraps a plunger. Because that's what my Christmas 2012 looked like.

Anyways, they were hence slowly to make.

Here's how I did it.

For supplies, you'll postulate the following:

Books

White pigment (I used leftover semi-gloss trouble solid paint.)

Primer

Paintbrush

Foam roller

Mod Podge (I used matte because I had it on hand, but I would recommend gloss for a to a greater extent than finished look.)

Doilies (I used foil baking doilies. You tin give the sack abide by silvery doilies here and gilt doilies here. They're sort of amazing.)

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The commencement affair I did was pigment all of the books. I coated them alongside a coat of primer commencement (so that the pigment would stick to the glossy covers) together with hence coated them alongside 2 coats of white paint.