INTERIOR DESIGN: doily

Kamis, 13 Desember 2012

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Doily Print Clay Dough Ornaments Tutorial

In my last blog post, Bright White Clay Dough, I shared a recipe and directions for how to make your own white clay dough and ornaments using cornstarch, baking soda, water, and a little creativity.

Now let's take it a step further and make some ornaments with doily imprints on them! Your friends and family will be so impressed and will think that you spent hours working on these, when in reality, they are super simple to make and take no time at all.

To make these you will need one batch

of Bright White Clay Dough. The recipe

and directions can be found here.

Unlike salt dough (which has a golden appearance),
Clay Dough has a silky texture and does not darken
during baking but remains a bright white.

Doily Print Clay Dough Ornaments

Prepare a batch of clay dough as directed here.

Roll clay to 1/4 thickness. Position doily on clay as desired.

Using a rolling pin, gently imprint the doily into the dough by rolling back and

forth a few times.

Slowly remove the doily to reveal your doily-imprinted clay.

Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes and bake as directed in the recipe.

Completed baked clay dough ornament.

You can leave them white, or add color...

Here are the results of my color experiments:

If you want to create a contrast, gently blot the finished design with an ink pad.

Here is the same star from above. I blotted it with a damp paper towel to soften

the ink and spread the color throughout the ornament.

Next I blotted it with white ink. I like this snowy effect.

Here it is with a heavy blue coat of ink.

What do you think?

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Don't know what to do with all those old remnants of lace and inherited doilies? Check out these unique and fun ways to recycle and reuse these fading treasures.

Don't have any doilies of your own? Check your local thrift shops and yard sales and I think you'll be surprised at how plentiful (and inexpensive) these beauties are.

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Doily lamp shade from A Beautiful Mess

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Lace bib necklace by Urban Heirlooms via Etsy

Lace & doily lampshades

crochet lamps by NICE (by Naughty Secretary Club)

More doily lampshades

I think I like this one the most

Lace resist painting: lay lace on paper, spray with clear gloss spray, remove lace, paint with watercolors

For the project above you need:

Spray gloss finish Watercolor paints Doilies Yupo paper

You can use any type of paper for this project but the Yupo is recommended because is its less absorbent so it creates a great resist. To make, place the lace on the paper and spray the gloss spray through the lace onto the paper. Then remove the lace and paint the sprayed paper with watercolor paints. Project by Christine Adolph.

Necklaces of antique lace preserved behind glass by Dishfunctional Designs

Printing with lace (above and below) from Martha

Lace printed stationary

Make a lace heart garland by wrapping lace around cookie cutters and coating with decoupage medium

Lace doily candle holder: made by soaking doilies in wallpaper glue or sugar starch and forming around a balloon. Sugar starch is 1/4c water mixed with 3/4 cup granulated sugar. For more permanency use fabric stiffener such as Stiffy.