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Sunday, January 22, 2012

More Sea Shells decoration - How to

About my sea shells decoration - this was a kind of decoupage work.  At a friend's dinner  we were served beautiful paper napkins with tiny rose motives.  I  asked our hostess if I can take one home, much to the surprise and brow lifting of the other couples present.  People who don't know me, think I'm a little out of my mind.  It is not easy to find paper napkins with small motives. This one was a find and I was very grateful to be given several.

From a 3-layered paper napkin, lift up the top very thin layer.  Cut out small roses or leaves or any other motive.  Spread a thin layer of PVC glue on the inner face of the shell and stick the cut-out on it.  Very gently rub it in, careful not to tear it.  When it's dry brush on nail polish.  Very easy.  All that's left to do is paint gold borders. I suppose there is a special decoupage glue but this method was good enough for such a tiny space.

Nature very generously provided some perforated shells.  I used these to make wall hangings.

As always I got carried away and made more boxes. Romantic ones.


 Three layered napkin.
Top layer only.
Tiny piece cut out.


This is how it looks before nail polish and gold border.  It is really very quick and easy.  Doing it was fun.

Blessings to all my friends! 


45 comments:

  1. Drora muchas gracias por el tutorial, a ti te han quedado fantasticas.
    Es dificil conseguir servilletas con motivos tan pequeños y tu has sabido elegir muy bien el modelo, enhorabuena.
    besitos ascension

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  2. Algunas personas nos miran extrañadas cuando pedimos algo "raro"...
    Tu trabajo es hermoso, me gustan las cajas y los colgantes que has hecho!
    Besos

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  3. Drora te quedo precioso asi, romantico y ademas el que cuelga es una delicia, me alegro que encontraras esa servilleta de papel con esos motivos, pues como bien dices, no es facil de encontrar, felicidades, Precioso y gracias por tu explicacion, besazos

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  4. This is a great idea, Drora! And as I said before I like the shels very much! Hugs

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  5. Asi es Drora, nosotros pedimos y guardamos todo. Para hacer minis usamos nuestra imaginacion y usamos cosas que otros no pensarian. Te ha quedado un trabajo hermoso muy delicado y romantico. Los cofres o joyeros son maravillosos! Un beso

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  6. Piękne! Ja też muszę kiedyś takie coś zrobić. Pozdrawiam!

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  7. Creo que a todas nos pasa, que lo guardamos por si acaso y mira a ti por donde, te ha quedado genial todo y muy romántico con esas rosas. Un besito y gracias por la explicación.

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  8. Que bonitos han quedado esos platos Drora y las cajitas son una preciosidad. Que suerte haber encontrado esos pequeños motivos y gracias por el tuto. Besos.

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  9. Well done Drora! Your seashells look so pretty!♥ Hugs, piikko

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  10. They are pretty. Thank you for sharing how you did them.
    Mona

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  11. Hola Drora, te ha quedado muy bonito. Gracias por compartir la idea. Que suerte encontrar esas sevilletas. Un beso..

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  12. Drora estas conchas te han quedado muy bonitas y las cajas estupendas.Un abrazo,Carmen

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  13. Hello Drora.The Size of The Roses is just perfect, Great find!Hugs Kikka

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  14. greetings from Anja & People in Dollhouse Kuuralehto (http://kuuralehto.vuodatus.net)

    what a good idea use the shells!

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  15. Te ha quedado todo muy bonito.Me encantan los joyeritos. Todo muy original.
    Besos.

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  16. Hi Drora! You're awesome! Thank you for this fantastic tutorial! I must try something like this sometime. Your results are amazing! :-) Jennifer

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  17. Very beautiful Drora, nice work.
    Hugs
    Maria

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  18. These look fabulous, what a good idea. :)

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  19. Drora te han quedado geniales y muchas gracias por compartir la idea.
    Besitos

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  20. han quedado muy bonitas y decorativas, gracias por la explicación de como las hizo.. Precisamente hoy he estado paseando por la playa y recogiendo conchas super diminutas y he pensado en Ud. Drora y sus trabajos.

    besos

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  21. Eres una experta de las conchas!!! Cada vez haces más maravillas.
    Millones de besitos.
    Julia

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  22. Wonderful idea Drora. Thank you for the tutorial. I love your shells they are beautiful.
    Hugs Maria

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  23. They really looks great. Thank´s for charing. They look so nice that you can use them as jewellery for yourself!

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  24. Thanks for sharing, Drora! It's beautiful!
    Hugs

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  25. These are lovely Drora! Very cleaver idea, I will have to try this as well because I saw a similarly beautiful napkin at a friends and have kept it for ages but not known what to do with it. Thank you also so much for visiting my site and becoming a follower. Love Pearl x

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  26. This look good I never thought about using that wow

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  27. Realmente preciosas,haces unas cosas muy lindas con las conchas!!!!!!! Las cajitas están de lujo y te ha quedado todo muy romantico y elegante.
    Besitos.

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  28. Drora, shells were very beautiful. I have the same problem - no tissues and napkins with small drawings:)

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  29. I have got the same napkins at home and I used them to my dollhouse miniatures as well. They're great, and roses are very small. You're right, it's hard to find a napkin with so small print on. Good job Drora, your miniatures looks amazing, as always xxx

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  30. OHHHHHHHHHH,una maravilla DRora.que buena idea,felicidades,un beso.

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  31. Hola drora,unas conchas preciosas,has tenido una idea ganial.Besos

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  32. Amazing work. I like the boxes and the wall hangings. Bye Faby

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  33. Che bella idea! E grazie per il tutorial, molto utile per chi sta imparando come me!
    Luisa

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  34. The seashells look really romantic with the small roses. Thanks for the idea. I have also perfored shells that I would made something to put hangover. I love the boxes with the smallest. Kisses

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  35. Qué cositas más monas, los joyeros son preciosos, gracias por compartir la idea. Besos

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  36. Te han quedado muy bonitas las conchas, son muy originales y quedarán preciosas en cualquier habitación. Gracias por la expliación. Un besito

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  37. Drora Hello, what a wonderful job of decoupage, fantastic! And besides that you manage to sort napkins with small motifs of roses. Congratulations and a kiss on your heart.

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  38. Beautiful! Those napkins are perfect for miniatures. And the seashells are great to do this with. Wonderful idea!
    hugs
    Caroline

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  39. Wowww! I love them! Thank you very much for the explanation!Hugs. Carmen

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  40. Te ha quedado todo estupendo. Eres una gran artista, ya sabes cuánto me gustan tus trabajos. El uso que le has dado a las conchas ha sido una gran idea. Besos

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  41. What a nice idea, never seen it before. It looks beautiful.
    Have a nice weekend,
    Ilona

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  42. Muy buena idea y te han quedado preciosos.

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