Mod Podge Fun!

Marj MRC Creations
by Marj MRC Creations
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I've been having a good time playing around with more Mod Podge/decoupage projects than ever. I had done some MP on furniture a few times - table tops, inside of drawers and on chairs (you can click on my profile and check out my projects posted here at Hometalk!), but after a fun meet-up in NYC's Hometalk office in February and learning about some Mod Podge sites and FB pages (thanks, Stacy Davis! ;) ), I am now hooked on covering so many more items with napkins, tissue papers, wrapping paper ... you name it!


Here are some fun things I've done recently. I hope this gives you the urge to give it a try and just have a good time with this wonderful medium. Mod Podge comes in many varieties, so you'll want to Google to see what might work best for which projects, and you can also make your own formula using about 2/3 parts of regular white glue (the school stuff) and 1/3 part of water, well mixed. I use this as well and it's worked fine.

Search for " Mod Podge projects" or "ideas using Mod Podge" as there are just too many directions for various projects for me to include here. Enjoy!

Finished arts and crafts! Those hearts were paper maché bowls that I've had lying around forever, so it's nice that they're finally being put to use.

These were covered in napkins I got at the Dollar store. One is now my mother's and the other will go to the cottage.

This is a napkin from the dollar store as well.

I went all artsy on this fun bottle I picked up at a thrift shop for $2. It was already covered in a white enamel, so it saved me from painting it white before doing the mod podge. Most napkins and tissue papers look better when the background is white, or a light colour, as the paper gets very transparent and will pop with a colour behind it. Some people paint their items black, red or any colour at all, so look at your papers and see what might work best.

I used two napkin designs on this bottle, some rubber stamping, glued beads and also painted yellow here and there. I then covered the whole project with two coats of glossy Mod Podge.

I LOVE this dragonfly napkin design! I bought it at Amazon.ca. I got this IKEA cache-pot at a thrift store for $2.

I LOVE this dragonfly napkin design! I bought it at Amazon.ca.

Suggested materials:
  • Tissue paper   (Michaels)
  • Napkins   (Dollar stores, Amazon, gift shops)
  • Mod Podge   (WalMart, Amazon, craft stores)
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  • Jessica Cossin Jessica Cossin on Apr 14, 2017

    I've just recently started Modge Podge'g. It gets addicting... do you take the white backing off of the napkin when you use them? Or do you use them with the paper backing? Also do you thin out your MP with a little water or leave it full strength? Sorry for the list of questions, but like I said, I'm a newbie. Any help would be very greatly appreciated! Your work is fantastic!

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