Decopatch tips.

I am loving Decopatch at the moment! If you were wondering decopage is actually the craft, but Decopatch is a brand that sells specialist papers, glues and varnishes, and objects that you can decorate, such as boxes, letters and shapes. It is pretty much cutting and sticking, and covering objects to decorate them and make them bright and new!

My tips for Decopatch;

1. Make sure you put glue on your object first - Brush your glue on the surface of your project, make sure it is a bigger area than the piece of paper you are using, then just use a little more to smooth it down on the top.
2. Cut lots of pieces before your start - Unless I am creating a particular shape (eg. the cirlces for the snowman on my candle jar) I generally tend to just cut a lot of little squares that are about 1 or 2cm big and have a pile of these ready for me to use. This allows me to keep going with the project, rather than just stopping and cutting new pieces out all the time.
3. Use your colours - If, like me, you have a huge collection of papers with different colours or patterns, use them! For example, I wanted oranges for my pumpkin jar but I found serveral different papers with orange, and used a combination of all of these to use different patterns and different shades, but still stay orange.
4. Be creative - Do look for inspiration (I like http://thedecopatchplace.co.uk/ ) but don't necessarily just use the objects, animals and letters that you can buy. Decorate anything! Some things I have done before include jars, shelves, bins and drawers.