Cream Linen: April 2016

Sunday, April 24, 2016

A napkin case and an egg stand for spring!

Hello, hello dear readers!!!!

I have been absent from blogland for some days now and I can really say I missed it!!!. Although I have been very busy at home and at work, I found some time to do a few little crafts to show you today.

But before talking about crafts let me show you some pictures from my little world these days .

Oh , I’ m very proud of my little strawberry plant which managed to grow an amazing - for its size- fruit!

Look at it ,isn’t it beautiful? So red and juicy!!!

I adore creating little scenes with toys and other creatures , in the garden or at home . The little girl in my heart gets immense pleasure by looking at them and dreaming of fairy tale lands JJJ!!!

Easter is next Sunday for us and so I made an egg stand for my red eggs.

I painted a little wooden hen in a bright yellow colour and added a few flowery details, using decoupage glue.

I added a red ceramic egg, and voilά!! It is quite cute , isn’t it?

I had two more little hens and I opted for a white colour for them . I ornated their tiny necks with ribbons and put them on my kitchen shelf. I love their simplicity!!

Finally , I decorated a napkin case to use on my Easter table.

Step 1: I painted the wooden case lemon green .

Step 2: Then, I rubbed the whole surface with a white candle.

Step 3: I painted the case again, using a turquoise blue .

Step 4: I used sandpaper to gently rub the whole surface thus revealing the lemon-yellow colour underneath.
This way you make your object look old and give it a vintage style!
Step 5: I decorated it inside and on its sides using a favourite paper napkin with spring flowers and a decoupage glue.

Step 6: I varnished the case using a special matte varnish for decoupage.

Tadah!!!!