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today i have a step-by-step tutorial on how to decoupage napkins onto a glass bowl
i have a few tips and tricks so stay tuned and i'll show you them also if you've gone back and
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i thrifted this glass bowl for 79 cents and you're gonna need some mod podge
you can either use matte or gloss and a couple napkins and a little paint brush
the first thing i do before i mod podge anything with glass is i use an alcohol wipe these are
actually the ones you can buy to clean your glasses and they work really well for making sure
that there's no grease or stains or anything on your bowl and leave a nice clean working surface
now you can use any napkins i picked these up at the dollar store quite a while ago
and i'm going to use two different patterns and you just want to use the top layer of
the napkin so you want to take the other two layers apart and get ready to put it on your
bowl and you want to cut your napkin so it's just a little bit bigger than the bowl itself
now when we go to mod podge this on the bowl you want to make sure the pattern is facing
inside so you can see it on the inside of the bowl
and now we're ready to apply the mod podge now i find myself i don't like to put any mod podge on
the actual glass bowl i like to put it right on top of the napkin and it will soak right through
into the glass bowl and then adhere to it and i'm just going to do very small strokes working
towards the edge of the bowl be very gentle you don't want to put too much pressure on and then
rip the napkin so you just practice it takes a little bit of a knack to know how hard you want to
push down and how much mod podge to put on but as you can see i have quite a liberal amount that i'm
putting on and i'm just working from the center of the bowl to the rim before it starts to go down
and now i'm going to start working down the sides of the bowl now with this project we're going to
embrace the wrinkles a little bit you're going to get some wrinkles because the bowl is round
and the napkin is going to have folds in it it's going to have a little bit of wrinkles i actually
kind of like that look so just take your time and then just work always working down towards
the bottom of the bowl don't bring your brush up just push the mod podge into the napkin lightly
and push down and if you have a little wrinkle or a little bubble just work it out and work it down
you can do this exact same process on a glass plate also and you wouldn't have
as many wrinkles and as many little folds in the napkin because you're working with a flat surface
but because we're working with a round bowl you're going to have a little bit of wrinkles and napkins
so don't think you're going to do this and then not have any and i'm just going to let this
play in real time so you can see how long it's taking me to press the napkin down onto the glass
bowl
now to make it easier to put the mod podge on around the last little bit of
the rim i'm going to put it on another glass jar so it sits up off the table
and it's easier to press it down and this is where you might see some of your little
wrinkles show up in when you're or creases in your napkin when you're applying the last
little bit of the mod podge that's okay that it looks nice when it's all finished
now i've let it completely dry overnight and i'm going to use my 120 sanding block and i'm
going to get rid of all that excess napkin around the edges and i'm going to very gently sand it
making sure that i'm using the sanding block in an upward motion you don't want to push it down
if you do you'll pull the napkin away from the bowl you want to sand upwards
and now the edge is nice and blended
you can see a little bit of white streaking from the mod podge that's okay because the next coat
will cover all of that up and you won't see it i'm going to take my homemade chalk paint and
i'm going to paint the entire bowl over the whole outside surface i'm doing this because i want to
put the other napkin on top of it and if i just put the napkin on top of it without the paint
you wouldn't be able to see and it would all mesh in and it wouldn't look very nice
so doing this white coat it will leave a nice base for the next napkin to go on top of it
i'll put a link below in the description for my favorite chalk paint recipe
i've let it dry completely and you can see the white shows through really nice on that
pattern napkin and i'm just going to take my sanding block that 120 sanding block and just
lightly in case there's little bits and pieces that are high
that i don't want the napkin to catch on just give it a nice light sanding
and now we're ready to put the other napkin on and again you want to cut this just a little
bit bigger than the actual bowl and you want to make sure when you're applying this napkin
that you put the pattern to the outside so you can see it on the outside of the bowl
and now we're going to do the same process that we did with the other napkin
you're going to work from the center and just work your way down along the sides of the bowl
and again you're going to have some little wrinkles and little creases by the time
you get to the bottom of the bowl that's okay it looks fantastic when it's all done
this is something that you can just kind of play around with and just kind of get the feel of it
and if for some reason you've applied your napkin you don't like the way that it works
you can always just put it in a hot soapy sink full of water soak it off and start
again
and now i've let that completely dry overnight
and we're ready to take the sander again and sand off all those extra edges of the napkin
making sure you don't scrape it down you want to scrape it towards the inside of the bowl
so you're not pulling that napkin away from it and it's all finished
now we just need to put the finishing coat on i like to use a varathane water-based
matte finish i find it is nice and hard it doesn't leave any brush streaks
and it's really easy to dust now this is not going to be dishwasher safe
it's just for decor like i said before you could do this project with the mod podge dishwasher safe
product and it will work for you that's up to you have how you want to use your
bowl
and it's all finished and i love it and i think it looks fantastic with the little
scalloped edge on the bowl and i love the way the two napkins worked really well together
and i did another one the exact same bowl but with the same napkins and i did the rose
pattern and i love the way it turned out also i hope you enjoyed today's tutorial and have
inspired you to try this technique yourself thanks for watching and have a great day