It's that easy
Whether bags, lanterns, dishes or kitchen utensils - marry your old treasures with colorful colors and breathe new life into them.
That's what you need for the marbled tableware:
- white dishes
- Nail polish in the desired colors (drugstore)
- skewers
- paper towels
- Nail polish remover (drugstore)
- small bucket of warm water
And that's how easy it is:
1. Clean the dishes well, as it must be free of grease.
2. Fill in a small bucket of warm water.
3. Shake and prepare the nail polishes well.
4. Apply the nail polish drop by drop over the surface of the water drop by drop on the water surface.
5. To obtain a marbling effect, the shish kebab should be carefully pulled through the paint. But do it quickly, otherwise the nail polish is already dried.
6. Dip the dishes diagonally into the paint, otherwise air bubbles will form, then immerse completely under water, so that the varnish settles around the vessel.
7. Using your free hand and a skewer, remove the excess nail polish from the water surface.
8. Slowly remove the dishes from the water, blow off the water and place the dishes on the kitchen paper towel to dry.
9. After drying, correct any discolorations with nail polish remover. Carefully rinse with hand under cold water, the nail polish is not dishwasher safe !!!
10. For more dishes, use a piece of paper to carefully remove the paint residue from the surface of the water and add fresh paint.
Prop: lamp: Bloomingville; about 84, - €, teapot: ASA Selection; 34, 90 €, pastry plate: wheels; about 34, - € rest: own
What you need for the marbled lanterns:
- Marbling colors in black, pink and silver (from www.marabu-creativ.com, craft shop)
- Disposable gloves (drugstore)
- skewers
- Windlight glasses (eg from Butlers)
- big bucket
- paper towels
This is how it's done:
1. Fill a big bucket with cold water.
2. Shake and prepare the marbling inks well. Put on gloves.
3. Over the water surface, add the marbling paint from the dropping glasses alternately and quickly dropwise onto the water surface.
4. To achieve a marbling effect, the shish kebab should be carefully pulled through the paint. But do it quickly.
5. Slowly immerse the glass into the water through the paint layer, thereby letting the paint settle on the surface.
6. Use the free hand and a skewer to remove excess paint from the water surface.
7. Quickly remove the glass from the water, shake off the water and dry on kitchen paper.
8. For the next few glasses, remove the color from the water surface with a piece of kitchen paper and fill with new marbling paint.
Marmorierfarbe is not dishwasher safe, only clean with a damp cloth, possibly fix color with spray paint in transparent !!!
Prop: glass object: Leonardo; about 19, 95 €
You need this for the bag:
- solid canvas fabric in black (2 pieces each 42 x 38 cm)
- Leather belt in brown
- 2 rivets (haberdashery / craft shop)
- Textile paint in white
- tape measure
- fabric scissors
- pins
- Sewing machine and matching sewing thread
- Hole / riveting pliers
- fine brush
- Iron
- hammer
How to sew the bag:
1. Cut two pieces of fabric measuring 42 x 38 cm.
2. For each piece of fabric, fold in a short edge twice and seam in the lockstitch (pocket opening).
3. Place both pieces of fabric on right side on the right side and stitch on the bottom and side seams with a seam allowance of 1 cm.
4. Punch holes the size of the rivets with the punch in two places at the top of the pocket, as well as the two ends of the halved belt.
5. Keep the bag under the water to keep it moist.
6. Draw the marble pattern on the bag with white textile paint and a fine brush, the damp cloth will take on the color better.
7. Allow the bag to dry and, according to the manufacturer's instructions, iron the textile dye with an iron.
8. Fix the belt with rivets to the bag.
Prop: Stool: Bloomingville on beloved-zuhause.de; 77.50 €, rest: own
You need this for marbling porcelain figurines:
- Marbling colors in black and transparent (from www.marabu-creativ.com, craft shop)
- Disposable gloves (drugstore)
- skewers
- porcelain Animals
- paper towels
- transparent spray paint
- big bucket
And this is how it is done:
1. Fill a big bucket with cold water.
2. Shake and prepare the marbling inks well. Put on gloves.
3. Over the water surface, add the marbling paint from the dropping glasses alternately and quickly dropwise onto the water surface.
4. To achieve a marbling effect, the shish kebab should be carefully pulled through the paint. But do it quickly.
5. Slowly immerse the porcelain figure in the water through the color layer, thus the color will settle around the surface.
6. Use the free hand and a skewer to remove excess paint from the water surface.
7. Quickly remove the porcelain figurine from the water, shake off the water and let figure on paper towels to dry.
8. To fix the color, the figure can still be painted with transparent spray paint. Only clean with your hand !!!
9. For the second figure, simply use a piece of paper to carefully remove the paint residue from the water surface and add fresh paint.
Props: porcelain cats: Wagner & Apel; lying about 20, - €, creeping about 31, - €, marble candlestick: beloved-zuhause.de; 15, 90 €, rest: own
What you need for the clipboard:
- Bucket of marbling colors in black and transparent (from www.marabu-creativ.com, craft shop)
- Disposable gloves (drugstore)
- skewers
- Clipboard (office supplies)
- transparent spray paint
- paper towels
That's how it works:
1. Fill a big bucket with cold water.
2. Shake and prepare the marbling inks well. Put on gloves.
3. Over the water surface, add the marbling paint from the dropping glasses alternately and quickly dropwise onto the water surface.
4. To achieve a marbling effect, the shish kebab should be carefully pulled through the paint. But do it quickly.
5. Slowly dip the clipboard into the water through the paint layer, which will set the paint on the surface.
6. Use the free hand and a skewer to remove excess paint from the water surface.
7. Quickly remove the clipboard from the water, shake off the water and lay on kitchen paper to dry.
8. For multiple clipboards, use a piece of paper to carefully remove the paint residue from the water surface and add fresh paint.
9. To fix the color, the clipboard can be painted with a clear spray paint.
Prop: marble box: beloved-zuhause.de; 24, 50 €, hand: Hay over beloved-zuhause.de; 19, - € rest: own
What you need for the kitchen utensils:
- Marbling colors in black and clear (from www.marabu-creativ.com, craft shop)
- Disposable gloves (drugstore)
- skewers
- wooden spoon
- transparent spray paint
- Bucket of water
- paper towels
How to do it:
1. Fill a big bucket with cold water.
2. Shake and prepare the marbling inks well. Put on gloves.
3. Over the water surface, add the marbling paint from the dropping glasses alternately and quickly dropwise onto the water surface.
4. To achieve a marbling effect, the shish kebab should be carefully pulled through the paint. But do it quickly.
5. Slowly immerse the wooden spoon into the water through the paint layer, thus the paint lays over the surface.
6. Use the free hand and a skewer to remove excess paint from the water surface.
7. Quickly remove the spoon from the water, shake off the water and lay on kitchen paper to dry.
8. For the next spoon, use a piece of paper to carefully remove the paint residue from the water surface and add fresh paint.
9. To protect the paint from fading, the stems can still be painted with a transparent spray paint. Without painting, carefully wash the spoons by hand (marbling color is not dishwasher safe !!).
Prop: Wallpaper: Ferm Living; about 72, - €, rest: own
