December 2018

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ALL FOUR STEPS HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE HAMPER.

You’ll receive one entry per completion ( which includes all four steps)
This giveaway is open ONLY to residents of Dubai, sharjah and Ajman in United Arab Emirates.

Giveaway ends at 8pm on 22nd Decemeber 2018.

Winner will be announced here on 23rd December. Good Luck !

**Note: all items on the blog giveaway were personally purchased by the founder of Doodle Buddies. We are in no way, shape or form being sponsored or endorsed by any of the companies who we purchased items from. The items were chosen at random & have been fully paid for.

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Easiest Christmas Wreath EVER !!

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 naush

If your not able to find a Christmas wreath, why not make one – in less than 15 minutes !!!

I promise . . . . . its sooo easy to make.

You need some cardboard – (i used a pizza box) Streamers, hot glue, any ornaments available at hand and some ribbon.

CHRISTMAS DECOR DIY easy way of making wreath

And just HOW easy was THAT !!!!

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Four techniques to Alter a glass bottle.

December 11, 2018 naush

Hello friends,

Altering a glass bottle is fun. There are tons of ways to go about it. I am sharing four techniques here. And in case, your wondering why are there only three bottles in the feature photo, the fourth bottle did not turn out as expected due to . . . . lets just say, my over indulgence with the spray can !

For the first technique, I soaked roughly torn strips of newspaper in PVA glue and adhered them to the bottle. After two coats were dried . . . . . .

I used “shoe polish” – thats right – you read it correctly, I placed some shoe polish on a brush and smeared the color on the bottle.

The idea is to give the bottle a vintage look. The ‘veins’ have to look prominent and present a crackle effect

Next step was to decoupage some tissue and add some lace and beaded ribbon on the bottle.

For the ‘Egg shell mosaic”, i gave one coat of Gesso to the bottle, followed by sticking pieces of egg shell on the bottle.

Once the egg shells were dried and adhered strongly to the bottle, I decoupaged some fancy issue flower shapes on the bottle, followed by one coat of concealer (modge podge)

I ended the project with a fancy flower ribbon on the lip of the bottle. Voila !!

Although this project started off, pretty well. I got over zealous while using the paint can, without realizing that if too much paint is sprayed, it will spread thru the folds of the masking tape.

I will recommend that if you must try this process, just give a quick splatter effect on the masked bottle. That is far better and will get amazing results.

In this picture, none of them have reached their completion stage.

By far the easiest technique. Inorder to create a little friction, i painted alittle gesso on the bottom the bottle. Once dry, I started wrapping the yarn on the base of the bottle, with some pva glue. If you wish to continue in the same color of yarn, you can complete the entire bottle in one color. I wished to break the monotony hence I used two colors.

Once the yarns were wrapped snugly around the bottle. I added two “quilled” felt flowers .

Which technique did you like the most ? Have you tried any one of these techniques before ?

Have you tried altering bottles ? Do you fancy painting glass ? Which are your favorite products ?

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Recycled objects :-

Used Barbican Glass bottle

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Christmas Decor – Upcycle a photo frame to a wreath.

December 10, 2018December 11, 2018 naush

Thinking out- of- the- box comes naturally to some, while some of us have to figure out this thought process.

Upcycle the photo frame to make a wreath

I’ve made several frame projects and plenty of wreaths, however, this time, I’m creating a mix of the two !

I took a few baubles of various sizes and hot glued them on the back of a picture frame which had a damaged glass. Naturally it was a perfect candidate for my experiment 🙂

For those of you who visit me regularly, already know, by now, that nothing gives me more pleasure than breathing a new lease of life into old, damaged goods. Most of my frames are bought at Ikea as is section, Pan Emirates or garage sales. Its a shame that here, in Dubai, we have places where we can donate our clothes, shoes or even books – but there aren’t any places like the charity stores in the West. So most of us put up garage sales or join the only flea market available here 😦

What do you do with broken or damaged frames ?

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Recycled objects :-