Decoupage family workshop (Friday)

Last weekend for me was one hectically creative one. It all started with a small family decoupage workshop with my sister and my aunt on Friday evening.

Decoupage guru in our family is definitely my aunt Marina. Her specialty is napkin decoupage on anything form cardboard boxes to glass vases and textile kitchen cloths. I've mentioned her and Mashtarija in some of my previous posts.

Prošli vikend je za mene bio ludo kreativan, a sve je počelo u petak malom porodičnom dekupaž radionicom sa mojom sestrom i tetkom.

Dobro je poznato da je moja tekta Marina dekupaž guru u našoj porodici. Njena specijalnost je salveta tehnika na svemu i svačemu - od kartonskih kutija do staklenih vazni i kuhinjskih krpa. Nju i njemu kreativnu radionicu Maštarija sam već više puta spominjala u svojim postovima. 

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We had several concepts of what to do on this occasion including decoupage on wooden beads, but we ended up doing napkin decoupage with seasonal motifs on boxes. We used standard things like acrylic paints, napkins, lacquer, but also lots of glitter, crackling, some patina effect paste etc. For my sister, this was the first time she tried napkin decoupage. Fore me, this was the chance to learn how to do shabby chic.
But the highlight of the evening was trying out something none of us has done before - transfer of printed images on polymer clay. That was something Marina was very eager to try and nailed it in the second try.
Imali smo različite ideje šta bismo sve mogle da radimo na radionici, kao recimo dekupaž na drvenim perlama, ali smo na kraju radile dekupaž salveta tehnikom sa sezonskim motivima na kutijicama. Koristile smo standardni materijal kao što su akrilne boje, salvete, lak, ali takođe i puno glitera tj. šljokica, raspucavanje, pastu za patiniranje itd. Mojoj sestri je ovo bio prvi put da radi dekupaž, a ja sam po prvi put imala priliku da uživo vidim kako se radi shabby chic.
Ali glavna atrakcija večeri je bilo nešto što ni jedna od nas nije pokušala do tada - transfer štampane slike na polimersku glinu. Marina je jako želela da to isproba i uspela je savršeno već iz drugog pokušaja.

The results of our work were great and they made me think how differences in personalities are mirrored in the way they perceive certain things, express their creativity and ultimately in the products of their creative work. Another thing I was very conscious during our work is how the starting idea changes and evolves in the process of creating something, and how, until the very finish, you can't really tell what the final outcome will look like.
My sister's box is in the first picture, followed by Marina's (I think that's obvious) and mine.
Rezultati rada su bili odlični i dali su mi priliku da porazmislim o tome kako se razlike u ličnostima ogledaju u načinu kako posmatramo stvari, kako izražavamo svoju kreativnost i, na kraju krajeva, u krajnjem rezultatu našeg kreativnog rada. Još jedna stvar koje sam bila veoma svesna jeste kako se početne ideje menjaju i evoluiraju u toku rada, i kako do samog kraja nije moguće zapravo znati kako će ono štonapravimo izgledati.
Na prvoj slici je kutijica koju je napravila Ivana, zatim Marina (mislim da je to očigledno), i na kraju moja.

All in all, that was one fantastic creative evening for all of us, which we've ended determined to make it a more regular occasion.
Sve u svemu, veče nam je bilo fenomenalno, tako da smo odlučile da moramo češće da organizujemo ovakva druženja.

PS. Did I say we ha LOTS of FUN???
PS. Ne znam da li sam rekla da je bilo SUPER ZABAVNO???