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  • Fancy Photo Album
  • From "Embellish This!"
    episode DEMB-102


    PHOTO

    Host Dena Fishbein shows you how to turn an ordinary cloth album into a thing of beauty.
    Materials:

    Kolo cloth album
    2 colors of green gouache paint (fabric paint will also work)
    Water
    Paper towels
    Small paintbrush
    Trim
    Pompom trim
    Fabric flower bouquet
    Decorative paper
    Millennium marker (size .05 brown)
    4 ribbon flowers
    Fabri-Tac
    Hot glue
    Scissors
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    1. Draw little eyebrow shapes spaced evenly all over the album cover using a small thin paintbrush (figure A) and gauche or fabric paint.

    2. Draw three leaves on each. Paint the stem a darker shade of green.

    3. Outline leaves with the millennium marker.

    4. Glue trim around the outside and inside edges of the cover.

    5. Glue pompom trim to the inside of the album (figure B) with hot glue.

    6. Glue four flowers to the inside corners.

    7. Place a pretty paper in the opening.

    8. Glue tiny bouquet into window (figure C).
    Photo

    Figure A

    Photo

    Figure B

    Photo

    Figure C



    RESOURCES :

    Paper Trimmer
    Fiskars
    Website: www.fiskars.com
    Fiskars Brand Inc.
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    Hot Glue Gun (Adhesive Technologies)
    Adhesive Technologies, Inc.
    3 Merrill Industrial Dr.
    Hampton, NH 03842-1995
    Phone: 603-926-1616
    Toll-free phone: 800-544-1021
    Email: customerservice@adhesivetech.com
    Website: www.adhesivetech.com

    Cloth Photo Album (Kolo)
    Kolo, LLC
    PO Box 572
    Windsor, CT 06095-0572
    Toll-free: 888-636-5656, M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.(EST)
    E-mail: customerservice@holo-usa.com
    Website: www.kolo.com

    Lady Caroline Wrey's Finishing Touches: Inspirational and Practical Ideas for Embellishments for Your Home
    1855857227
    Lady Caroline Wrey
    December 1999
    To order this title from Amazon, click here.
    Sterling Publishing

  • ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:


  • Gutter Repair
  • Landscaping Basics
  • Flooring
  • UV Air Sanitizer
  • Replacement Windows
  • Planter, Self-Watering
  • Hand-Painted Glasses
  • Choose Washer/Dryer
  • Backsplash Installation
  • Hand-Painted Bowls
  • Prepare for Vacation
  • Maintain Garage Door
  • Disinfect Bathroom
  • Romance Kit
  • Curb Appeal
  • Transport Equipment
  • Installing Undermount
  • Holiday Decorating
  • Family Scrapbook
  • Ice Candle
  • Selecting Doors
  • Spark Plug, Changing
  • Maintain Cabinets
  • Front Door Facelift
  • Change Windowpane