The wonders of Decoupage

I was sitting around wondering what other useful things I could do with my jar of decoupage. I had some small, round vases that I got a while back and I decided to see if I could do anything with them. I repeated the same process as with my hurricane glasses, but this time, I used some black crepe paper to make a jack'o'lantern face:



I dropped in an LED tea light and took some video:

Halloween Chandelier v.1.1

When I put up my chandelier a few months ago, I tried painting the hurricane glasses orange to give the light a more of a Halloween-ish look. I used orange paint, but they still look more like glowing jars of piss than the Pumpkin Orange light I wanted. I thought about using small glass tiles to make a mosaic on them, but the tiles are way too expensive to cover six hurricane glasses. So, the other day, I saw something that gave me an idea. I bought a few rolls of crepe paper(orange, yellow and black) and some "instant decoupage". Decoupage is French for watered-down white glue with a big price tag. An eight ounce jar was $5.99 at Hobby Lobby. Anyway, I cut the crepe paper into pieces about 1 1/2" square. I then glued them onto the hurricane lanterns with the decoupage. The decoupage is great because it also doubles as a sealer and waterproofer.

Here is what it looked like before the crepe paper treatment:



The end result was better than I anticipated. In fact, I was downright pleased with the way it turned out:



Now that I know this works, I have several small, round vases that are gonna be made to look like jack'o'lanterns. I started working on one earlier. When it's finished, I'll post pics.