Doodles & Stitches: Gift Wrap Modge-Podge Table

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I'm so pleased with how my little table turned out!

This is what it looked like before (below).

I hand painted all those little diamonds on the table 10 years ago. It was adorable.

But serving as a painting, building, sewing, art table for the past several years…

it had taken some definite abuse!

I needed to re-vamp this table so I started out by painting it with ASCP "old white"

But I wanted to do more so...

I found adorable gift wrap at Home Goods. Isn't it soooo cute?

I started out by measuring the surface of the table

and then cutting the paper a little larger than the table top.

Using a sponge brush, I applied a HEAVY coat of Modge Podge to the entire table top.

Then, I applied a heavy coat of Modge Podge to the under-side of the wrapping paper.

I placed the paper on the table, very carefully.

Then, I used a (dry) foam roller and pressed the paper to the table, working out any bubbles.

Then I smoothed the surface with my plastic silhouette card. You can use a credit card.

This helped to work out all the air from beneath the surface.

After I had the paper smoothed out, I used a sand paper block to remove the edge of the paper.

Then, I applied an even coat of Modge Podge to the paper's surface.

I let it dry for about 20 minutes and then reapplied the Modge Podge.

The following morning, I covered it with Polyurethane, as a sealer and top coat.

I am so happy with the results!