EASY DIMENSIONAL BALL ACCENTS WILL BRING ELEGANTS TO ANY DECORATIVE SETTING

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Wedgwood is a style of pottery that originated in the 1700's in Britain.

You can create this dimensional ball accent Wedgwood style pottery by

covering foam balls with modeling paste and painting them blue.

Then decorating the balls using white paste and cake decorating tips.

You can create the look of Wedgwood by covering foam balls with modeling paste and

painting them.

The most popular are the Cameo Wedgwood balls but you can

create any type of color to suit your decorative needs.

Arrange several in a bowl as a centerpiece,

give them as gifts or add hanger to make beautiful decorative

ornaments for your Christmas tree.

You will need the following materials:

CRAFT FOAM 4" BALLS

LIGHT MODELING PASTE

CAKE-DECORATING PASTRY BAG

CAKE DECORATING TIPS #2, #65 AND #225

BLUE ACRYLIC PAINT OR WHAT EVER COLOR YOU DESIRE

DECOUPAGE MEDIUM

1"SOFT PAINTBRUSH

FINE SANDPAPER

WOODEN SKEWERS

WHITE CHALK

First PREPARE SURFACE - Place light modeling paste in a

container and mix well with a craft stick until smooth.

Add a few drops of water if paste seems too thick.

Push a wooden skewer into foam ball to use as a handle.

Use a soft paintbrush to apply a thin coat of paste to foam ball.

Create a smooth, even surface by using long, light strokes and

dipping brush in water occasionally as you work.

When finished, place screwier end in a jar and let ball dry.

When dry sand lightly, leaving skewer in place. Brush on a second coat of modeling paste.

When dry, sand lightly. Wipe ball damp cloth to remove dust.

Second - PAINT & MARK BALL - Paint entire surface with a generous coat of blue

(or preferred color). When dry, draw curlicue lines in chalk all over surface of ball.

Any mistakes can be wiped off easily with a damp rag.

Third - DECORAGE BALL - For curlicue lines, load paste into

pastry bag and use the #2 round decorating tip.

Apply paste along all curlicue lines on the ball,

keeping a steady pressure on the stream of paste.

For leaves, change to the #65 leaf tip. For each leaf,

apply paste by making two small wavy movements with the

flow and then lifting the bag up as you stop the flow of paste

to create the point of the leaf. For flowers, change to the #225 drop-flower tip.

For each flower, place tip perpendicular and close the ball,

squeeze paste until flower is the desired size.

Then lift bag straight up. Fill in open areas with flowers.

For dotting details, change to #2 round decorating tip.

Place tip close to ball, squeeze small dot of paste, and lift bag straight up.

Make series of dots in curved lines as you line in open spaces all around ball.

Forth - FINISH - Set skewers of decorated balls in a jar until balls are

thoroughly dry. Seal by painting a coat of decoupage medium over entire ball.

Decorative Elegants with Dimensional B

EASY DIMENSIONAL BALL ACCENTS WILL BRING ELEGANTS TO ANY DECORATIVE SETTING