During a painting project with Sweet Boy, I fell in love with the soft watercolor shades we were creating. I wondered what else could be created with the wonderful colors so I decided to head to the dollar store. This post features Decorating with Dyed Doilies.
Decorating with Dyed Doilies
In the bridal section, I found a pack of white paper doilies. They were so lovely. An idea formed. Couldn’t I do something similar with doilies and food dye?”
The Supplies
- A pack of paper doilies~ $1.00
- One roll of thin ribbon~ $1.00
- One box of food coloring~$1.00
Then it was time to make a blessed mess. I took a shallow bowl and filled it with cool water, squirted in a bit of food coloring and placed one doily at a time into the mixture for just a few seconds. I then laid them out to dry.
My daughter will soon be turning 21 and we will be celebrating with an “Almost Famous Seventies Soiree”. I thought that the doilies would fit the tie-dyed theme perfectly.
A pack of larger doilies was a bit trickier to handle due to their size, but none the less they also looked lovely in a kaleidoscope of colors.
Dyed Doily Projects
After the doilies were dry I folded each one in half over the ribbon and added a bit of glue to seal the edges.
I had a few leftover doilies and decided to see what else I could create. The doilies wrapped around a small canning jar make for an out of sight centerpiece.
I stamped a cute VW bus onto a piece of scrapbook paper and tied it on with twine. The addition of some happy yellow daisies makes this arrangement quite groovy.
Next, I cut a small doily in half and wrapped it around a wee jelly jar. A paper daisy adds just the right embellishment to this candle holder. I think the flickering candlelight shining through the lacy cutouts will be so pretty in the evenings.
Have a dyelightful day,
Laura
UPDATE:
The Martha Stewart Craft Department selected this project, as well as “He Wore A Raspberry Beret” craft as two of the top 10 CSI Projects.
Jenny Doh, of Somerset Life fame, is truly an adorable person for featuring this post on her wonderfully creative blog Crescendoh.
Your little doily canning jars and candleholders are really cute. Love all the creative touches you add to everyday things. 🙂 The party is going to be wonderful!
Those are too cute. The colors are great. They are so pretty hanging on the line. Love what you made with them and I love the vintage linen they are sitting on.
Seriously cute..
Nice brainstorm!
into the soft colors…love that!
xoxo~Kathy @
Sweet Up-North Mornings…
How cute! I love them!
Those look so good!
So pretty and spring-y! 🙂
That's a great idea for dying the doilies. They turned out very cute!
Nancy
Those are paper doilies? Wow! They ROCK! 🙂
Groovy! What a wonderfully creative way to use paper doilies!!
Groovy and far out indeed? What clever ideas and I look forward to seeing what else you cook up for this cool soiree. I especially love the use of the VW Bus stamp. Peace, man.
These are ADORABLE!! I LOVE the colors and what a great idea you had!! I LOVE it when an AHA moment comes together like this!!
Love'em!!
Lou Cinda 🙂
These are so sweet I had to pop over to your etsy store and purchase a pair!
Deborah
What a fabulous idea!!
These delicate, feminine pastel paper doilies are stunning. I especially like what you did with the jelly jars! I bet they would make a beautiful matting for vintage photographs as well.
Deborah
This is super cute! The doilies look so festive in different colors.
Sarah
I'm diggin' those groovy vases :).
LOVE the banner, but I especially love the centerpiece – so cute!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!
Blondie Blue Eyes
This would make adorable party decor – So pretty! You did a great job! Love the colors
Aaaaand with this project, I subscribe. You are a wealth of amazing ideas. I can't believe I've never come across your awesome blog before. You have great craft ideas AND the same name as my favorite author! 🙂
All the items made with the doilies turned out so cute. They will be perfect for your daughter's 21st birthday. So cute!!! Love & blessings from NC!
Happy birthday to The Fashionista! Will she be joining us Saturday? After all she is an Arizona Blogger… These are adorable! They are so pretty!
~Liz
This post couldn't have come at a better time. I am in charge of decorations for a retirement luncheon at our school library. Obviously, the budget for decor is …um nothing. LOL. Anyway, this would be lovely. So many party blogs focus on baby showers and birthdays. This is so timeless looking and fresh!
you never showed me the finished product with the daisies in em!
oh we totes mcgotes got to have a “tiny dancer” sing along.
ok, i'm done blog stalking you.
The doilies came out beautiful…the colors are great!
Awesome!! Love how you dyed them!!
Oh, the colors remind me of sorbet! Really pretty! Have a Happy Spring!
That turned out great! I have dyed coffee filters, but haven't tried doilies yet. So cute!
XOOX
Jen
Love this idea Laura…and I did not know that the dollar store sold food coloring…great idea! Thanks for sharing and best of luck w'publishing this, fondly, Roberta
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Gracias, tu idea es maravillosa!!!! Quedaron hermosos!!!
I love paper doilies and dying them gives them a whole new dimension and life! Thanks!