In a post awhile back I had mentioned that I made a vintage party and for it I made these vintage doilies. They were very easy to do and just gave the table setting some flair. Here is what I did:
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| I added a few spoons of instant coffee. Any type of coffee will do. If you want a light tan color you can use 2 bags of black tea but I wanted something darker. |
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| Add some water. Warm is better and... |
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| Stir. If you want blotches of brown let a few blobs of undissolved coffee. |
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| Take an old tea bag or a sponge to wipe coffee over the paper doilies |
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| Make it real wet and do not forget to turn the doily around and sponge the other side. |
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| Put it in the oven for a little pit to dry or just let them air dry. |
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| At first you might not see the difference but against white...you see its taking on the color. |
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| Do this until you have as many doilies as you need. |
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| Here you can see where I put them to use. ☺ |
Hope you have as much fun as I did making them and tell me if you make some! ☺
What fun! :) I have done that before, except i did it with black tea instead. Have never done it with coffee, but i love the result it gives! I must try that one time soon. :) Your tea party looks so cute. Did you actually take pics of the tea party itself? I would love to see pics of that if you did. :) Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI started out with black tea but it wasn't dark enough. I have a few pics from the tea party but I try not to put to many pictures of other people on the blog. I'll send them to you. :)
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