Wall color can really affect the look and feel of a room. Each individual color has a style that can brighten up a room, make a room feel bigger, or even add a sophisticated or modern look to a space. These three fun and decorative techniques will give your walls a beautiful and truly unique look. They use pattern and tonality to create dynamic surfaces that eye catching. Be sure to prepare your surfaces just as you would with any other painting project before your start.

The first technique is a tissue paper technique that creates the look of crinkled paper on your walls. You start by painting an area a little larger than the size of your tissue paper. Then you crinkle up your tissue paper and unfold it. Place it against the painted surface and smooth it out a bit with your fingers. Then paint over the tissue paper using horizontal strokes across the wall. You can smooth the tissue paper with your fingers even more as you go depending on how you want it to look. Continue this process over your entire wall making sure to slightly overlap the pieces of tissue paper.

Another cool painting style creates walls that look like parchment with lovely tonal variety. This technique requires that you use two colors of paint that will be your top coat colors. The colors should complement each other because they will be overlapped to create tonality. You will need to mix one part of each of your chosen top coat colors with one part water. Keep them in separate containers. Do the same and mix each with one part glaze. Also set each of these mixtures in separate containers. Make sure that you have a cheesecloth so that you can spread the paint. Now all you have to do is paint a few short swipes of each mixture. Then you’ll spread them with a damp cheesecloth. Make sure that you spread them in asymmetrical movements. The mixtures and amoeba-like movement of your spreading is what creates the beautiful parchment look.

The last idea looks really breathtaking. It is a simply way to create a fabric pattern on your walls. You will need two paint brushes, a paint pad, and a bottle of water. This technique works best when you mix your top layer coat paint with one part glaze and two parts water. You start out by dampening your paint pad. You then dip the pad into your paint mixture and apply it to your walls. You need to apply it in long vertical strokes. Right after you apply it, take a dry paint brush and drag it with quite a bit of force down the same vertical strokes. You must dry it between strokes and switch to a new brush when your first brush gets too damp.

Beginners or professionals, artists or hobbyists, children or adults, there’s something you can make with polymer clay. From beads, jewelry, or faces to elegant vases, transfers, canes, and faux finishes, you have over a hundred different projects to work on. The word “clay” in polymer clay is a misnomer because actually it is not real clay. Polymer clay is polyvinyl chloride or PVC blended with a plasticizer to produce coloring and elasticity. When polymer clay is baked at temperatures ranging from 215 to 275oF, PVC particles polymerize.

Due to its clay-like ability to be molded and the polymerization of components, it acquired the name “polymer clay.” Easy to mold and inexpensive, it is a good material to start making and selling jewelry pieces. In fact, these accessories are slowly becoming popular already. It will be advantageous to be one of the pioneers in this craft if you want to turn it into a business also. Unleash your creative prowess for an opportunity in a profitable business. Polymer clay necklaces are perhaps the most popular pieces, along with canes, pots, and some others. You can expand to making other pieces as you go along. You can design your own earrings, watches, bracelets and others that strike the market. To give you a tip, browse the latest fashion magazines and pattern your designs after the latest fads.

While the crafting and creative process can be a tad bit tedious, the thrill can start at selling the art pieces you made. Try wearing your creations to attract attention and invite questions. Walk around with nothing too flashy so that people’s attention will be drawn to the accents you’re wearing. Wear a great smile, too and be approachable and reactive to folks appreciating your earrings or your necklace. When appropriate, volunteer the information. You’re wearing your own creative designs and it’s for sale.

Whether you choose to market your jewelry line yourself or get some help, getting your own website is a sales booster. Create your own online gallery and store. You won’t only be able to communicate directly with your market, you could even reach a wider market base. Incorporate online payment facilities and shipments. Making and selling your own polymer clay jewelry pieces is both a fantastic hobby and an excellent business opportunity. Join arts and crafts classes. Participate in exhibits and shows. Join online forums and groups. You have a wealth of resources to help you get started, improve your artistic designs, master your craft, and make some good money. You can even get to meet people and make friends along the way.