| It is amazing what you can achieve with a bit of | | | | just imaginative. If you lay the material out on a flat |
| thought, a bit of time and some imagination. Having an | | | | surface you should be able to see the extent of the |
| artistic flair always helps, but even if you are not | | | | yellowing. |
| artistic or craft-minded in any way, there are still ways | | | | You then take the Dylon Dimensional Fabric Paints, |
| you can brighten up your home on a shoe-string | | | | choose a color and then outline the yellowed area with |
| budget. Obviously, you can buy everything new at | | | | the paint. Allow to dry and then use other colors to |
| expensive prices in the best shops or you can scour | | | | decorate - you could use naughts & crosses in |
| the second-hand market, Ebay and other auction sites, | | | | black and white as a theme. Dylon also produce a |
| charity shops and flea-markets. | | | | Fabric Painting Pen Set - a pack of eight assorted |
| It is amazing what you can find if you allow yourself | | | | fabric pens in different colors to make painting as an |
| time to hunt. Local advertising will advise you of any | | | | amateur that much easier. When you have finished |
| garage sales in your area, or car boot sales, or other | | | | drawing onto your fabric, these paints can be fixed by |
| charity events where you can often pick up a bargain. | | | | ironing. There is also a 'non-iron fix' available now: these |
| Then, of course, you need to use your imagination to | | | | look like marker pens, come in twelve colors and are |
| renovate the bargain you have picked up. There are | | | | machine washable. |
| thousands of craft sites on the internet, such as | | | | Decorating your kitchen on a budget is also easily |
| Homecrafts which stocks practically anything you can | | | | done. Believe me, you do not have to spend a fortune |
| think of in the way of arts and crafts' materials - | | | | buying new kitchen units. I purchased a supply of |
| everything from knitting wool to 1kg tubs of resin | | | | flat-pack cupboard 'carcasses' off eBay for less than |
| powder plus catalyst to make the clear resin | | | | $34.00. I then went to our nearest DIY store and |
| ornaments. | | | | purchased new doors to fit each of those carcasses |
| In the UK there are a string of very large arts and | | | | and, in almost no time at all, I had a completely |
| crafts' retail outlets called Hobbycraft which also sell | | | | revamped kitchen. With cork tiles sealed on the floor |
| just about every craft material your mind can conjure | | | | and some new fabrics at the window my kitchen |
| up. For renovating your bargain finds these are the | | | | looked completely new. Bargains you pick up from |
| places to find your materials. To liven up fabric which | | | | second-hand sales, nearly-new sales or garage sales |
| might have a couple of yellowed stains, use | | | | are often in good condition. Even those which look a bit |
| Dimensional Fabric Paints which are made by Dylon. | | | | battered can, with a bit of TLC, get to look like new |
| As I have said, you don't have to be particularly 'arty' - | | | | again - in fact, they often look better than new! |