Marble the steps of the stairs.

I hesitated. Should I use paint on oil base or gouache. I want to use my natural sponge so I was afraid that paint on oil base would give problems by cleaning the sponge.

Before using the natural sponge I put it in water for a day. So the sponge is wet everywhere.

These are the colors I used for marbling. I mixed them together.

I used tape to put the steps on a wooden strip.

It's an easy way to marble this way. You squeeze the water out of the sponge and then put the sponge into the plate with paint.You dab the paint on the steps.

I used a feather to make veins in the marble. I picked our parakeet for the feathers....;-)

  

This is the end result. The steps look like marble. First I put hairspray on the steps to secure gouache. Then I used gouache varnish glossy 074 from Talens. The first time we used varnish that we normally use for plain wood. That wasn't very successful so I had to sand the steps and start again. Next step will be putting the steps in the stair. That will take a while because my husband is busy wit our staircase. That could use a renovation also.

French bistro set.

After drinking all that Cider I decided to make a bistro table. The material I need for the table is iron wire thickness 1 mm, Fimo clay effect number 803, 3 plastic circles of 5 mm., superglue and a soldering iron. So no more drinking...;-).

I had to put 3 table legs under the table top. The distance between the legs is 5 cm. (1 inch = 2,5 cm).

Now I need to place them in a circle. The way I do that is as follow. I measure a thread of 5 cm.

I put this thread  on the circle and then I can mark the point where the leg should be.

Then I take the flowering foam to stabilize the iron legs. I don't want to burn my fingers during soldering because that wire gets very hot.

Now I can solder the legs together without burning my fingers. The length of the iron wire is 5,8 cm but it's better to cut the exact length after you've soldered them. Then you have to bend the wire to keep the legs straight under the table top.

I use my pasta machine for the table top. I put it on number 7 and roll the clay ones then I put it on to number 6. I want this thickness for the table top. I don't use this machine in my kitchen because clay and pasta don't fit together very well.....;-)

I used a long drink glass because that was of the wright size of the table top 5 cm. Put the clay in the oven at 130 degrees for 17 minutes. I use a griddle for clay only. My oven I use for making clay and food but not at the same time.

I glued the top on to the legs with super glue. At the bottom of the legs I glued circles of 0,5 cm plastic. At last I painted the legs with Humbrol enamel gloss 21.

This is easy to make. Use your imagination and you will have a lot of fun making this tiny things. I like to see a pot with flowers on the table so that will be my next project. I make this pot with help from a wonderful blogger http://1inchminisbykris.blogspot.nl/ She's making beautiful things of paper and sharing it with the world.