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With Napkin technique glass plates, wooden tea light cubes, a tea box or cardboard cups can be transformed into small treasures. In general, the Napkin technique only upper printed paper layer is Napkin used for this. The napkin motif is cut out and applied with Napkin varnish a brush, spread smooth. The Napkin varnish serves thereby as glue and as Protective varnish.

At Glass plate is used to design the lower surface. This must Napkin be free of grease and dust for gluing.

The Tea light cube made of wood should be primed Handicraft paint in antique white beforehand. In our decoration example this Napkin was applied over the corner, the edges were then decorated with a strip of golden decorative tape. Ribbon

Also Tiles-Coaster and a tea box can be decorated in this way.

Tile design with porcelain paint

Tiles are practical as Coaster or also as inscription signs. Free the surface from grease and dust particles. Afterwards they are either inscribed with the handlettering technique or painted in connection with a painting stencil.

Use a candle liner to decorate the candles. With the liner you can easily paint more colorful Wax for candles on the candles. Small dots or wax lines drawn to borders create a great look.

Match the edge of the candle glass plate with the VBS Some kind of metal dabbed. Take some of the Metallic-Put the paint on a dry painting sponge and dab the edge of the plate with it.

Baklava are sweet dough slices consisting of many layers of dough with delicious walnut filling and sugar syrup. Approx. 270 g chopped walnuts are needed for the filling.

The sugar syrup is made by boiling about 600 g sugar with about 600 ml water in a pot for about 10 minutes. Then add some lemon juice, after another 10 minutes of simmering a thick liquid mass - the sugar syrup is created. Let it cool down. For the dough whisk 2 eggs, stir in approx. 150 ml milk, 150 ml cooking oil and ½ tsp vinegar. Gradually add 450 g flour and 1 packet of baking powder to the dough, knead well. Let the dough rest for about 20 minutes in a bowl covered with a cloth

To roll out, take a portion of dough, dust with cornflour and roll out as thin as possible. Place this layer in one Baking tin , fill it with chopped walnuts, add another thin layer of dough and fill it with chopped walnuts again, repeat this several times. A classic baklava has up to 30 layers of dough! Then melt butter, skim off the milky part (must not be used), pour the butter oil over the dough

Bake at 175 °C top/bottom heat for approx. 40 - 45 minutes until the baklava is golden brown, spread the sugar syrup over the hot cake. Cool down and let the syrup soak in overnight.

Little Paper Lace doily are ideal for pretty handlettering messages, which are then stuck onto food-safe pointed bags. Simply fill in sweets and close with a pretty bow.

With small Cords and tassels, with decorative tape and Napkin technique turn simple organic cardboard cups into oriental treasure chambers - ready to be filled with candied fruit, with dates and more.