House of Paper By Sara Basic

I'm House Of paper By Sara. I découpage things, jewellery boxes mainly. My shop is full of beautiful decoupaged boxes and items. There are many different shapes and sizes.
Each box/item is Unique and a one off. They are hand decorated and finished with decoupage and paint effects and some are deliberately vintaged to give it an old and cherished feel.
Découpage is the art of decorating an object by gluing coloured paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf and other decorative elements.
I love the art of découpage it's so flexible. You can découpage almost anything, boxes, picture frames and even fine art.
I began to do découpage many moons ago when I lived in Japan. There they use Washi papers to cover tea boxes, small figurines of Japanese Characters and even eggs. As an Expat I went to classes run by lovely Japanese ladies to learn many Japanese crafts. When I came home I continued to use my skills of découpage, developing new methods with different papers, computer made designs and traditional methods, incorporating paint effects, mouldings and plaster work. I découpage beautiful jewellery boxes of various shapes and sizes. I also like to découpage coasters and small picture frames and other items.