It's been a while since I last wrote about decoupage wood jewelry - see this past post, Easy Decoupage Pendant Tutorial Using Rectangular and Other Wood Shapes. This time around, I wanted to demonstrate how to use furniture repair markers together with Mod Podge and origami paper for earrings. Easy peasy but note, there is one other way to make it even easier - and that is with a laser cutter. I will leave that for another time.
I find that tear-drop wood blanks tend to be rather large so this mini-tutorial also shows how the same technique can be used for small teardrop earrings. The small blanks are available here.
The main reason for doing this short tutorial is to work out the process of doing a voice-over tutorial. My previous short videos were all with text and music over on my YouTube channel. I find it more time-consuming to produce a video tutorial as opposed to writing a blog post tutorial. But practice will probably shorten the process so I plan to work on more.
All the video and voice memo clips were recorded using my iPhone 14 Pro in natural light. The sound is not perfect but reasonably acceptable without me splurging on pro equipment. I used Canva to edit and put together the whole presentation.
I did PowerPoint voice-overs for my jewelry photography lesson but most of you probably would not have heard my voice before.
In case you are wondering about my accent - it is mostly received pronunciation or standard English. Depending on which side of the pond they are from, people who know me think I also have a Canadian accent or a British accent - especially when I forget and slip into British slang. The trunk of a car vs the boot for example. A few people with good hearing can also detect a slight anomaly that they cannot pinpoint. I can only guess that they are detecting vestiges of my Malaysian accent. I have been known to pronounce certain English words the Malaysian way especially when I am tired.
Please let me know in the comments below if you prefer written or video tutorials or both!
I find that tear-drop wood blanks tend to be rather large so this mini-tutorial also shows how the same technique can be used for small teardrop earrings. The small blanks are available here.
The main reason for doing this short tutorial is to work out the process of doing a voice-over tutorial. My previous short videos were all with text and music over on my YouTube channel. I find it more time-consuming to produce a video tutorial as opposed to writing a blog post tutorial. But practice will probably shorten the process so I plan to work on more.
All the video and voice memo clips were recorded using my iPhone 14 Pro in natural light. The sound is not perfect but reasonably acceptable without me splurging on pro equipment. I used Canva to edit and put together the whole presentation.
I did PowerPoint voice-overs for my jewelry photography lesson but most of you probably would not have heard my voice before.
In case you are wondering about my accent - it is mostly received pronunciation or standard English. Depending on which side of the pond they are from, people who know me think I also have a Canadian accent or a British accent - especially when I forget and slip into British slang. The trunk of a car vs the boot for example. A few people with good hearing can also detect a slight anomaly that they cannot pinpoint. I can only guess that they are detecting vestiges of my Malaysian accent. I have been known to pronounce certain English words the Malaysian way especially when I am tired.
Please let me know in the comments below if you prefer written or video tutorials or both!
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Original Post by THE BEADING GEM
you voice is not what I would have expected! but, isn't that the way it goes, you meet someone you've only spoken with on the phone and they don't match the image you had while speaking with them.
ReplyDeletevery nice tutorial, and such cute earrings!
Pearl a wonderful tutorial and I love to hear you! Thanks so much! xoxo Dolly
ReplyDeleteWell Pearl - it's been a long time since I heard your voice! (ahem) This is a wonderful little tutorial and I absolutely adore the cat paper! I enjoyed it but I also enjoy reading your written tutorials so I guess I'm not much help in deciding what directions you should take.
ReplyDeleteThe tutorial was fun and you make things look so easy. The best part of the tutorial is that after all of these years of reading your blog and communicating with email, I finally hear the voice of a person I consider a dear friend and cherished mentor. After I watched the video, I realized that I was familiar with the cat pattern. I had purchased and made a gerlan from CrazyAcademy (aka Polina) in that pattern. Serendipity abounds.
ReplyDeleteI loved to hear your voice, it's sort of like coming to know you better :) I have a question - I've tried to make washi decoupage on wood findings for pendants and earrings and on one occasion poured resin on top. Unfortunately, the resin peeled off along with the paper a couple of months later. What could be the reason for that? I used genuine washi paper from Japan and Mod Podge. The resin wasn't a well known brand, just jewelry resin I bought at a local craft store.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for the failure is the washi tape glue itself. It's a weak glue which will easily lift off. You cannot depend on it. So you have to decoupage just as you would any paper - apply mod podge on the wood and on the back of the washi tape, ignoring the tape's glue.
DeleteThank you, Pearl!
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