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This article is written by Shari Welch

We all get so busy around the holidays, but we can still add a little handmade charm to your gift giving. I am hoping this project will inspire you to make a little something for your friends and loved ones. It’s simple but a gift they will always remember.

This altered domino project is simple and can be used in many ways.

You will need to find images that will fit on your domino.

To save time I used an online company that sells images you can download and use right away. Another plus is they are already sized for my project. My favorite place to buy these images is Retro Cafe Art; they have a range of 1” x 2” Domino sized images, in a range of themes. You can buy the file to download immediately or have them posted to you on a range of mediums.

Attach the domino, dotted side up, with a clamp to a flat table surface leaving some hanging over the edge. Use a hand drill with a small bit and drill a hole through the dot of the domino. Please use appropriate safety precautions here!

Make a few sets of stringed beads. Attach bakers twine to the one you will be wanting to use as the top and set aside.

Use glue to attach the paper to the domino, let dry, then add a dimensional effect product over the top of your paper surface. I have used glossy accents and dimensional magic with good results. Leave them sit to dry completely!

Insert a ring through the top hole in the domino

Attach the beads onto the domino and you are done.

Below I have shown two different uses. The first for an ornament, on a gift box, and attached to a wine bottle bag.

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Shari Welch is a mixed media artist living in Denton Texas. She is known for using reuse and recycle materials in her artwork. She volunteers for SCRAP Denton where she is on the education committee, teaches workshops, art camps, and performs art demos. She is passionate about mixed media art and enjoys helping others discover their creativity. 
Shari studied graphic design in Portland, Oregon before moving to Denton. Besides writing for mixed media art, she is currently a blogger for DecoArt, was featured in Mixed Media May, and has been in a number of art shows in her hometown of Denton including GDAC “It’s in the bag”, Thirty for thirty art show, and 3arthwurks gallery show.

You can see more of Shari’s artwork at www.facebook.com/my.altered.life and on her blog shariwelch.blogspot.com

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