Neon, neon, neon. The brighter, the better– and DecoArt Neons are the brightest and the best!

Over at Funkytime, you’ll find a tutorial on making the tippy-toe of a pair of your existing ballet flats SUPER hot– as in Hot Pink.

DID YOU KNOW?

Neons are fluorescent acrylic paints made with bright, concentrated neon colors. Neons’ fluorescent content make them super bright and reflective of light.

Image Credit: Sibylle Roessler 

Polka dots– we’ve spotted them eveywhere
If you have, too, don’t miss our friend Laura Parke’s stinkingly simple DIY with easy-to-find metal hair clips using DecoArt’s Americana premium-quality acrylic paint.

See it over at Laura’s blog: A Girl Who Makes!

Image Credit: Laura Parke- A Girl Who Makes

Graphic tee’s are everywhere this fall– and BoifromPanema knows the more original they are, the better.

So, using our ultra-soft SoSoft Fabric paint, he created his own abstract t-shirt in no time.

Head over and see  his unique squeegee, and see why he thinks SoSoft is appropriately named.

Any fashion DIYs on your radar this fall? We’d love to see! Create and share with us here using our DecoArt Blog & Share button!

Sometimes the simple beats the extravagant, but its when the extravagant is made simple that make the BEST DIYs.

Gold. Confetti. Champagne– pure signs of extravagance. This take on speckled glass using DecoArt’s Gloss Enamels in Glorious Gold was inspired by Zandi at Radical Possibility and fabulously created by Hello Lucky.

Creating simple glass pieces that look extravagant is what our new DecoArt Glass Paint Program now in Michaels can help you achieve. For more information glass painting, visit our new Glass Paint Program SITE– chock-full of videos, glass painting tips and simple how-tos!

We couldn’t be more pleased the crazy cool work of all of our Bloggers that were recently selected to be a part of the launch of our Ink Effects campaign.

We’ve rounded up all of these fantastic projects and placed them over on our Ink Effects site– where you can these inspirations with links to the full tutorials, AS well as, fun, educational videos.

We knew Ink Effects was going to revolutionize the way people saw fabric painting, but we never could have hoped for all of the awesome ways its been used.

Do you think you have something to add? A new Ink Effects technique or use? We’d love to see them all!

So– get to your nearest JoAnn’s  OR head over to JoAnn.com and get started crafting with Ink Effects now– but be sure to come back over and share your projects with us here to get it up on the Ink Effects site, too!

About the project
We had a backyard Family Olympics, and I made these gold medals for the kids. They are holding up extremely well, and were really fun and easy to make!

About the product:
DecoArt Americana Gloss Enamels Metallics in Glorious Gold

About the blogger:
Rachel from Family Ever After: I’m a DIY, craft, food, sewing, and mommy blogger. I am married to the boy I’ve loved since I was 12, a mother to 3 delightful children, and a former middle school sewing teacher.

About the project
This was a flower I saw walking my dog one morning. I have always loved the wildness of the colors and decided one day to paint it.

About the product:
This entire (acrylic) painting is done using DecoArt Americana paints. Everyone that sees it thinks that its a photograph. Using Americana Paints by DecoArt, I found that I was able to achieve the same effects I could with oils but oddly enough, by using the methods I was using in my craft work.

About the blogger:
Alan Krug is a retired graphic designer who loves to paint and decorate birdhouses and such with a variety of designs.

What are fans to do the night of the big premiere of the newest Batman movie is only hours away, and there’s nothing Batman related to wear?

If you’re a crafter, there’s nothing to fear. Ink Effects swoops in and saves the year!

Simply print your heroic image, and add 2-3 coats of Ink Effects paint on in a fury.

Add the Basecoat to your natural fibers for super absorption and protection…

Then unleash your trusty sidekick, the iron, to heat-set your design in a hurry.

Ok… so not that much of a hurry… Take your time with dark fabrics for the best transformation.

And, now, since your creation can’t keep you from the premiere–its time for the reveal!

Nothing’s left but to get to the theater, not too far to travel.

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…To watch all the other fans in regular clothes unravel.

*all text was mirrored before printing & painting. images (and projects!) courtesy of angela b. and kelsey w. — see more of kelsey’s snaps here!

ps– We can’t wait to see your Ink Effects projects– be sure to link them up using our Blog & Share button!   

We’ve all had fabric painting mishaps– whether during creation, execution, or even after with care of the painted surface– when you paint on fabric, things happen.

But what really rubbed us the most (pun intended) was the itchy, scratchiness of traditional fabric painted surfaces. Those feelings are certainly lessened when using high-quality fabric paint, like our popular SoSoft line– but we still wanted more. Or less, in this case.

Enter Ink Effects. What was created out of an idea of ridiculously soft painted clothing became a real occurance when our labs developed this line of paints. Available in 12 bright colors, with a Basecoat for prepping natural fabrics, this type of craft paint product really changes the game for so many uses of creating fabulously soft fabric crafts.

We’ve got tons of inspiration at our NEW Ink Effects site, but you know that real consumers always take our products to their best level.

We sent our Ink Effects line to more than 35 bloggers to see what they could create with us. And, as a result, we’ve had spectacular projects Blogged & Shared with us! See the multitude of ways to use Ink Effects over at our Pinterest board, and stay tuned here for more featured Ink Effects projects coverage.

And don’t forget to come back to DecoArt.com/diy to SHARE what you create with Ink Effects– we’d love to see it and feature your work, too!

About the project
Harken back to the old days of Tudor England. Funny how wind power is in vogue again after 600 years! This came to me as a plain blank windmill and after a recent visit to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, I was inspired to give my windmill a “Renaissance” look.

Old windmills used cloth to give the blades more power so I added a touch of red fabric for a one of a kind look that will be quite outstanding in your home decor. This wooden birdhouse is a decorative item using Renaissance Tudor design. This is an original, hand painted bird house, one that will be a topic of conversation!

This windmill is 16 1/2″ H (with blades) x 11 1/2″ W x 6 1/2″ D. This is a decorative item and is for indoor decoration only.

About the product:
DecoArt sealer and Americana Paints.

About the blogger:
Alan Krug is a retired graphic designer who loves to decorate things! He’s also the winner of DecoArt’s 2012 Summer of Americana “Best of Americana” contest. You can see more of his work at krugstudio.blogspot.com