Day 6: Big progress

Huge progress today! It was a rainy Sunday so I just sat down and worked for a couple hours on the entire bottom half. I finished all the wrapped edges for the bottom and up the sides as well. It's really starting to come together, and I think it will turn out really great. Today I stuck on the Rochioli label, front and center. I definitely think I'll be needing to get some more glue though, should probably order that soon before I run out!

Day 5: Starting to fill in the holes

I'm getting to the point now that only certain wine labels will fit certain places without covering others up. In retrospect I should have saved the more interesting shaped wine labels for the top layers, but oh well. I did set aside very special wine labels such as the Rochioli we had for our anniversary for the top, but I didn't think about the shape of some labels. Like that purple one you see at the bottom, it was a unique shape but when I'm done you won't be able to see that, unfortunately. Oh well, you live and you learn.

10 more labels applied.

Day 4: Sides

Today was a pretty successful day. I added 13 wine labels, including some wrapped around the sides. Wrapping around the sides is definitely the most difficult part of the project because it makes you strategically hold down all side while simultaneously wrapping around the edge. And because it's a wet glue, it takes some patience. But I got it done :)



I did the decoupaging (yes, decoupaging) while the delicious chicken below was cooking:



...of course when we cut into it, it was almost completely raw. I think there's something wrong with our oven considering the suggested cook time was an hour and after an hour and a half it was still raw inside. Oh well, we just stuck it in a big pot and braised it instead. Lost the crispy skin, but at least we didn't kill ourselves.

Day 3: A first base layer

I took last night to put a couple "base layers" on the canvas. Large labels, with lots of empty space, were the best choices. Here's the result:


You can see the shine around the labels (and on some of the labels) because the finish is pretty shiny. Chris is a fan of the first Columbia Crest label, it's got two top coats on it now and it's very smooth and shiny. I think this could turn out pretty cool :) Actually, Chris is hoping we can do one for every year. We better get a big house....