✦ STUDIO MDAZ BLOG ✦ Catch Debi's Latest Projects
Step-by-step tutorials, project reveals, painting techniques, and behind-the-scenes videos from Debi's studio.
How to Check a Pumpkin from Scratch
A thrifted orange pumpkin becomes a gorgeous black and white checked showpiece with a $12.99 Marshalls figurine perched on top — bedazzled with crystal champagne rhinestones and gold bling trim. This tutorial covers the full check technique from first pencil line to last brushstroke, including why orange pumpkins bleed through your sealer (not your paint), the one-and-done paint that never needs a second coat, and the simple fix for a jerked line that nobody will ever notice.
How to Turn a Thrifted Metal Tray Into an Elegant Champagne Serving Tray
Turn an inexpensive thrift-store metal tray into elegant champagne and bar decor using paint, mulberry paper decoupage, an IOD transfer, metallic gold and embellishments. This tutorial shows you how to prep metal properly, layer images and transfers, blend custom colors and know when a project needs just one more finishing detail.
3 Blue and White Toile Decoupage Ideas
Turn inexpensive finds into elegant blue and white decor with three easy napkin decoupage projects. Learn how to makeover an LED candle, Dollar Tree burner covers, and a thrifted figurine using toile napkins, gold accents, bling, and professional finishing techniques.
Art Book File Box
A plain wood box from Goodwill becomes a funky, bedazzled storage piece for your art books, collage books, or grandmother's recipe cards. This tutorial covers freehand multi-color stripes, a pop art postcard with bedazzled glasses and UV resin lenses, navy-shaded harlequin diamonds that look genuinely 3D, and a warm sunset-orange interior that pulls everything together. It's a project that started as "let's not overdo it" and ended exactly how you'd expect.