How To Clean Suede!... Your Cute Boots Are Not Throw Aways Just Yet

Ever have your favorite pair of boots stained and you are at a loss as to what to do. Here are some answer the question

How do I Remove Stains from Suede Leather?


Suede is created from the underside of the leather hide. The fibers are treated and raised to create its trademark soft and velvety feel. Professional cleaning is recommended for large or heavily oily stains. But some stains can be successfully removed at home using extra care. Always test a small, hidden area first to check for any damage or discoloration.

Suede shoes, handbags, gloves, hats and other accessories have a surface that can scuff easily and can get dirty quickly. Suede is also not simple to clean. Even if you have your suede items stain-proofed or water-proofed, they can get dirty and damaged.

If your suede clothing gets soaked, you should blot the excess water from the garment with a clean cloth towel. Allow the article to dry naturally - do not apply heat. Stuff wet suede shoes with paper so that they can hold their shape.

For major cleaning jobs, take your suede garments to a dry cleaner. For minor jobs, you can clean your suede items at home.

Difficulty: Average

Time Required: 30 minutes

Here's How:

1. Use a clean towel to rub the surface of the garment and bring up the nap.

2. Blot up any small, wet stains using a paper towel.

3. Remove any small, dry stains using a clean pencil eraser. Rub gently, being carefully not to damage the nap.

4. Use a fingernail file or a clean, dry toothbrush to gently remove any clumps of dirt or scuff marks that still remain.

5. Remove any oily stains with a degreaser suede cleaner.

6. Brush the garment gently with a suede brush to restore the nap.


What You Need

Clean towel

Paper towels

Pencil eraser

Fingernail file or toothbrush

Degreaser suede cleaner

Suede brush


GOOD LUCK!

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Print on Tile Portrait! Amaze Your Friends!

Want to make a unique piece of art to decorate your empty walls? Or to make the perfect gift for the grandparents or in-laws?

Here is a simple way to make this modern and minimalistic design using just tiles, tissue paper and a laser printer.

It is time to amaze your friends...

You will need:
1. Nice photo
2. Computer
3. 9 pieces of 10x10cm tiles
4. 5 sheets of printer paper
5. 5 strips of 10x20cm tissue paper
6. Double sided adhesive
7. Printer
8. Exacto knife
9. Decoupage glue
10. Paintbrush

Step 1
Picking and editing you photo

First you have to pick a nice photo. Make sure you pick a photo in which you will not cut away vital parts (such as eyes) later on.
Chose which part of the photo you want to use and cut out a square. Put the square in a new document.



On this new document you can:

Change image size to 30cmx30cm.
Desaturate the image.
Change brightness and contrast until you get the desired result.
You might want use the paintbrush to get rid of unwanted details in the background.
You might want to reverse the picture, otherwise you will end up (like me) with a mirror image of your original photo.

Step 2
Dividing your picture into smaller elements

In order to print your paper you will have to take a few extra steps.

Make lines on your edited photo at 10 and 20 cm. This is just to make the next step easier, if you find it hard you can skip this.

Cut out the squares between the lines. Cut 0,5 cm away from the lines! Otherwise you will end up with a distorted face in the end. If you did not make the lines just check the ruler and make the cutting free hand. Each square will measure 9cm in each direction.

Paste the squares into 5 new documents, 2 in each except for the last one which will have just one square.

If needed, rotate the new documents to make them printable.



Step 3
Printing your photo on tissue paper

Obiously it is hard to put tissue paper into an ordinary laser printer. This is a nice trick to make it work.

Take your strips of 10 x 20cm tissue paper. Put double sided adhesive on upper and lower side.
Attach to middle of printer paper.

Do NOT use common tape as it will melt in your laser printer and make it useless (take my word for granted, I have tried)

Print the 5 documents on the 5 pieces of tissue paper


Step 4
Cutting the parts

No need for longer explanation. Cut all nine squares. Try not to cut your fingers as well.








Step 5
Time to use the glue!

Put decoupage glue on tiles. Adhere tissue paper.

If you want a softer look, adhere pieces with printed side facing tile. (That is the reason you might want to reverse it earlier). For a more detailed look, adhere printed side out.

When dry, add at least two more layers of decoupage glue on top of tissue paper.


Step 6
Finished!

Now you might want to put tiles into a frame or just stick to a piece of board and put on your wall.

Good luck!



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CREATING OPPORTUNIY MARKET IN THE HAMPTONS

There are amazing artist out there, but not all of us have the opportunity to own our own store front or gallery... Or even want to. Creating Opportunity Market gives an artist an opportunity to showcase and sell their workmanship and designs to the public.

Two Sense That is Worth While...

Put Your Two Sense In!!!

Drop a penny into a vase full of water and add a pinch of sugar to keep your beautiful cut flowers perkier longer.

Now is that not two sense put to good use :)