Kool-aid just ain't for drinkin' anymore! Gonna try it! Can't wait!

Hello! I’m new to junk journaling. I never thought about using Kool Aid to dye with. Super smart. And the colors are so pretty! I’ll be giving this a try. Thanks! ❤️💜💚

@MessyTableStudio

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. First, if you can, let your papers air dry. I don't dry my papers in the oven anymore. Watch other videos about Kool Aid dying because there are sooooo many ways to do it. My video was made in 2018. So many new ways to dye paper. Good luck with your adventures. I want to add one more thought. I ironed my papers because I wanted them to glue things on them. Crinkled is lovely but I wanted flat. Have a great time!!

Love the colors!

@MessyTableStudio

10 күн бұрын

I loved the colors too; even the ones over cooked in the oven. lol

Love your giggles

💗😊💕I loved it when you where laughing at the “toasted look”, ha, ha💕😊💗 So nice that your hubby is supportive of your art endeavors.

@MessyTableStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! My husband has always been supportive. Bless his heart, he never asks me what stuff costs or why I buy things. I try not to abuse that support either and he gets great gifts from me.

@littlebirdie2

Ай бұрын

@@MessyTableStudioWhat a great relationship! That’s what I always hoped my daughters would have in a partner… mutual support, growth and a safe place where both can grow and be appreciated for themselves! Love it!!

Your laugh makes me tickled. It is wonderful 💜made my day💜

Ilovethesoundofthepaper

Awesome results! Thank you for sharing.

GREAT JOB !!! Love the way they came out !!!.

Gorgeous!!!

Beautiful rainbow of absolute beauty. Going to be trying this. Thank you

How fun!!!! Love the colors.... 💚💛🧡💜❤💙x

Love All your papers 👍👌😄👍👌

Vickie, congrats on your new venture. I am so proud of you for getting out there.

❤❤❤❤😮😮 very very beautiful ❤. My first time seeing your video ♡. I love your DIY CRAFT. THE COLORS ARE AWESOME ❤❤😮 THANKS FOR SHARING # REPLAY.

LOVE ALL THESE

Hi Vickie, loved the kool aid dying. Can’t wait to watch your other videos.

LOVE YOUR PERSONALITY !!!!!! LOVE THE PAPERS !!!!

@MessyTableStudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Even if some were over baked. They did smell good! lol

That sound is amazing!!!!

What an awesome way to get great colors dieting. Thanks for doing the experiment and sharing the result.

Love it. Love it!!

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! I hope you come back to see more in the future.

Rainbow Goodness.....a pleasure for the senses! TYFS....new subbie here... Michigan....can’t wait to see what you make with them! 💜🦋❤️

Thank you....I watched this late at night,your laughter was good for my soul. I will try some of these colors.

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bonnie. My husband and I were talking about why we have been married so long. He said it's because I make him laugh everyday. I told him he must be doing on the inside because that face never shows a thing. The man has a face for poker!! I have to laugh everyday. And I love listening to others laugh. It is free medicine for what ails us! Thanks so much for your sweet comment.

Amazing video! Ly✨✨✨✨🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍💖💖💖💖💖💖🥺🥺🥺🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🙏🏻🙏🏻

Oh you had too much fun in that looks so colorful I'm so glad I watched your video

I love your laugh; so cute. I like the tossed blue, looks vintage. :)

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

I am about out of my paper so it might be time for another dying video. I don't think I will dye it the same way this time, because my paper should look like paper and not a blueberry Pop Tart. lol. Glad you like it. Too bad I didn't know that sooner, I could have sent it to you.

The toasty blue ones are gorgeous! 😉👍❤️

@karriegress5969

4 жыл бұрын

they are like coffee dyed koolaid papers....well that's my story and sticking to it...lol

This was hillarious! Great job!

So pretty ! Lots of work there ! Can't wait to see the projects that you'll do with these lovely papers !

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Patricia. I am so pleased with the way the colors came out! I have done coffee and tea dying before but not Koolaid. It was a surprise every time one dried out and the color revealed itself. Super easy to do, but takes time. Thanks for watching!!

Beautiful 💕

Oh Vicky.... your laugh is the BEST. Made me smile and laugh on a Monday which is tough to do. Lol

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Well I am glad to have made you laugh. I am kinda a goober in person. I think I am a pretty boring person. I hope you learned something from the video. I get tickled about the silliest things and as my dad used to say, "Someone turned your giggle box over". Thanks so much for watching and leaving such a nice comment.

Love your laugh. Pretty paper

I LOVE THE WAY YOU LAUGH, THOSE PAPERS ARE GORGEOUS, LIKE PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT, I LIKED THE TOASTED ONES, ALL GOING TO BE FUN TO USE, NONE ARE WRONG JUST DIFFERENT. I WANT SOME KOOL AID 😊 I LIKED WATCHING YOU. 💜 CAMILLE AUST.

I was cracking up... Your funny and I like the toasted poptarts....

A rainbow of gorgeous papers ❤️

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. it is fun to watch the colors develop, dry and then see what they really look like. Thanks for watching!!

Thanks for sharing this; very interesting and good info. They look great and love the sound as you handle the papers.

@vapurl9330

6 жыл бұрын

Debra Grady Thanks! I love the way paper painty papers sound! Shannon Green used to make sounds for the video audience and I loved it!!

Good to know that the colours held up so well. The colours you got are beautiful. Going to get some cool-aid and give it a go. Thanks much!

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Just forget the baking soda. It really didn't do anything for the whole process as far as I can tell. Be sure you mix stuff well so the crystals melt in the water or stuff feel grainy. Good luck!

You're such a funny lady and I love it. When you're laughing I'm laughing. You're awesome ♥️

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I have to laugh at the dumb stuff I do or I would upset all the time. Life is just too short not to laugh at yourself. Thanks for watching leaving such a nice comment

love love love !!!!

Gorgeous ❤

I LOVE these! You've sparked an interest in me to try this! Thx!!!

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

I just had such a good time seeing how the colors would turn out. The next time I try this, I will use less water and see if I can't get deeper colors and not have to food coloring to pump the colors up. It was pure joy!

Very Kool !!!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips. You achieved beautiful colors. You make me laugh also

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I enjoy doing the videos and sharing them. It has been a blast. I am the kind of person who likes trying new things. Not all things get me excited or I do well, but I do learn a ton of interesting things.

Love the results!

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

gbahrens Thanks Gina! It took a few hours but I like my results. Plus I like that crunchy paper sound.

That was fun -- can't wait to see your two projects

@vapurl9330

6 жыл бұрын

TheMeriAtelier Thanks Meri! I appreciate your support!

Beautiful papers

You are soooooooo funny! I enjoyed your video! You're so real!!!!! I think the papers are gorgeous! 🙂🤗💜👍

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jose. I think I am mostly real goofy. lol. You should try dying some papers. They are super easy to do. Instead of baking them in the oven these days, I have started buying the aluminum trays from Dollar Tree, doing the dying, and then letting them dry overnight so I can move on with something else. I know others who have 15-20 trays stacked up everyday. Thanks for watching. I always love comments and try to answer as I have time.

Really enjoyed this! Thank you. The colours are gorgeous and I love the crinkle. Waiting with anticipation to see what you do with these. 😊

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

I have used most of them as background papers to glue books and misc other projects. I only have a few left. I have been thinking about doing a more updated video this summer when more flavors are available. Thanks so much for watching the video and leaving a comment.

Some other gal used 1/2 c of warm water, 1/2 c vinegar. The vinegar adds volume but doesn't dilute the color shade. Pat

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, that is good to know. I will do some more papers when I get a new oven. I love the vinegar idea so that it doesn't really change anything. Maybe it sets the color better?

@smccullou6559

4 ай бұрын

That's good to know....that makes sense, especially with the Easter egg dye that you out vinegar in as well

love the giggling!

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am a total giggler. I have even been known to snort when I get really wound up! It is embarrassing at times.

@boojay111

5 жыл бұрын

@@MessyTableStudio just be yourself, is your nickname Messy!?! it should be, love watching your process and method, a bit like mine, just guess!!

So fun, thx for sharing. When I'm staining papers and baking them, I stand on a really thick, lush bath mat. It helps a lot. Thx again for the great vid.

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

When I was a working chef, I stood on mats all day. Never occured to me to do it at home. I might have to go and buy me a mat now. My knees and lower back were killing me once I got done. Thanks for watching.

@KorysArtCafe

6 жыл бұрын

Messy Table Studio, mine is a thick carpet style. Just something to keep in mind when shopping. I had so much pain in my legs and heals. Almost put me in tears. Now its like standing on a cloud. Not perfect, but so much better. Happy paper staining.😊

Love your laugh, really, we are twins,laugh, laugh.

Really loved this. Also loved your laughter and sense odds humor.😁

@MessyTableStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I try to laugh as much as possible. I am a big giggle girl.

@terresexton5908

3 жыл бұрын

@@MessyTableStudio me too. BTW that was supposed to say "sense of humor." Definitely not odd.😁

Great Papers!! I had trouble with Yellow and Pink as well.

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't mind the pink being so light, it was the yellow I was really disappointed about. So in goes a few drops of food coloring. Really perked things up! Overall I am pleased with the results.

Yes it was a huge amount of work for you and I bet you are more sore all over than you admit but you made a lot of them so you will not have to make any for awhile. Thank you for showing this

These are terrific! I’ll have to try it

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

I really loved doing the dying but my back and feet were screaming when I got done. I think in total it took about three hours. Plus it was hot!

I kept get distracted by your cute laugh so I need to watch again! :-D

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness! lol! I am a total giggler and the silliest things. Neither one of my parents were like that so I have no idea where that came from. I hope you got what you needed from the video despite my giggling. Thanks so much for watching.

LOVE YOUR GIGGLE

Love the texture on the first green one.

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

I ironed those papers and it still was wonderfully textured. I thought the iron would kill it, but it did okay!

Your funny,love it,I will try this

@MessyTableStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Are you THE Older Mountain Bonnie Older?

You’re so funny talking about the directions ripped off the pkg! Made me laugh, too! Love your new info & bubly paper

@MessyTableStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I am the kind of person who leaps before I look most of the time so that explains the directions on the packets. I suggest if you use the Kool Aid not to put baking powder or baking soda in the water. Stuff stains just fine without it. Because I live in Texas and dye paper year 'round I don't use the oven anymore. I bought a retractable clothline and put it in my studio and hang my papers on the clothesline. The ceiling fan is always on so I don't use any extra power drying my papers and they are dried in about 20-30 minutes. I am too impatient for letting them dry overnight on the cookie sheets. Hope this helps!

I found your video by chance, and I am so happy I did! I love your cheery attitude and the tutorial itself. I have never thought of dying papers with Kool-Aid, so will have to buy some at the grocery store today! I liked, subscribed and tapped the notification bell, and I am really looking forward to your future videos. Now I'm going to see your other videos!

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Well thank you so much for finding me! Thank you for saying you liked the tutorial. I would love to show how I dyed the papers, but it was seriously put you to sleep. It's just so repetitive; dunk, bake, squeal, dunk, bake, squeal, etc. lol! I hope you enjoy the other videos. Thanks so much for subscribing and doing the bell thing!

Very nice, cool husband too! I have leftover KoolAid from fiber dying as well. I’m excited to give paper a go! Years ago my husband had me pour baking soda on aluminum foil and my tarnished silver. When hot water was added the aluminum and baking soda reacted and my silver was clean. I don’t know what happens when these meet up but I love the texture you made!

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Oh I am NOT telling him he is cool. lol! I will never live that down. The baking soda trick for silver has been around for many years. My mom used to do that. She hated polishing her good silverware for holidays. Some one is another post said something that I think answered my question in the video about the white powdery stuff I had on the sheet pans all the time. They mentioned pre-sweetened KoolAid. I am wondering how if that is the stuff that was left over and not the baking soda. Could have been a combo of the two things. I have plans to do another video and see what happens. Thanks for watching!

Soon as you laughed, I hit subscribe! You’re too funny. Papers are very pretty! 💚❤️💙💜🧡💛

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Used just cheap computer paper. I do dye other kinds of paper but for that session, I just used regular old computer paper that I bought at Office Max.

Love your laugh... just hilarious !!!

I did Kool aid papers. I use my metal keys, gears, punch outs and die cuts, little paper doilies, as patterns. I also put in some la colors eye shadow. Then i baked piles of them. The effect is amazing. And the smell!!! They're my favorite. The instructions are for drinking not for dying.

@MessyTableStudio

4 ай бұрын

I have never done keys or metal. I have done silicone pieces, paper plates holders and doilies. Always interesting results. Thanks for the suggestions. Always good to try new things! I thought some of the papers smelled better than others. The read actually smelled like a cherry pie. Is that crazy?

@carlamarlene2927

4 ай бұрын

@@MessyTableStudio If it's crazy, then I'm crazy. I love the smells. I bought the LA colors eye shadows for embossing but it didn't come off the surrounding area at all so I kept them and decided to try it on my papers. Beautiful effect, just all shimmery. I have some gate die cuts, and they make a pretty sight, and then you also have a colored gate for something else

I like it

I liked seeing your video showing the results of your Kool-aid dying. I just wish you would have shown how you actually did it - the steps. Thanks for sharing.

@MessyTableStudio

2 ай бұрын

I wish I could have too! It was just mixing the water and Kool aid in a small cookie sheet and baking it on another in the oven. I don't dry dyed paper in the oven anymore. I dry some papers with doilies or molds flat on a cookie sheet overnight. That way the pattern has time to set. Sometimes I do just plain paper dying on the sheet pans too. My most favorite way is my retractable clothes line in my studio. I use basic clothes pins to hang the wet papers up and they are usually dry in the morning. In the summer when my ceiling fan is going full tilt, it takes thirty minutes or so to dry. The process is extremely beginner friendly.

@MessyTableStudio

2 ай бұрын

Also this video was filmed six years ago when I was a beginner at filming KZread videos.

Vickie this is so cool. I have to do this ASAP.

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Vicky, doing the dying does change the paper into something more like a rag. I did iron it and that went well but printing bead templates did not go so well. Let me know how you do!

I dyed lace as well,it worked great.

@MessyTableStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I am glad that worked for you. Just be sure that you don't wash the lace too much or eventually it will cause a lot of the color to wash out. If you are using the lace for journals or for embellishments that will never be washed, hopefully it will take a long time for the colors to fade. If you want a more permanent way to dye buy some Ph Martin India Ink dyes. They can be washed and should last longer. They also have a better variety of colors. Good luck with your dying adventures. It is so much fun!

And I just used a small amount of boiling water to dissolve my stuff in and then I fill a bottle with rubbing alcohol and makes my day that way and then I spray all my papers

@MessyTableStudio

Жыл бұрын

After this video, I discovered liquid watercolors. I did the same thing you do. I put a mixture in small spray bottles and that works fine.

So pretty

@MessyTableStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. They are super easy to make. I don't dry things in the oven anymore. I have a clothes line where I hang my papers to dry now.

The orange ones are almost my favorite. I use orange dye and they are too intense. I love the softness of your orange indian yellow papers.

I loved your Koolaid dying tutorial and am going to try my hand at this. I think using the Koolaid cherry flavor sounds fabulous! I love the smells of cherry pie baking, but this would be significantly better on the waistline! Knowing my luck, it would probably make me so hungry I would end up eating the paper! LOL! By the way, I also love your sense of humor! Thanks for the tutorial! Kathy

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Kathy. Just don't use the baking soda. I think that was a thing I will not do again. The paper still has a faint smell even after a year. I still love it!

@patriciarider5698

5 жыл бұрын

It does smell good for sure!

I love you I just lost my husband last year and you are contagious 😷 you have made my day and if I never do dying ever again my hands changed by OSMOSIS LOVE YA SWEETIE I WISH I was your friend and lived close to you you are just what. I need thanks sweetie

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

First, I am sorry for your loss. I have been married for 41 years and don't know what I would do without the old boy. My father died after my parents had been married 43 years and I truly do not know how on earth my mother carried on as long as she did. I laugh every day at all the dumb things I do, and how in the end they aren't half bad! It certainly shocks me. If we lived closer we might get into all kinds of trouble. Keep in touch!

You are to funny, your personality is what attracted me to subscribe, as I'm like you,many more videos to come🤗🌞

@MessyTableStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🤗

These look great! I work FT and try to play when I can so I usually purchase the dyed papers off Etsy! I would love to do my own but barely have the time to do what I do!!!!

@MessyTableStudio

4 ай бұрын

I usually dye my papers and stack up the pans they are in and get to them when I can. A friend recommended buying a retractable clothes line for my art room. I stretch it out like I hanging clothes to dry. They spend the night on the line and the next morning they are good to go. It is a slow process but doesn't take much effort on my part. In the summer months I dye a ton of paper. The ceiling fan does the work for me.

love the peach color! 🤩 i’m going to do this because i cannot find peach paper…. there’s peach cardstock but not copy paper weight 😮 Appreciate your sharing!😊

Hi m new to your channel and so enjoyed this ! Thank you !

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching. I always love new watchers and subscribers.

I love these. Love the toasted poptarts too. I have been avocado dying paper. It turns out a light pink. :) Diana

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning about the avocados. I have a few now. Guess I can freeze the thenskins and boil them when I have time. How many did you use? I live in Texas and we eat avocados all the time. I just need to remember to not throw them away.

@RockyRoadCreationsbyDiana

5 жыл бұрын

I used about 4 large avocado pits. Boil them for an hour or so. BTW, I love that texture of your paper with the baking soda.

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

So you used the pits not the skins? Shoot already tossed the pits thinking it was the skins. Guess I will have to eat lots more guacamole. Darn!

@RockyRoadCreationsbyDiana

5 жыл бұрын

I have heard of the skins being used as well.

Relatable!!! 😁 first the channel name - messy table - that is sooo me too. About using gloves - if you ever find that tutorial, let me know 😁 constantly dyed hands or paint and glue on hands 😁 About the baking soda maybe too much? Love the idea! I saw a video (might have been Nick the Booksmith) where I should put baking soda in the coffee to get the Ph level neutral. Maybe same reason here... LOVE the colors!!! Wanna make it but I don't think we have kool-aid here (I live in northen Sweden).

wash dishes in bletch an dawn dish soap that will get the stain out. Thanks for the video

Just watched the video and I love what you did - I need to try this - they came out very nice and I cannot wait to see what your plans are for them. Thanks Vickie and yes they "sound" wonderful : )

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

I could not help myself fanning those papers. lol! Shannon got me started on doing that from her older videos when she played in containers of paper beads. I just love those sounds. I thought others might love them too! lol!

@janetvisochi-baum7572

6 жыл бұрын

Yes - Shannon was always very good at letting us listen to her painty papers and to her beads. lol - I had just told her that I love her nails and the last time she had polished her nails was when she celebrated her 100th video and I don't know why i remember that video but i do - she has a special way of staying in our minds. I am so happy that you are making videos and you are also bringing a smile to my face : )

Vickie they are Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! How long do you bake them for?

Your silly, I like you!

OMG!!! you are so funny!!!! Thank you, really I was having a terrible day and you made me laugh with your ability to laugh at yourself that reminds me of my self 😁😁😁 Oh Yeah!!!! I just subscribed 😜😄

@MessyTableStudio

2 жыл бұрын

That is so sweet of you to say and do. I am glad your day got better! I try to laugh every day, even if it's just at myself. Thank you for the lovely comment and watching!

Oh wow those colours are very kooool 😎😎 I don't know what koolaide is but they make great dyed papers.... sounds are fab too 😊😊😊

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Elaine, Koolaid is a fruit flavored drink usually in powder form you mix with water. Grew up drinking it instead of water, which was way healthier. Where do you live, USA or someplace else? I could send you some envelopes of it for you to play with.

@ChattylaineCreates

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Vickie I'm in UK we don't have it here. I thought it was a drink of some sort. The purple one is rather gorgeous and cherry came out very dark and scrummy too. I was thinking of trying some organic things to see how they go. Turmeric looks rather interesting I was watching some one early today using spices and other things. 😊😊😊

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

It is a drink but usually little kids drink it. It comes in powder form and then you add water to it.

Add white vinegar to you color water. It helps the paper soak up the color. You also need to iron the paper after it is dry. I love the colors. This will work perfectly for my projects. Thank you..

I tried mine with food color just today, weird how this showed up in my recommendations. I did purple and green and it turned out so well.

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

I did talk about adding food coloring to the yellow papers because the Kool Aid barely left any color. Maybe that is why?

What a clever technique. Never saw this one and it maybe something I will try. Guess it's important to bake the paper? I actually liked the baking soda addition. Thanks!

@vapurl9330

6 жыл бұрын

gloria Eike Gloria, I baked my papers at 250 degrees and took them out when they were mostly dried. I dry them in the oven because I don't have a lot of space to hang papers in the studio. Plus I am impatient and want to see them done. If you hang dry them, you will not have extra crispy papers like I did. There is a video on KZread that talks about the baking soda. I probably should have watched the whole thing before I started. Lol! Dye some papers. It is so interesting how they turn out so differently. Thanks for watching.

@katpaints

6 жыл бұрын

Could you either link the video or just give us the name of the person/video? It is always fun to see this kind of thing!

@vapurl9330

6 жыл бұрын

Kathleen, I will if I can remember where I saw it. I only watched about two seconds of it and then moved on.

@katpaints

6 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, been there. And, if I'm on my tablet, I cannot easily go back without loosing my place. From what I have seen, it is used as a mordant to help the color to take.

For DEEPER colors , use less water.

Fun! Love the colors and the crunchy-sounds the papers make! Do they smell all fruity once dried?

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Cat Hand Sadly, no. I had hoped they would. Not even a faint smell. I did let them sit over night and ironed them the next day. I might have ruined any possibility of smell by ironing them?

@CatHand

6 жыл бұрын

Bummer! Oh well, they’re beautiful nonetheless. 😊

Hi Vickie - just heard about your channel after watching a video by Meri!!!!! I have subscribed and I have rang your bell lol I wish you the best of luck and this has made me very happy ~ hugs to you

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Janet. I have had it just a little bit of time. Still working out the kinks to having a channel. I want to record all the time but our internet is terribly slow out here in the country so I have to pace myself. Thanks for subscribing and ringing my bell.

Love love love your colors, papers, and cheerful voice! Thank you for sharing! Do you think it best to dye paper with food coloring or koolade? I’ve been wanting to try both, but time is limited so I’m not sure which to try first.

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Daisy, I was disappointed in the yellow so I did add food color to "beef" up the color. I have not done strictly food dyes but others have and they turn out very nicely. I might have to do a video on that in the future. I think that if you want vivid color I would do with food dyes first. Kool Aid does pastel looking color depending on the ratio of water and mix you use. Good luck with the dying. It turns out so differently every time!

your laugh is very contagious. love this idea, did they smell like the flavor?

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I have no idea where that comes from. I still have some of the paper from when I did this video. The only paper that I can remember that smelled, was the cherry paper that I over cooked a little bit. I remember thinking it smelled like a baking cherry pie. Nearly two years later there is a very, very faint smell of the cherry flavor. They do not really smell like the flavors other than that. I had hoped they would smell like the flavor but for the most part they don't. It was disappointing for me because making a book with those smells would have been neat.

Pretty, pretty! Sounds like a lot of work. What was your water ratio? I would like to try this.

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thilda Hanna Thilda, I did not measure the water. I think it might have been about a cup to a cup and a half of water. I just eye balled it. I had a good time but standing around the oven for three hours is tiring. You have to stay right there and check on the paper because it will catch on fire if you leave it too long. Give one packet a try to see if you like it.

What kind of paper did you use. Love this video

@MessyTableStudio

4 жыл бұрын

I used just plain white computer paper that I bought at Office Max. It worked really well.

The white filmy stuff comes off the paper I believe like lint maybe? Paper does have rag/cloth component...that is where the pound weight figures in I think. I had three reams of cheap Office Depot copy paper left over from my home office days of legal consulting so i spent like 5 bucks on some pans and a few more on Kool-aid. ....it was fun! If i had to go out and buy some i would go 28 lb. BTW I dont have a working stove just a toaster oven...let the stacks in the pans dry in a sunny window. Popped them in toaster oven at 270 for a few munutes till they started getting toasty dry and it only took a few minutes and i could sit in a chair lol! I dont have patience to do one sheet at a time roflol!

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

I cheated with mine when I coffee dyed them. I used my heat gun. I didn't want anymore burned edges. I also used a sponge brush and those Dollar Tree sheet pans. I stacked them staggered and let them dry overnight. If they weren't dry all the way, they got blow dried. Sometimes I took more coffee and dripped it on the dried papers to give them more layers of interest. I didn't consider the lint from lesser quality paper to be an issue.I have upped the quality of my paper from a year ago, but am happy I had the other stuff to play with.

@patriciarider5698

5 жыл бұрын

Messy Table Studio that filmy stuff paper residue washes right off with no problem. I stick my stack of slightly damp papers in toaster oven in less than 5 minutes they all dry and crispy but not burnt. after about 1 minute i can take off the top and bottom cuz they crispy. i guess since it it smaller dries faster...might look for a toaster oven at estate yard sale or thrift store....no sore back lol!

@MessyTableStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great conversation! I love learning what others do that can help me better what I do. Is it time for another dying video??

@patriciarider5698

5 жыл бұрын

Messy Table Studio might be lol! I'm still playing and experimenting with it. I will report back in another week 👍

Wonderful, Vickie!!! I hope you have a taffeta skirt to wear! I love the sound! I love every color - even the pop-tarts! Have you ever tried dying with avocado peels and pits? The skins make pink; the pits more yellow. I combined them and got a pinky peach. I've collected more cleaned out peels and pits in the freezer for another batch. I ended up wadding up the paper, dumping them into the hot dye water and then putting them on towels for a while. Then I ironed them! LOL! I had to buy a new iron because my old one died! Did you use hot water? It seems to be what makes a more intense color. I know my avocado water was weaker as it cooled so I nuked it a bit and it got richer again. That stuff is - put your pits/and or peels into a pot, fill with water and boil/simmer for an hour. Heavenly! Oh, and I think this is a great length. I have a much harder time watching long videos, ie live-reruns, when I'm not in chat. Shorter bits with a bit of a different emphasis holds my attention much better!

@MessyTableStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathleen. No have not tried Avocado peels yet. When summer hits I will try them then. They are not cheap right now so I will wait. We eat a ton of them in the summer months. I am going to start saving onion skins here shortly. I love dying stuff. I did use cold water this time with the Koolaid. I will try hot water next time. Thanks for all your wisdom and watching!

@katpaints

6 жыл бұрын

I just picked up egg dye from Dollar Tree. I'm not sure how far it will go. The avocados - clean them off well, and accumulate it. It is beautiful! I get a bag of them 6 or 8 - for $5. That is really cheap for me. They do not grow up here at all

I like the textured green pape. Slso, I always wonder when dying with flavored items or even coffee and tea dying… does it attract any bugs eventually to the dried paper? Never asked, but always wondered! Thx, for the share and all your time! From, Tee in Texas

@MessyTableStudio

Ай бұрын

I have had some of that paper in this video since the day I made it, in a drawer. So far no bugs. Tea and coffee paper have been stored the same way and have had no problems. I have dyed paper with avocado pits and they have done well too.