Gilded Pears - The How-To

Because I wrote about this project as it progressed, it's listed here backwards...i.e. from Finish to Start. If you want to follow the project as it developed, scroll down to Gilded Pears Project - The Beginning (or click on the New Decoupage headline above to return to the Main Page).

And, for those of you who followed either here on this blog or on Twitter....I should make one or two corrections on the things that I learned along the way.

First, a skinny nail is not going to be great as part of the Helpful Contraption Thing. In fact, the big fat nails I used weren't quite perfect. Next time around I think I'll dip them in some glue before I stick them into the pears. It would have been nice to have the pears held a little more securely.

So let's hear any and all of your questions AND also your advice from you experienced gilders because what we covered here is, I think, only the beginning when it comes to Gilding Something Beautiful!