After I saw a post on Pieces of Wonderful blog, where she used some gorgeous Cath Kidston tape to jazz up her belongings, I bought some for myself.
I bought the masking tape on Amazon for £4.15 (free delivery), and the RRP is apparently £7. I know.. £7 for masking tape... jeeeez! I luckily had an e-voucher left over from some online surveys I did a while ago so spent my £4.15 and waited for the tape to arrive!
You get 3 mini rolls of masking tape with different Cath Kidston print designs on. I only really like the floral one, but you also get a green polka dot tape, and one with yellow stars. The packet states that you get 12 meters, but I think you get 4m of each roll.
I decided to spruce up my painted white wooden shelves. I simply pressed the masking tape onto the edge of the shelf, then cut it to length. Done!
I just love the effect it gives.. it looks like it has been finely hand painted in this gorgeous pattern. The tape was just the right width to cover the whole edge. I love it! It looks great for a vintage effect, and it's so simple to do. I wonder what else I can put it on...
What do you think?
What do you think?
this is seriously such a cute effect and totally transforms the shelves! it definitely fits in really well with the teaset, love this post!
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Ah, this is beautiful! :) Good idea. x
ReplyDeleteThis looks super cute! Just out of interest, as i never know which surveys are real, which site do you do surveys on? :-)
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Thank you :) I used to use SonyBackstage and Lightspeed. Agesss ago! Not sure if they're even still running.. they haven't emailed me in a long time! xx
DeleteI printed out Cath Kidston patterns, cut them to shape and put them around my shelves, and just stuck them on with tape! I'll tweet you a photo so you can see what I mean! :D
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It looks great! :D Love the tape, I want it, may get it to spruce up a plain mirror!
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Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteIt's Lexie here from pieces of wonderful. How lovely of you to talk about my blog post! This tape is addictive, I keep finding new things to put it on! It's such a gorgeous effect! Your shelves look wonderful!
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Thank you Lexie! I love reading your fab blog :) I get lots of ideas xx
DeleteSuch a good idea! So simple but totally changes the look
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I have this tape too!!! I use it on wooden photo frames instead of painting them. This stuff is brill isnt it! It just goes on, and its not too stick so you can just move it if you go wrong! x
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Such a great idea too. I love it!
ReplyDeleteAww thanks for all the lovely comments :) xx
ReplyDeleteGreat idea - very creative! That looks so pretty! :-)
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Fairly adorable blog you have here :) I love the idea of the masking tape, I'm redecorating my room, so may have to invest!
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I love this idea! My room already looks slightly like a Cath Kidston shop, but I'll definitely be trying this out. X
ReplyDeleteThis is just beautiful! I'd love to do something like this with my room x
ReplyDeleteThank you :) x
ReplyDeleteSo simple, yet so cute :)
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Is this your bedroom? It's so shabby chic and pretty, especially those tea cups! I really like the tape 'trim' on shelves, I put cloths over mine but had never thought of decorating just the very edge which does look so much better...
ReplyDeleteYes it's my bedroom :) Thank you! xx
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