CraftFail

Tissue Paper Tie-Dye Don’t Bother

November17

by Heather from DollarStoreCrafts.com

When I saw this gorgeous hand-dyed TISSUE PAPER (!) project on the Parent Hacks blog a couple years ago, I knew I needed to try it! So pretty, and you can use it to wrap gifts with a handmade flair! The instructions said to use full-strength food coloring to use as dye. I didn’t take them at their word… and my tissue came out looking like:

Wait for it.

Awwwwwww yeah. I can’t even blame Martha for this.

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9 Comments to

“Tissue Paper Tie-Dye Don’t Bother”

On November 17th, 2009 at 8:36 am Carol Says:
FWIW, I thought the first example was the craftfail. I like yours better.
On November 17th, 2009 at 3:28 pm val Says:
heehee
On November 17th, 2009 at 7:54 pm Rebecca Says:
When we tie dye shirts, the paper we wrap the shirts in while they are “curing” always turns out beautiful and we use it to wrap presents in. I’ve never thought to actually dye the paper on purpose. I am intrigued and may try it.
On November 18th, 2009 at 8:15 am Jen Says:
Yep, I agree- yours turned out so much better! I think the bold colored tie-die is so 80′s. Your pastel version is so pretty. You could always use a bold colored ribbon to add a punch of color.
On November 20th, 2009 at 10:49 am marge, easy does it Says:
I like the way you presented your tie-dye paper. With the fold it gives hints of a diaper that has seen better days.
Thanks for sharing, makes me feel better than I have so many ‘less than perfect’ moments when I craft!
On November 21st, 2009 at 2:06 pm stephanie liu Says:
How does it not fall apart? It seems like it would be only one step up from trying to dye TP. I feel like I’m missing something here. I don’t think the lighter color was fail, necessarily, either.
On November 25th, 2009 at 6:31 pm Callipygian Says:
Here’s what I was thinking: “What? That’s not a CraftFail, it’s so pretty and bright and…[scroll down a littler further]… oh. Yeah. That one. Wow. Heh heh heh.” Awesome.
On December 4th, 2009 at 2:02 pm Eniko Says:
aw, thats such a bummer. i’ve something similar to this, but i actuallu used water colors and it turned out pretty good.

http://enikoko.blogspot.com/
On December 15th, 2009 at 7:40 pm Connie Says:
Actually, you can get a really cool pastel effect by layering tissue paper and simply adding water.

For example:

Take a white piece of tissue paper and fold it into a square. crumple it up a bit (to take away consistency). fold a blue, a purple and a pink together into one, 3 layered square and place that on top of the white. Place it all on a baking rack above some sort of pan (so you don’t get dye-colored water everywhere)

The next part takes a few days. pour, in very small amounts, water onto the multicolored square. You need to let it dry between pourings. You can do small circles (small drops of water) or large tie-dye looking rings (large drops of water). By the end of it, all 4 pieces of tissue paper will be gorgeous and multicolored!