I love experimenting with paper and aging solutions and found out a while back that using brown shoe polish & a cosmetic sponge allowed me to add more aging to the edges of my primitive tags. (I use the shoe polish in a can ~ the waxy stuff.)

Also if I glue an image to the tag - say, a cut-out of a vintage little girl - I use a Q-tip with the shoe polish to lightly outline (smudge around) the cut-out which gives it a little depth.

~Nena

Shoe polish is the one item I haven't thought to try. I will now. Thank you for the information and taking the time to share it with us.

Shoe polish works great for sealing paper maiche boxes, even great for the paper clay items one might make. I have used it on my dolls also. It really gives an aged appearance if buffed good on your wood or paper designs.

I am new to this forum as of this morning and saw the article on shoe polish grunging...I have been doing this for three years now and didn't know anyone else did this!!! The scent is wonderful too.
Karen

I'm new to the grubby era. I've been coffee dying material and baking it for a great look and wonderful smell, but am not getting good results with black fabric. I am going to try the shoe polish technique. Thank you so much for the suggestion.

Sound like a wonderful idea and I will be using it. I use brown shoe polish to destress my black painted items. It gives it a old look and makes them easier to dust.

I will be trying this. It sounds like a great tip!! thanks so much.

The shoe polish idea sounds really neat. I will have to try it.
Thanks for sharing,
Linda

I tried this technique Nena and loved the look of my tags! Thanks so much for sharing!