Below is a video on how to age paper using instant coffee and salt. This is the technique I used for the EPIC pirate party we threw last year. The paper shown in this video was used to make the book pictured.
Materials:
- Instant coffee.
- Baking tray or dish large enough to hold paper.
- Cardstock (preferable) cream color. (recommended)
- Table salt.
- Paper towels and old dish towels (they'll get stained.)
Tips:
- The
pages don't need much soaking time. If the water is on the hot side—the
paper accepts the coffee very quickly. If the water is very hot you
will see splotching that you may not like...this normally goes away
after the paper dries.
- For deckled edges: create the edges before dyeing, not after.
- Give yourself room to experiment. No two papers will be exactly alike!
