Decoupaging

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I was looking through the FAQ again, and I thought I'd share my experience in this matter ; if you want to decoupage/lacquer over printed stuff (ink jet), it bleeds, doesn't?
I solved this problem by applying a very thing coat of Eri Keeper (Now, I live in Finland and I think this is a Swedish brand, but; it is white goo and dries clear, and can be thinned with water, your usual basic craft glue. It says that the glues is based on 'The dispersion of PVA, if that says anything to anyone O_O. After reading about glues here is craftgrrl and around, I think Elmer's glue would be something like it? Anyways, at least it worked for me when I tried to use craft lacquer over some printed pictures of mine. First glue, let dry, if it curls, put it between few books and let it straighten, then lacquer and drying and straightening.

And then the second question; I'm thinking about getting an cheap/free little nightstand or chest/etc. from a flea market, and I think I'd be cool to decoupage it with music note paper (eek, I think someone here did it already? ;) ) and I also saw a bunch of note paper in the thrift store, but they're mostly white. I think I'd be cooler if the paper looked kind of 'old' and stainy.(well, at least old)
I wonder how that could be done to the paper? First thing I thought about was tea-dying, but I don't think it works too well with paper...? :D
Or, maybe the papers coulds be ironed/stuck into the oven for a while to make them brown? Any more ideas? Craftgrrl rocks =P