Decoupage

I've never heard of decoupage, but it seems very artsy and time consuming. I don't think I will try my hand at decoupage, because it reminds me of scrapbooking (which I dislike to do). But, I really enjoyed looking at the decoupage art that other people have created and uploaded to the site Flickr. I saw a number of things that were decoupaged: sandals, earrings, boxes, vases, eggs (duck & hen), and some very cute white children's shoes that were decoupaged with a vintage children's picture book (they had a picture of a papa mouse pushing a baby mouse on a stroller out in the field). I also saw the poster chairs that were decoupaged on the Google site and they were a fine piece of art.