The inventor of Mod Podge®, Jan Wetstone, first developed Mod Podge® in the 1960s in her garage.

How long has Mod Podge been around?

Mod Podge has been made by Plaid Enterprises Inc., of Norcross, Ga., for more than 40 years. During the product's infancy in the 1960s and '70s, people decoupaged wood furniture, cigar boxes and serving trays with magazine clippings.

When was Mod Podge popular?

But it was biggest in the 1970s, when magazines were plentiful, and surfaces were spartan. You could decoupage a car, a box, a piece of furniture or even a wall, all thanks to the secret, time-defying liquid in Mod Podge. Make a calico cat! Pop up a trashcan!