This tutorials walkthrough stays in the order the work happens.
The ladies over at Lemon Tree Creations have done it again, and being the DISH FANATIC that I am, when I saw this party link from Patrice (one of the authors over at Lemon Tree) I was IN total awe!Well, as you may have noticed from my last few posts I am in fact a redecoratorholic, (as well as perhaps a creator of fabulous new words?) I have only lived in my first home for 2 years now, but have redecorated the living room, master bedroom, guest bedroom and daughter’s nursery 3 different times. Well, seeing as how 3 seems to be the lucky number for creating a room I am happy with, I am planning on leaving my dining room as is, (ONCE I finish redecorating it for the, you got it, THIRD time.) Whew. My husband is worn out just thinking about it!
Moving on, my current “dining room overhaul” inspired my most recent project, monogramed place settings. Back around mother’s day my husband took me to one of those “create your own pottery” places in town, and I made this:
Which made me of course think I needed another set of plates to match. The only problem was, I didn’t want to go back to the pottery place and spend $12 a plate to make them. So, instead I spent $5.00 on this set of plates from TJMaxx…
Followed these straightforward steps… Stenciled
Traced…
Painted (with porcelain marker from local craft store)
Baked (according to paint package directions)
To make this…
It was that direct! And it was so much cheaper than using a paint your own pottery store. It’s as straightforward as picking up a porcelain paint pen at your local craft store! I am intruiged now by all of the things I could do with this option. Here are some of my go-to options for future projects so far… 1)Make for wedding and shower gifts. 2)Monogram bake safe bathroom accessories (soap dish, etc.) 3)Buy low-cost dessert plates somewhere and personalize with guests names for dinner parties. 4)Buy pre-glased tiles from hardware store and make a house number plaque. Hmm, truly the possibilities are endless, and SO much cheaper for all of us on a Handmade modest-cost. All together the project cost $9.50 and took about 2 hours prep time, 1 overnight paint drying session, and 25 minutes to bake. Now all YOU have to do is comeback soon to see my dining room before and after. I am in the home stretch, (the fabric for my dining chair redo came in the mail today!) Okay, isn’t that so fun! I was thinking this would be a great project to use in conjunction dish display something like this. (Also, the whole finding ugly old second hand pieces to paint and embellish- JUST FOR DISPLAY!) I love the wedding gift option!! for sure, what might you use this option for?
