Saturday, November 5, 2011

Painting plates to use in garden art

I'm linking up to Bunny Jeans Bunny Hop Party. And the Under $100 Linky Party at Beyond the Picket Fence. Check out the other projects!
I've been painting plates lately, mostly small ones to use as centers for my plate flowers:

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I've never painted much. It is fun. I'm going to do ivory accent lines on the sunflowery one to make the petals sharper. Pebeo 150 paints. Baking in the oven makes the paint glass-like and hard.

It just occurred to me when I was looking at one of the little cups that they would be very nice Christmas ornaments. I may hang my small painted plates on the tree this year.

The pebeo paints are expensive but the plates are often 25 cents or less! I started with 3 colors, and black pen and a gold outliner. With a Michaels 50% off coupon for one item the total was around $20. If you bought a kit instead of individual you could save even more with the coupon!



Kathy

14 comments:

  1. These are beautiful !!!!! Early in summer these cheer up garden and later they hide among palnts.

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  2. Those cup make a beautiful center.

    You did a great job.

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  3. These are lovely. How creative you are. this is my first visit.

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  4. These are SO PRETTY! I would love for you to share them at my party this week :)

    xoxo Bunny Jean
    Wednesday's Bunny Hop Party!

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  5. I love plate flowers in the garden but have never seen any that we're hand painted! Yours are stunningly beautiful! Don't sell yourself short! You, my dear, are a true artist! You would fit right in at gardenweb.com at the garden junk forum. Taking thrift items and turning them into garden art is celebrated there! I encourage you to visit there.
    Kathe With An E

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  6. Hi Kathy, Your plates are so pretty. My girls and I used to paint plates when they were younger, it was so much fun but ours were not as pretty as yours. Thanks so much for visiting me.

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  7. You did a great job painting your little plates... and you're right, they would be such cute ornaments. Thank you for sharing how you did it and what kind of materials you used...I think it would be a fun project!

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  8. Your plates are lovely. These would be cute in a window box in early spring before flowers are blooming. Visiting from the Bunny Hop.

    Debra

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  9. Those are just great! I wonder if I could convince my husband that we need plate flowers in our yard...or how long it would take for him to notice if they were strategically placed...

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  10. Wonderful and creative.
    Thank you soooooooooooo much for your kind words.
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  11. I really like the painted flowers. You did a nice job. Those markers look like fun! I'll have to check them out.

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  12. nice post dear blogger

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  13. Love you plate flowers! Sooooo Cute!

    Thanks for the idea --- May have to make a few for my garden!

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Kathy