Okay, so I hadn’t planned on unveiling any fall decor until mid to late September, but it looks like I’ll get left behind by the rest of the blogosphere if I don’t! Can you believe it?! Some people had already done full fall decor before September 1st!
I’m starting slowly – considering it’s only Labour Day weekend – with a fun project: DIY fall themed plates for under $3/plate! Yay! it’s budget friendly!
Inspired by pointillism , fall shapes, and my love of plate walls, I gave myself a $10$ budget and got to work on my DIY fall themed plates!
Materials
- Four white plates
- Sharpies or porcelain markers
- Leaves or cookie cutters
- Rubbing alcohol
- Mod Podge Dishwasher sealent
Instructions
Step 1 – Clean the surface of whatever you’re drawing on (plate, bowl, cup, platter etc) with rubbing alcohol and let dry.
Step 2 – Draw the outline of your shape (leaf, cookie cutter etc.) by making small dots along the contour of the shape.
Step 3 – Start dotting the area around the contour in a densely packed manner, the further away from the shape you get, the less dots there should be.
Make sure you keep your dots uniform and avoid creating large blobs of dots by ensuring there is always some space between the dots. Otherwise you get some of the uglier blotches like in this photo below.
Step 4 (OPTIONAL) – add another shape or design like the plate below!
Step 5 – Wait until dry and seal with a spray-on sealant/dishwasher mod page. Unless you’re using alcohol ink pens, brushing any kind of sealant on will only smudge your hard work! If you used alcohol ink pens, then you seal with some mod podge!
Step 6 – Admire your DIY fall themed plates!
I can’t wait to hang my plates! Although I’ll probably have to set them up in our entryway, as the dining room and kitchen are already well served with some pretty funky plate walls of their own.
Don’t you just love these DIY fall themed plates?! What would you do for yours? Send me photos! I always love to see how you guys transform the projects.
Also, if you too are starting to look for fall decor you should definitely take a look at my Pinterest board for Halloween, Fall and Thanksgiving.
Happy Fall to you too – super cute plates Ariel!!
Thanks Heather 🙂 You should do a set with bits and bobs from the sea!
What a great way to jump into Fall decorating! Just yesterday we were out for a walk and a maple leaf came floating down off a tree in front of us – I wanted to pick it up, but wondered what I would do with it. Now I know!
thanks Sheila! I can’t wait to do it with different leaves as well! I was using some maple leaves, but when the real leaves start falling I’ll have a greater variety of plates. Send me a pick if you do a plate!
CUTE!!!! I love this idea! Looks super easy too!
thanks Chrissa! It IS every easy! Let me know if you do it, I’d love to see what you do.
I love that this can be personalized to your taste
Completely! This craft will totally translate to any occasion, and you can use colours and shapes that appeal to you! Let me know if you do your own version!
So fun!!! I love the idea… pinning and BTW… I agree that the blog world is Fall Stylin crazy… I am part of a huge Fall tour today and tomorrow and had to get moving otherwise I would be pumpkin less till late September!! 🙂
Thanks Cynthia! Love your blog! I am in love with your house! Now I need to see a house tour!
I’m not going full fall for another week or so. Give it time!
Thanks for taking the time to comment
That’s fantastic! I once did a whole design history plate in design school with this technique… it was both painstaking and absolutely gorgeous! This seems a lot less painful and completely adorable. I would love to do this and have them be food safe, I’ve read a few tutorials where you oven bake on low to seal perm marker… but I think this is worth some research, thanks for the inspiration. 🙂
hey! I sealed mine with dishwasher mod podge, but Omer Deserres sells pens for porcelaine that can be baked after!