I'm a small town Southern woman with a good heart, a big smile, the most wonderful man by my side, and the greatest family a girl could ask for. I'm new to blogging but looking forward to sharing the experiences of my life while working in the service industry, enjoying being a newlywed with the most amazing man, being an aunt to the greatest nephews in the world, and just trying to make it through the "day-to-day" pleasures in life...
Monday, February 20, 2012
Plate Project
First of all isn't my new kitchen wall color so cute?!? Second of all I love my plates on the wall (would've taken a picture of the whole wall with the table and everthing in it to give you the whole picture, but there's still a mess from painting sitting on the table so I didn't lol).
I went to Target today and purchased 7 plates for approximately $2-4 each. When I got home (almost immediately because I was so excited that I couldn't wait), I tore off wax paper about the size of the area I wanted to cover in plates--I had to tape three long strips together--for the future I would use something thicker like craft paper instead though.
I laid the taped wax paper on the counter and arranged the plates the way I liked them on it. After I thought I had it all the way I wanted it, I traced around them with a black sharpie.
Then I took this picture so I would remember which designs I had where so that I would know how to hang them.
I then hung the wax paper to the wall and got the plates ready to hang.
This picture shows why I would use something heavier than wax paper next time.
Ok are you ready for the GENIUS way to hang these?!?! I hot glued old pop can tabs to the back like the next picture shows.
Once glue was dry on all seven plates, I put a nail in each circle on the wax paper about an inch and half or so from the top of the circles. Then, I removed the wax paper from the wall. And hung the plates by the glued pop tab on the back.
It literally took about 15-20 minutes for this easy and cute project for my kitchen wall. Can't wait for the silverware on canvas that I am going to make for the opposing wall--soon to come.
There's the completed project again! :-)
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Ok I'm crafty challenged. What was the wax paper for?
ReplyDeletelol you can't see it in the picture but I traced the plates in a sharpie then hung the wax paper on the wall so I'd know where to put the nails on the wall that way I wouldn't put a million holes in the wall to figure out where I wanted them to hang... does that make more sense? lol I guess I didn't explain myself very well.. lol
DeleteOhhhhh OK that makes sense!
DeleteI like this idea! I've seen it on Pintrest too. I might need to try it for something different in my kitchen. It looks cute! I'm anxious to know if the pop tabs stay put... very crafty!
ReplyDeletehaha i'm hoping they stay... they were still hanging when i left for work this morning. my fingers are crossed they're not all over the floor when i get home lol...
DeleteThat's just cute. I like the little yellow one especially. Very retro looking.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! :-) I'm very excited about how it turned out!
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