Monday, October 10, 2011

Quick and Spooky (and not permanent)

I like to change up my little display of dishes on top of my china cabinet each season. 
Halloween is, of course, no exception.
I din't have much in the way of Halloweenware and I didn't want to spend money buying any so I decided to get out some waterslide decal paper and make my own.
I ordered the decal paper from  Robins Eggcetera and used the clear for this project.  Not too expensive and nice to have around for miscellaneous projects.
I used a platter I already had and a plate from the Dollar Tree.
The gorgeous antique bat image

and the textbook skull image both came from Graphics Fairy and were free.

Cathe at Just Something I Made has some great instructions for making and applying waterslide decals.  She even has some great free (non-Halloween) graphics you can use in your home.

Because bats aren't always appropriate for serveware I skipped the last step in the waterslide decal process and didn't heat cure or seal the decals.  When I'm ready to serve turkey, the decals will come off easily with a little warm water.
Linking to:

Whatever Goes at Someday Crafts
Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design
Look What I Made! at Creations by Kara

6 comments:

  1. I'm definitely going to try this! Love the look of the graphics on the platter and the Dollar Tree plate.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Never heard of that kind of paper but I will have to look into it as I love your results. What a way to dress up some dollar store items. I am a new follower from Blue Cricket Design. Vicky from www.messforless.net

    ReplyDelete
  3. These look great! I hope you will link up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party.

    www.itsybitsypaperblog.com

    ReplyDelete
  4. I really like the way these turned out! Also love the $ you "didn't" spend! :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. That is great! I love that you can switch it up for different occasions. :) Thanks for linking up to my Halloween party!

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. It really makes my day!

Sorry about the word verification--my blog was hijacked not too long ago, so now I have to take robo-cautions.

LinkWithin

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...