Thrift Store Centerpiece DIY…

Pier 1 Imports

Hi!  I hope everyone had a good weekend!  I did some shopping around and ended up in Pottery Barn (yesterday’s post) and Pier 1 Imports today and came across this caddy of buffet style serving dishes for $18.95.  Cute, right?  But these strike me as the kind of thing someone gives you as a house warming gift and then ends up at the Goodwill a year later.

Case in point…today at my local Goodwill I found these!

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Honestly, I know I would never use this set up to serve snacks or food and the colors aren’t great but I couldn’t help myself…I bought them for $4.99.

First thing to fix; the colors! Martha Stewart makes a line of paints for glass and ceramics sold at Michael’s for $3.50 a bottle…a little of this goes a long way.  I picked up yellow and blue in an opaque finish to achieve full coverage on the dishes.

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To begin, I washed and dried them.  I painted a single coat on each dish and allowed them to dry for about an hour.  After a second coat the painting was done!  To set, Martha Stewart’s craft team suggests that you either cure the dish for 21 days or bake in an oven set at 350 for 30 minutes.  I considered waiting a month to set the paint but then decided 30 minutes in the oven sounded a lot easier : )

Still not convinced I would use these for food service I started thinking about what else I could do with them.  I did a post on centerpieces a few days ago and I love the blue and yellow color combo for Spring, so I came up with this…

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My husband was kind enough to grab me a few small plants from our local Lowe’s store and they fit perfectly into the serving dishes!  I love it!  Bringing plants into the house and onto the table instantly makes it feel more like Spring.

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