Sunday, April 20, 2008

Vintage Enamel Plate

Here's what I did to a vintage enamel plate. I love the blue edging. I left the little chippy showing.
I made little tubes for flower seeds out of copied vintage French music. I've had this little glass creamer for years, now I feel like I have put it to good use. How cute would it be to put a real bouquet of flowers in the creamer.
I drilled (with my new dremel)holes in the plate to attach an old key and also to make a hanger on the back
I made the charm to hang from the key adding glimmer mist colors to the paper.
I then painted the quote on the rim and painted the Hydrangea and rose...adding the cutest little bumble bee. I just put this on my Ebay.

16 comments:

Donna Lynn said...

Oh what you can do with stuff the rest of use are using to cook with or eat off of!!!! Your paintings are really sweet, love the springy feel of your newest creation...
Donna Lynn

Alison Gibbs said...

What a beautiful creation
Alison

Anonymous said...

You have such a beautiful blog! I love your vintage tastes and darling birds!

NeereAnDear said...

This is my first visit to your blog and I must say I love it!! Great art work... you are quite talented.... I just get such a kick out of seeing all the fabulous artists in blogland... its such a joy

JO

vintage girl at heart said...

This is adorable!!! You are so talented!!!

The Vintage Vagablonde said...

I just love your creativity. I was rearranging my livingroom again! I added a lot of little birds. I am still eyeing your birdie pin cushions.....I know I will be adding one to my home in the near future.

Vicki Chrisman said...

Holy Moly girl.. that is just absolutly gorgeous!! You amaze me!

My Arts Desire said...

Laurie,
Thanks for stopping by my blog! By the looks of all your wonderful, recent creations, when do you have time to sleep?!!

I keep going back and peeking at that little pink baby shoe. Too cute! I might need that one too. You know, a pincushion for girl pins and a pincushion for boy pins! Seems logical to me.

Wishing for sunny skies over on your side of the world!

xoxo Sue

Unknown said...

Hey Laurie! My goodness! I saw the plate and thought, "now how does she find such pretty pieces?" Well, the answer is: it wasn't pretty until you altered it! The flowers and bumble bee are lovely. I love coming by to see what you've been up to!
Hugs,
Liv

Dream Keyper said...

So cute! I love your plate design with the key - That is a very cool way to repurpose a plate into art! Suzy

Julie said...

You are an amazing painter!

Lindsay Jones said...

Thank you for the thoughtful comment on my blog. I feel so lucky to be able to see your blog. Your little birdies are so sweet. You have such creativity. I am happy to be able to stop by here often and keep up on the beautiful things you make.
Thanks - Lindsay Jones

Miss Jean said...

I just love what you did with the metal plate. It's delightful!

Tracie~MyPetiteMaison said...

This piece is charming!
~Tracie

Ms Dragonfly said...

very interesting what you did to that plate, love it :)

Joyfully Crafted said...

What a super neat creation you have made. I love how you incorporated a soldered charm into the design. I only have the vision to make photo charms. I love people like you with all that creative talent.