2.10.2010

2 Tier White Platter

2 Tier White Platter

Visited Home Goods yesterday and saw so many pretty Valentine and Easter stuff but just didn't want to pay top dollar for any of it.  Found my way over to the sales isle and found some really pretty white dinner and salad plates on sale.  SCORE ! $3 for the dinner plate and $2 for the salad plate.  I knew I had to use these some how and some where.


You see the feminine flair of these plates?  Just had to have them and you can't see it in the photo but they are slightly distressed with a hand painting technique (it says so on the back of the plate).  I started looking for a crystal candlestick to put these two together to form a 2 Tier Platter but again the prices were $10 for almost every crystal candlestick.  One isle over found this salt shaker $1 another SCORE.

Couldn't wait to get home to see how these pretties fit together.  Glued the three pieces together using clear adhesive and Wa La ...



Another view:



She's sitting all pretty with a Valentine card and some sweet chocolates:


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8 comments:

  1. Ingenious....Creative...and Resourceful. Lovely. Thanks for sharing your great deals and your very pretty makeover! lovin it!

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  2. Great idea and just in time to dewcorate for Valentines day.

    Take care,

    Kathleen

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  3. Ooooh! I saw similar dished at Goodwill a few days ago! A whole box of odds and ends of the set.

    I so hope they are still there after the snow so I can make one of these!

    :)

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  4. I like how you chose something different to separate the plates!! Looks so elegant!

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  5. Sylvia,

    Your a cake plate making genius...love it! And I'm absolutely obsessed with "Home Goods"...I just purchased monograms pillow cases on clearance...don't cha' just love it when you score?...lol

    tootles,
    bunny

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  6. I love those plates. I could spend hours in a Home Goods, although we don't have any near me. Great finds.

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  7. Well I am not telling you how cool they look. I am not speaking to anyone who has a Home Goods nearby! LOL Have a great one. It looks really nice, I love the wavy edges on the plates.

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Sylvia