Pam Dickerson from Emiliejayne’s Front Porch put together these projects to get you started!
Many different kinds of china plates and tableware pieces, can be found at Emiliejayne’s Front Porch in Bountiful, antique shops or auction sites for under $10.
China Bird Feeder
Materials:
China pieces
Old, rusty yard candleholder or any kind of metal stick that is weather proof and can hold china pieces. Just be creative and recycle.
Epoxy glue
Instructions:
1. Place china pieces on top of candleholder and glue with epoxy.
2. Let dry.
3. Place in garden or yard.
Tea Cup Planter
Materials:
Old tea cup and saucer
Small amount of floral foam
Silk flowers
Instructions:1. Place floral foam inside tea cup.
2. Fill with flowers of your choice!
Salt and Pepper Ornaments
Materials:
Empty salt and pepper shakers
Drapery tassels
Hot glue gun
Miscellaneous cording, beads or ribbon, if desired
Instructions:
1. Remove bottom of shaker.
2. Place drapery tassel through bottom and feed through top holes.
3. Hot glue in place and decorate with cord, beads or ribbon if desired.
Drapery Holdbacks
Materials (for each holdback):
3-inch long flathead screw
Fender washer
Instructions:
1. Place a three-inch flathead screw through the hole in a fender washer, making sure the washer and screw head are flush.
2. Attach the fitted hardware to the back of the plate with epoxy glue; let dry.
3. Affix your drapery holdback to the wall or window molding where desired.
China Mosaic Table Topper
Materials:
Loved china pieces
Furniture (table, chair, tray, drawer etc.)
Mastic, as used for tiling
Grout
Grout sealer if desired
Grout float tool
Instructions:
1. Clean, dry, furniture piece.
2. Place china in terrycloth towels, wear safety eyeglasses, and break china with hammer.
3. Butter each piece with mastic and place on furniture as you wish.
4. Let dry
5. Grout
6. Seal grout, if desired.
Tea Set Chandelier
Materials:
Old chandelier
Tea set with teapot and cups and saucers. Be sure there is a cup and saucer for each arm of chandelier.
Power drill
Ceramic drill bits #2296 and #2954A 71/2
Water
Instructions:
1. Drill holes in middle of cups and saucers. This is best done with about a ¼” water covering the drilling surface. Go slowly. It takes about 15 minutes per piece. The teapot will need to be drilled under water in bucket.
2. Take light part of chandelier off and feed wires though saucer and cup. Reattach light fixtures inside each teacup.
China Wedding Cake
Materials:
Boxes to serve as frame. Hat boxes and cheese boxes work well for cake layers that are round. But square boxes could also be attractive.
China pieces of all sizes and shapes. Vases, candleholders and other novelty pieces add interest and can serve as pillars between layers.
Hammer
Terrycloth towel
Tiling mastic
Tiling grout
Grout float tool
Instructions:
1. Build frame. Hot glue boxes together so they are sturdy and don’t come apart.
2. Place china in terrycloth towels, wear safety eyeglasses, and break china with hammer.
3. Butter the underside of each piece with mastic and stick each piece on frame, fitting pieces together as you wish. Cover entire frame using this method.
4. Let dry.
5. Grout.
All of these finished ideas and more are featured at:
Emiliejayne’s Front Porch
3497 So. Highway 89, Bountiful, UT 84010
(801) 397-0038
www.emiliejaynes.com
Emiliejayne’s is the hippest kind of consignment shop, a mecca for decorators and designers looking for fun stuff and a dash of creative whimsy.
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