DIY Holiday Plate.

Okay I got a little crafty something for you all! I made some Holiday plates last year for my mom and then all the aunts wanted me to make them some for this year. So some options you have is go to a ceramic painting place near you or buy a ceramic plate and then Michaels sells paints or markers that you can use on ceramic and then bake in your oven. Or if you are creative enough, make your own ceramic plate and use the glazes. :)

These are the two plates from last year I had made. The Grinch and Charlie Brown.

I, luckily enough, have a friend who own their own Ceramic place so I go use her glazes and kilns. So I have pictures of the steps I've taken.

Okay so have your plate and pick an image you like and print it off .

I choose Charlie Brown again because that's what my aunt requested. 

Here in this picture I have my plate and the image I choose and placed it where I thought would look best.

Take the back of your image and just color the whole back of it with pencil. This will help you trace it onto your plate if you are not one of those talented people that can just look at something and draw it on. :)

So after your done filling the whole back, place it on your plate where you want it. (You can tape it down if you feel it be necessary.) Then just use your pencil again and trace over the lines. After you are done it should have successfully traced the image onto the plate.

For the tracing I found my method works better instead of using graphite paper because when you put the glazes over the lead from the graphite paper it doesn't sit well on it.

I apologize for not having more pictures after the tracing and during the painting of the plate. I kind of forgot to take more pictures! :/

So after you have your image copied on the plate then you can start painting with the glazes or the markers or paints. Which ever way you choose to go. 

&& here is my Charlie Brown Christmas Holiday Plate. It looks dark because the paint is still wet and I used glazes so after it's fired it will look different. 

I will post an image of the finished product. It will be about a week until all done and fired.

Well I hope you liked this craft/project.

Until next time!

JoyLeigh