I love unique decor and most especially, turning ordinary or discarded items into new treasures!
Here is what I used for this project:
My teacup has some gold detailing so I wanted to make sure the serving tray from the Dollar Tree would be a matching base. I spray painted it gold and selected decorative napkins with a gold foil design. Napkins are usually 2 or 3 ply so I made sure to pull the extra pieces off, leaving only a single layer of napkin (the one with the design on it will be used!).
In another blog, I talked about how to use rice glue instead of mod podge to decoupage different surfaces. For this project, I wanted to experiment with Nori, another starch glue (spoiler alert - it worked!).
Using a glue spreader, apply a thin layer of the starch glue to the metal serving tray. Carefully place your napkin or tissue paper onto the glued surface and use a clean glue spreader to make sure the entire napkin is pressed down and air bubbles are removed.
Once the glue and napkin have dried, use a box cutter or razor blade to cut the extra napkin pieces off.
Optional - to help make the piece feel more vintage, you will want the napkin detailing to look faded in spots. To do this, I added a thin layer of the Nori to a few small spots, OVER the napkin before the next step.
I wanted the tray to have a vintage vibe so after the starch glue and napkins dried, I used the same gold spray paint that I used for the serving tray and sprayed over the entire piece. In the spots where we added the starch glue over the napkin, the pattern fades away making it look like an antiqued metal piece!
Once the spray paint is dry, spread a thin layer of e6000 around the edge of your teacup and place onto the tray. Let fully cure (this takes 24 hours).
You only need a small piece of craft foam to be able to add in all of the greenery and flowers. Cut the foam down to size and hot glue directly to the tray!
Since this piece will be mounted on a wall, I wanted to make sure everything was glued in. Add a dab of hot glue to your greenery stems and then place into the craft foam. Create a beautiful greenery base and then you can glue the sola wood flowers directly onto the greenery. Keep going until you have an amazing piece!
We had a second half to our teacup and the Dollar Tree also has oval metal serving trays so...I had to make a complementary teacup piece using the same process!
How cute would this set be in a kiddo's bedroom or dining room?!
Suoer cute! But how did you saw a teacup in half??
How did you cut the tea cup? Thanks, Sherry
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Bobbie-Gene
September 06, 2021
Very cool! How did you saw the mug in half?