Monogrammed Plate

So, I have been really wanting a pretty little white plate to monogram for quite some time. Last week I went to Estate Specialists downtown and stumbled across this gorgeous scalloped plate. And it was only $1! So I snatched that puppy up and brought it home. I actually used it for my event on Sunday to hold my business cards!

My friend Priscilla also wanted to monogram a plate as a wedding gift for her father. So after work the other day, she ran home and grabbed the little bebe boy and we got to it. There was even a bag, yes a bag, of cake made by Linda Hall! It was delicious too. :) I mean, who can craft without cake?

So, the initial plan was to use a sharpie to write the letters on, and then spray the plate with clear glaze to seal it in. And then I remembered our monogram stamp that I am in love with and decided to give that a try. We had pretty silver ink to use and all. How lovely! Easy peezay, right?

 So I stamped it. And it was missing spots of the stamp. Wiped the plate off. dried it. inked the stamp. tried again. Oops! Stamp slid. Wiped the plate off. dried it. inked the stamp. tried again. It was crooked. Wiped the plate off. dried it. inked the stamp. tried again. Parts were not touching. This repeated about 30 times, I kid you not. But I really liked the silver and I didn't want to give up!

Finally, I caved. I got sick of it. So I outlined it with a fine point sharpie, wiped the silver out, and filled it in. It was not quite as pretty as the silver, but it was still workable. I didn't hate it.

So I grabbed our can of this wonderful stuff (love me some Krylon!) and got to spraying. Whew did it stink!

Here's what I got: 

 From a distance, it looks awesome! Crisp and pretty.

Up close you can tell, the ink spread a little when I sprayed it. But oh well. Who will be looking that close anyway? Perfection is impossible anyway! Life is too short.....Or I am just unable to redo it. Oh well. It is pretty and monogramed and I love it. However, I don't think I recommend using a sharpie. Paint would have been better. There's always next time!