Little Drummer Boy Plates and More...

Good Morning friends!!!
Can you believe it?

Counting today of course because I still have some wrapping and errand running and we're having a little get together for Ethan to play some
Christmas carols tonight.  Him playing Christmas music, nothing sweeter!!


A reminder too to enter the GIVEAWAY!
Odds are in your favor to win this print, some playroom design help
{thanks to the after-Christmas toy-takeover?!}.

It makes my morning happier to say my 

{Stenciled Christmas Tree Bucket}


was featured by Allison at House of Hepworths,
I have loved her blog for a long time, so it's great to be there...

and 

Jaime Lyn over at Crafty, Happy, Scrappy, 
one of my favorite places for inspiration...

Thank you so much lovely ladies!!!

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Today I am sharing my tutorial for these great drummer boy plates

that now adorn our stairway...

Here is the post I shared a couple weeks ago over at Little Blue Prints...

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Hello there!  It's so great to be over here visiting at Meg's blog today! 

I adore her style and well I adore her too!  

As part of my {twelve day} It's A Wonder*Filled Christmas series, I created some Little Drummer Boy inspired plates  In lieu of placecards, I thought these would be sweet and fun!  With five little guys, I like to make things unique, but they have to be simple too.  

To make some of your own, you'll need...

Supplies:

*plates {mine were $5 for 8 at Goodwill}

*painters tape

*sharpie paint marker {1 fine point, 1 medium point}

or if you'd like your plate to be food safe, 

you can use this marker and follow the instructions

*imagination!

You will also need an image, and since this is just for my personal use,

I found one here that I liked.  Print the image out and then cut the image out creating a stencil.  

Before starting make sure the surface of your plate is clean and dry.

Tape your outline to the plate {painters tape works great!}

Slowly outline your image and then fill in.

You can worry about the little details at the end,

initially just get your shape down.

I recommend shading in one direction 

for the smoothest image.  

Note: The Sharpie paint marker is permanent, 

so just go slow and steady and you'll be fine!!

If I can do it, you can!

Once you have the image inked on the plate,

it will look a little like when you've painted just a single coat of paint.  

You'll want to go back over the details and add 

embellishments you add along the rim of the plate.

{Have fun with it!}

Here are some more designs I created switching up

the drum and outer part of the plate.

In a row like this, reminds me of the Beatles a bit! {grin}

Do you Pinterest? 

Any of these images can be added to 

Our Wonder*filled Life on Pinterest

These silhouette plates would make GREAT gifts.

In total I spent about ten dollars, really budget-friendly too!

Meg, thanks so much for having me by!  

I have enjoyed hanging out in your beautiful space!!

{michelle}


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Take care friends and enjoy these last few days before Christmas!!!