DIY Kitchen Art: Painted “Eat, Pray, Love” Plates

Amazingly, I haven’t read the book Eat, Pray, Love, nor have I seen the movie.  Yet when I found a square plate for $1 at Homegoods, I knew I needed to find two more and create a set of plates to hang on the wall in my kitchen.  And it needed to have that phrase!

I realize they appear to be two different colors, I have to say it doesn’t look like that in person:

Why “Eat Pray Love”?  I don’t know, it just sounds like a fantastic message in a room that’s the heart of my family.  With Noodle’s feeding issues, I should probably switch it to I’m PRAYing that you EAT, my LOVE!  {for new followers, my daughter has horrible reflux due to a birth injury which led to her being fed by a tube and subsequent feeding issues, yada yada yada…)

Back to the plates.  They were an absolute cinch.  I created the set in under an hour.  You could make anything or use any phrase.  Here’s how:

I used this nifty new fine point black Sharpie Paint Pen.  Who knew Sharpie now made paint pens?  I’m sure any brand would work but I used this one because I’m obsessed with Sharpies, and office products in general.  Bet you didn’t know that about me.

I used the paper the in which the plates were wrapped to create my templates.  I freehanded the words, cut them out, and taped them onto the plates.

Then I outlined them with the paint pen.

After they were outlined, I pulled off the paper and fixed any rough areas.  Then I filled in the text.  Truthfully I have pretty messy handwriting so I was nervous how it would appear but it really came out better than expected.

I used a few plate hangers and presto, instant kitchen wall art!  This was so easy I plan on making more.  I’d love to do a few with branches or flowers, and some in a pattern– chevron, trellis, quatrefoil– all are SO hot right now.  Imagine the places you can go with this!  Much better than the generic kitchen art I was complaining about here.

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