Gilded Plates {DIY}

By Kelly On June 10, 2012 · 11 Comments

Even though our wedding is a year away, since I’m DIY-ing as much of it as I can, I’m getting started early. This weekend, I tackled our wedding tableware. To decrease costs and hassle, we’re using disposable plates. Despite this, I wanted them to be unique. I dressed them up a little with this easy DIY. I plan to repeat the process with cups as well.

DIY Gilded Plates

Materials:

Clear plastic plates

Protective gloves and mask

Gold spray paint – I tried numerous types and the Krylon Short Cuts is the only one that really worked. Many others have something added to them to give a “gold leaf” texture. This doesn’t look as nice for some reason.

Painter’s Tape – A thicker size, like 2 inches, will make your life easier

Glade Press ‘n’ Seal Cling Wrap

1. Press painter’s tape firmly on the ***underside*** of your plate. (*Important – don’t spray paint the side of the plate that people will eat off of!)

2. Cover the side you don’t want sprayed with press ‘n’ seal wrap. You can reuse one piece for many plates

3. Spray exposed part of plate with an even coat of spray paint

4. Remove cling wrap and let dry

5. Gently remove painters tape

I’ll feature the matching cups in a future post!

Tagged with: DIY • Wedding

11 comments on “Gilded Plates {DIY}”

Samantha on June 11, 2012 at 5:26 pm said:

These are pretty but is it actually food safe?

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- Kelly on June 11, 2012 at 6:18 pm said:
  
  They are! The important way to ensure this is to spray paint the *underside* of the plates so the gold shows through but there is no paint on any eating surfaces! Thanks for visiting!
  
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Tee on June 11, 2012 at 5:40 pm said:

I second Samantha’s question …. food safe? These look awesome.

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- Kelly on June 11, 2012 at 6:19 pm said:
  
  Thanks for visiting! See above.
  
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Mimi on June 12, 2012 at 2:01 am said:

Wow! Love this!

What about the cutlery? Where is it from? I’ve never seen such beautiful disposable cutlery!

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- Kelly on June 12, 2012 at 5:22 am said:
  
  Isn’t it amazing! We’re using it for our wedding. I’m actually going to decorate it in a future project/post. It’s made by a company called Tablee and most sites have it for $5/set. I came across a site called Modern Lola where it is only $1/set. Their shipping is expensive (it would have been almost $20 for 90 sets), but I emailed them and they gave me a special shipping rate since the package was so light!
  
  http://www.modernlola.com/shopDetails.asp?CatId=&SubCatId=11&ProductId=1792
  
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  - Mimi on June 12, 2012 at 12:06 pm said:
    
    Thank you so much! Will definitely give these a try sometime soon!
    
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whitneygoller on June 14, 2012 at 11:54 am said:

I have been doing this method for a while, and I’m curious how your paint has held up through washing. A lot of my paint has flaked in random areas despite the fact that I sealed all of them with a finish. So how are yours holding up?

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- Kelly on June 14, 2012 at 1:12 pm said:
  
  Good question. I did this on disposable plastic plates, so I have no plans to re-use them. So far they seem to be ok when they get scraped against each other stacked up. I can’t really speak towards reusable plates!
  
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Heather on June 14, 2012 at 3:37 pm said:

Where did you get your plates. I like the pattern around the edge better than any I have found. It makes them look more “real” I think.

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- Kelly on June 15, 2012 at 5:15 am said:
  
  I got them at Costco in a big pack about 6 months ago. I’m out of town right now but I’ll check the brand and get back to you.
  
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