The round-up of decorations from this year’s birthday extravaganza continues. To see all the birthday party posts, please click here.
Growing up, the Spritzer family had a special glass platter (with etched hearts!) that came out for birthday celebrations. My daughter and I thought it would be fun to recreate this tradition, while adding a Creative Salad twist to make it our own.
First we cut out some of our favorite family photos that we had printed on plain white paper:
We played with the layout of the photos until our daughter found an arrangement she fancied:
We adhered the photos with Mod Podge on to the underside of a circular, glass Pyrex platter that we found at our local thrift store:
Then we glued small pieces of brightly colored tissue paper on top of the photo layer:
As we placed the pieces of tissue paper, we brushed glue on top to smooth and adhere the paper:
We added glitter glue before adding another layer of colored tissue paper:
Then we sealed the paper side of the platter with several more coats of Mod Podge, being careful not to get any glue on the front side of the platter. Here’s how our birthday platter turned out:
Festive, personalized, and very fun!
A special birthday treat.
What a cute idea!
Thanks, Amy!
super cute!!
How fantastic, I love it!
I love the way you take basic crafting techniques and overlap them/apply them to make so many DIFFERENT fun and fantastic creative projects! I can’t tell you how many times I read your blog and think, “Another great idea. I have to remember that one!”
Question — I imagine that washing the plate involved carefully toweling just the serving side, right? (I have a memory that even dry Mod Podge will eventually dissolve if it’s soaked long enough, but I may be wrong there.)
Thank you, Alexis!
Yes, I imagine that washing it will be tricky! While I can carefully handwash and dry the platter, I hope to eventually seal the back with Outdoor Mod Podge OR spray the back with a clear acrylic outdoor sealer. I’ll post back here about what we end up doing!