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Dollar Tree {Grand}Mother’s Day Glass Plaque

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Foreward: This is for my Mom, and yes she will read this. Love you Mom! You are the best grandma. In fact she was babysitting my kids, while I made this. Sneaky huh? Don’t worry I’ve got something else up my sleeve for Mother’s Day too.

Tuesday I was at one of my favorite Dollar Trees. (Anyone else have a favorite one, or am I just nuts?) I came across all sorts of goodies just waiting to be spiffed up. Here is the first.
They had these beveled glass plaques, about 6 inches by 2.5 inches. They look nice and have a perfectly lovely message, but I wanted to turn this into a Mother’s Day gift.

So here we go…
Supplies:

  • Beveled Glass Plaque from Dollar Tree. It was up front with the seasonal stuff at my store.
  • Something to scrape the paint off. I used a grill scraper I saw at Dollar Tree.
  • Vinyl or something to decorate the plaque with
  • Acrylic paint. I used a Teal pearlized color. LOVED it!
  • Ribbon, if you don’t wish to use the black.

Step 1: Careful remove the back from the glass. I wanted to reuse it so I tried to avoid tearing it up. Picture 2 is what is looked like after I removed the back. Should have got a long knife or something to separate the glue in the center. No worries, it all worked in the end.

Step 2: Scrape off all the paint. It took probably about 15-20 minutes to scrape it all clean. **After I was half way through scraping the thought occurred to me that I should have been wearing gloves and gone outside to do this. These products are made in China and I would not be surprised in the slightest if there was Lead in the paint. Just some food for thought.

Step 3: Clean both sides with Window Cleaner after it is all scraped down. Here is my glass all clean and new again.

Step 4: Apply your vinyl. Mine said, “Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.” My Mom ALWAYS has cookies stored away in the freezer to whip out for the kids, so I thought this was really appropriate. (Email me if you are interested in exactly duplicating mine, I can email you my file all ready to cut.) Alternate option: You can try printing something on Scrapbook paper and mod podging to the glass. I was worried it wouldn’t dry clear, so I didn’t try it. Let me know if you do!

Note: I mirrored my text and applied the vinyl to the back.

Here is the vinyl all applied.

Step 5: Paint, Dry, Repeat. The first coat is a little tough because the paint doesn’t want to stick to the glass. Once you get that on though, it’s a breeze. I probably did about 8 coats. You just need to wait until they are dry to the touch, so it doesn’t take long at all.

Here it is 8 coats later. Who knows what happened with the weird colors. Must have had bad light.

Step 9: Using hot glue, or glue of your choice, reattach the back piece.

Step 10: Switch out the ribbon if you so choose. Wrap up your masterpiece!
Alternate Option – Thanks to that handy dandy stand piece, you can do away with the ribbon all together and just keep it on the table.

How fun and simple was that? This is probably the farthest I have take a Dollar Store redo and it is fun!

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Comments

  8. When you want to paint on glass put your first coat on then lightly spray with Krylon clear (or any clear spray) and your next coats won’t peel or lift as easy..

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  10. This is darling!! SUper cute saying and great job! I am loving that paint! I have just the perfect thing to use it on! THanks for introducing me to it!
    Thanks for the inspiration!!
    Happy Friday!

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  14. Ohh I wonder…I totally messed up a dish that was painted because I put acetone in in (yeah I know) Anyway I wonder if you soaked the glass in acetone if the paint would just lift off as it did on my plate… or would it ruin the glass? Heck for a dollar I’ll try it cause I’m scared of the whole scraping thing!

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  26. Hi! Love your site! Just wanted to let you know that I featured you on my DIY Mother’s Day gift post.

    I host a MckLinky party called Tot Tuesdays every week where people come link up their recipes, crafts and activities for their toddlers. I am also hosting Yummy Mummy Week which starts this Sunday. I hope you will join me for 8 days of featured mom bloggers sharing inspiration and tips on motherhood as well as 8 giveaways which are perfect gifts for mom. There will also be a Blog Hop where moms can share their stories, photos and “mommyfessions” about motherhood and how their bodies have changed. I’d love it if you would come stop by!

    Cheers,
    Jenn
    http://www.mydeliciousambiguity.com/

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  27. Love it!! Great job!! I love $ tree & store too! Don’t they have fun ideas to spiff up??Hi..I’m Barb….I am from Sat. Crafts.. I am your newest follower. I hope you will get a chance to visit my blog @ santasgiftshoppe.blogspot.com
    & get inspired by something for your family/home. I hope you will follow me as well. Nice to meet ya new friend!!!

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  29. This could be done MUCH MORE EASILY AND QUICKLY by simply using a spray enamel to cover over the glass plaque, and then painting on what you want to say, whether freehand or using stencils.

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