This easy DIY is a scenario where I saw these little white dishes at Target and thought, “blank slate!”.  I had no clue what I was going to end up using them for, but they were the perfect size, so I couldn’t pass them up.  They’re been sitting on my desk for a few weeks and since I’m a doodler, I whipped out my gold sharpie and started scribbling right on the plates.

There is tons of sharpie art out there on the inter webs, but I just loved how easy, but impressive this one ended up.  It actually makes me think of this little teapot at C. Wonder – which wasn’t my intention, but ended up being pretty comparable… and all for just $2!

If you’re not good at free handing a design, keep on reading to see my easy way to get all those scribbles nicely placed.

 

Start by scribbling one parallelogram in the center of the dish down an imaginary center line.  Following its lines, make one above and one below your first shape.  Keep the sides all in a line.

Then, make the same four parallelograms like a mirror image.  I staggered mine slightly so that it wasn’t an exact mirror image.

It helped me to make the two side lines, then fill them in so that the angle was consistent. Tilt the dish a bit to get into the dips, but other than that, just keep making more parallelograms that are all parallel to each other!  It’s like a throwback to geometry class!  If you mess up, just make some artistic scribbles and keep going, once it’s done, it will look good!

To make it dishwasher safe, set the dish in a COLD oven and then turn the head up to 200.  Let it sit for about 30 minutes, then turn the oven off and let the dish cool down.  I probably wouldn’t use it for direct food contact, but for some jewelry, wrapped candies or mints, you’re golden… literally!

I’m actually pretty surprised that something which started as a desk side doodle ended up being one of my favorite things.

Any accident DIY’s in your neck of the woods?  Care to share?