Vintage Ironstone Platter Signs: Easy Stenciling Project

Hi everyone! I’m always looking for simple home decor projects that involve vintage items, particularly those that don’t sell well on their own. Ironstone platters are a great example of a poor sellers.

But within a matter of minutes, you can turn them into ironstone platter signs that have a great farmhouse style look. You can use them to beautify your home or make you money in your antique business.

You can find gardens decorated with dishes and tea cups and other pieces of china all over Pinterest, along with signs that say “Garden” or “Welcome” or “fill-in-the-blank.”

I’ve stenciled on platters before, but always for inside the house, never outside.

After reorganizing my ironstone cupboard, I kicked out a few small platters to make room for my beautiful new gravy boat. I decided to try out a new set of letter stencils I recently bought.

I bought these Firefly letter stencils at Tuesday Morning, and I love them. They have re-positional adhesive backs and I’m so happy with the font.

For the “stake” I hot-glued a paint stirrer to the back of the platter.

And why stop at just one? After the paint dried, I sprayed each platter with protective coat of satin polyurethane.

I’ll take one up to my booth and save another for the Shaker Craft Fair in early winter, priced around $12-15.00.

The “vintage” one fits in nicely with my bread boards.

But then, so does “eat!”

I think I’ll keep the garden sign for now since it looks so nice amongst the forget-me-nots.

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