For a party or special dinner, try decorating plain dishes with icing. Designs will be perfectly edible, and if you make a mistake while painting, just lick it off and start over. (Don't tell anyone your tongue made contact with their plate.)
To make this "paint," I mixed 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of water, and 2 drops of liquid food coloring. Apply with a paintbrush. If needed, run your fingernail around any wiggly edges to smooth them out before they dry.
Love this Jessica! I totally want to do this!
ReplyDeleteI bet kids would like it. Or big kids like us. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome... I love this... and not only for Valentine... Great Idea... Thanks for sharing
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Catrin
great idea! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDelete:P laughing about the licking. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea !!! This could be so cute for a surprise ! I'm really thinking of doing a special dinner using this idea !
ReplyDeleteThanks so much !
Great idea! Now white dishes are in right now too. The only thing is if you had to put salty food on top, I would think it would get a little sweet. Too bad you can't make the icing more savory.
ReplyDeletethis is a great idea....A+J, already personalized for me and my husband! :D
ReplyDeleteWow, simple and beautiful!!!
ReplyDeletecute idea. great job -- works for any occasion.
ReplyDeleteso, so simple, lovely + clever! thank you for sharing your great ideas! :)
ReplyDeletethat is the cutest thing.
ReplyDeleteAww... so SWEET!
ReplyDelete(How many time did you lick Alex's? I won't tell him!)
Mum
this is such a sweet idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is so clever! I can't justify buying lots of plates for different different holidays, but I could do this!
ReplyDeleteSpeechless. This will solve everything, forever.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great (and simple) idea! I think I might do this for my girls' Valentine's Day breakfast plates!
ReplyDeleteI read your blog all the time, but I just had to comment on these plates. They are SO CUTE!!! I love this idea. Thank you for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! I just love simple but WOWEE ideas like this. Can't wait to plan my V-Day party with some of these accents.
ReplyDeleteYou have such amazing ideas! Thanks for sharing them :-)
ReplyDeleteOh how fun! I think this would be sweet at any point in the year. Maybe draw up some colorful balloons to accompany a piece of birthday cake?
ReplyDeleteYou could, maybe, substitute the powdered sugar with corn starch. It will go with the savory dishes as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the cute idea.
A wonderful idea. My daughter would love this while drinking her milk!
ReplyDelete"Don't tell anyone your tongue made contact with their plate." - Hilarious!!! Thanks for the early morning laugh!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! It's made even cleverer by being so simple :) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteso great and easy! yay!
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Brilliant Jessica. So great to meet you as well!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea! In the past, I have used kids washable markers to write names or draw doodles along the outside border of dishes as place markers (not where food would touch), to rave reviews. This is a fun, safe and unexpected way to add some pizzazz to any meal :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool idea! Looks so cute!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely delicious! The greatest idea for Valentine's Day.
ReplyDeleteA kiss from Portugal and Congratulations for the fantastic blog!
I was just thinking the other day I wanted to paint dishes but have them edible. Does this wash off once you clean them?
ReplyDeleteCompletely.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove the hearts on the cups. Super cute idea!
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ReplyDeleteYou'll love this one! An orange pen!
Oh how fun!! Might have to try this!
ReplyDeleteThe greatest idea for Valentine's Day
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous and fun idea!
ReplyDeletedid you use a stencil for the letters?
ReplyDeleteI love it! We're going to try it for sure this year.
ReplyDeleteThat's just great ... thanks for sharing the idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! Mainly because you've found a way to paint with SUGAR. Bless you.
ReplyDeleteI love sugar. :)
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, nope, I freehanded.
What a fun idea. This would be great to personalize dishes for a party. Love this!
ReplyDeleteSO adorable!
ReplyDeleteSo brilliant! Just shared on my blog, many thanks! :)
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I love the idea, but the suggestion of LICKING someone else's plate is unbelievable. I hope none of you actually do this.
ReplyDeleteThat was a joke.
ReplyDeleteI love this!!! I did it this morning with the kids and it was so much fun. I can't wait to show off my decorated plate tomorrow at a valentines party!!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea! shame I found it today! will be perfect for the Valentine's Day 2013 ;)
ReplyDeleteGenius idea, Jessica! Absolutely love it to bits.
ReplyDeleteThis is so fun!! I shared it on my blog too: http://www.vixenmade.com/2014/02/15-valentines-day-party-diys.html
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