fun with ceramics

I thought I would show a few photos of what I made Matt for Christmas.  It is a tea & coffee set that I decorated using porcelain pens.  My girlfriend Helen gave me the idea of decorating ceramics for gifts and I believe that she got the original idea from TinyHappy.  

I was unsure of what to do at first, but decided to go with a Mexican sugar skull theme which signifies El Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead in Mexico.  I initially started free-styling them and just looked at some images and made up my own skulls. I decorated a tea pot, tea cups and coffee mugs.  Then I decided to do a couple of cake plates.  For the plates I used a transfer technique from THIS TUTORIAL.  I used the Pebeo Porcelaine pens in a fine tip which worked really well.  I got mine from Gordon Harris, but I think other art and craft supply shops carry them as well.  I'm really happy with the results and Matt loves the set so I would say it was a successful project.  Here are some photos.  

    

Comments

[Angela]

Clever Dickie! These are awsome, I've wanted to do somthing similar on some old white crown lynn. I never knew which pens to use though! Cheers cos now I do!
P.S loving the new heaader xx

[Bonnie De Gros]

Thanks so much :)
This was a really fun project and not too difficult either. They make great wedding gifts too & I plan on making some for a couple of friends who are getting hitched soon.

[Nikki Maetzig]

Love Love LOVE! Matty told me about your handmade xmas gift pact, and watched with much envy him fussing over a pressie for you. Clever cookies.x

[Thomas]

What an awseome idea! Need to make some myself!

[Lisa]

Sooooooo awesome! Love them!