I had so much to say yesterday that I literally ran out of space. The reason that I was so excited about the permanent-til-wet quality of the miracle glue is because whatever I do can be undone. And so, I tested out the theory with the vase. I had bigger plans and I wanted to make sure that my suspicions were right; that this glue would indeed unglue itself with warm water.

After decorating the vase, it took less than 5 minutes under warm water to bring it back to its original clear glass. (This is when I did a little dance of joy.)

You see, it really is only a couple weeks before Thanksgiving. I don't have a lot of time, but I do like a beautiful Thanksgiving table.

Enter the miracle glue.

This year, I can use that glue to make my plain old glass plates just a little more festive. And then, when the holiday dinner is over, my plain glass plates can once again be my plain glass plates.

This is easy. This is quick. This is inexpensive. And this is fun (if not sticky) to do.

Here are my project pics (2 plates and a beer glass):

So what exactly did I do? Well, I turned on my computer and powered up Word so that I could print 'Thankful' in a nice font that would fit where I wanted it to go.

Then, I printed the page with my words on it - onto a piece of lightweight vellum. You could use whatever paper you wanted... I chose the vellum because I wanted the whole frosted effect, but if you would rather have a bright orange background, then use orange paper - this project should definitely be done your own way.

With paper in hand, I trimmed it to the size I wanted and then put glue on the plate (or glass) first before I stuck the paper down, making sure that there were no air bubbles under the paper. You can glue the paper first, but I found that this glue tended to make the lightweight paper curl and stick together before I could get it in place.

Finally, I did a quick sweep of glue over the paper just to seal and protect the paper from ripping.

Done.

The plate with the leaves was done much the same way, except I traced some clipart onto some scraps of the kite paper I had leftover from a previous project (still) and then glued them down as I did with the vellum and the words.

An easy project that will make any Thanksgiving (or Christmas, or Easter, or Halloween, or...) table/party much more festive. If you (or your kids) take on this project, will you send me pictures of your festive table? Email me at daylilies@dayliliescreative.com.