want to make the sweetest and most meaningful gift for someone you love?! make them a custom plate of their house!!!!

i made this to commemorate our new home for the holidays, but it would also make such a beautiful gift for someone! AND it’s so easy to make too!!! i also sort of regret doing it in red now so i may have this one be our holiday plate and do another one in blue!

if you want to make your own, i’ve shared all the steps and supplies i used below!

step 1 : trace your house with a pencil

using a photo of your home (you could also just use your ipad), trace your house with pencil onto a piece of white tissue paper.

step 2 : draw your house onto a plate

tape the tissue paper onto a white plate and then trace over the house again with black sharpie. it will bleed through the tissue onto the plate. if you’re not confident with your drawing, do it twice!

then go over the design with a ceramic paint pen. i used this red color but blue would’ve been pretty too. don’t worry about it being perfect — it ends up looking so charming no matter what!

step 3 : add your finishing details

add embellishments, text, whatever special touches you want. if you don’t like something or mess up, you can erase with rubbing alcohol!

step 4 : bake your plate

bake according to the marker instructions — and once it’s done baking, i left mine to cool down in the oven.

it’s not food safe, i made this just to display!

ps. you can watch a video of how i did this here.