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posted: 1/13/2010
Okay, so this project was a total accident - but what a cool thing it turned into. (And it's featured in the new Better Homes & Gardens article!) I had seen the whole "plates on the wall with ribbon" just like you - a zillion times. It's a good idea - a very charming and more interesting way to hang your plates.
I was also dealing with being 24 years old and collecting plates - am I allowed to like plates at my age? Or do I have to be older to start collecting things like that... not to stereo-type, but let's be honest, do you know anyone in their 20's that collects plates? (Please let me know :))
Anyway, I couldn't just hang them on the wall like my grandma does - I was going for a little more funk. These are vintage milk glass plates, made from melted down milk jugs (I think... :)). I'm finding them around more often now, which is just so great! I'm adding to the collection fast. Anyway, I measured out all the ribbon, put the plates in each of their own little plate hangers, and began hanging them at random heights with grosgrain ribbon. It seemed like I had not thought the whole project through -- the brackets made the plates unable to lay neatly on the wall - they were just dangling there. I stepped back to try and see how to "fix" the problem. But by stepping back, I saw that it was actually really cute, and pretty creative! It made a very whimsical feel in the room... like a large wind-chime. So I kept it like it was. Sometimes, looking at something you think is familiar, if you stand in a different place and capture what you see, you might just find something new and amazing.
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