furniture {reincarnated}: Gold Leaf Embellished Party Dishes : Children's Art Project

Being in charge of the class art project for the school auction is a BIG job! Not only was I challenged with coming up with the project, I was then to execute it.

I started by asking myself a few questions:

1. what kind of art can two year olds do

2. what kind of art can two year olds do that other moms would want

3. what kind of art can two year olds do that other moms would want and pay big bucks for

Two year olds can scribble, beautifully. I have a million scribbles hanging on the fridge, in the office, on my vanity. The challenge here was to make this scribble stand out.

I have been seeing a lot of "confetti" and gold in the tabletop world. Everyone from Kate Spade to AnnieGlass uses gold, and it is all fabulous. I used these as my inspiration:

"messy" gold leaf

scribble?

fingerprints?

I decided on a Gold Leaf Party Ware set - dessert plates, punch bowl and cups, and a divided dish for snacks or dips. Confetti to me instantly shouted "FINGERPRINTS!" and like the Kate Spade "bow" plates, I thought I could have the children scribble and I would gold leaf it.

This was my mock up design...

By combining inspiration from both Kate Spade and Annieglass, our TTH Young Discoveries class created a fabulous Gold Leaf Embellished Partyware Set.

Complete with :

8 dessert plates

1 large punch bowl w. ladle

8 punch cups

divided dish

This set is sure to add life to any party. Although it was created by our children, it is sophisticated enough to party with the grown-ups. It is whimsical and fun while also being elegant and glamourous.

Each piece is partially, if not completely, hand painted by the children in our class, with only a little guidance. The dots are all little finger prints and the scribbles were drawn on paper and traced onto the plates and gold leafed; this activity was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

food safe and hand washable.

Who wouldn't want this exciting, handmade, gold embellished set of party dishes?! Only time will tell...