Friends and Family Serving Plate

July 7, 2010

I saw this idea in a catalog or magazine years ago and made this plate for our neighbors. I recently remembered a photobucket account and found some fun pictures in it from when the girls were young. This picture was in there too. So I figured I’d share the idea.

I purchased a box of clear dinner plates. I printed the poem out and placed it on the top of the plate. I flipped the plate over and painted on the bottom of the plate with glass paint. I didn’t want the paint to touch the food. This was years ago and they may have paint out now that is safe for use with food. I used the printed poem as a guide and carefully painted the words. I used a toothpick for better control. Then I painted the flowers along the border.

After painting the plate, I filled the plate with cookies and passed it to our neighbors.

The poem reads:

This plate shall have no owner

for its journey never ends.

It travels in the circle

of our family and our friends.

It carries love from home to home

for everyone to share.

The food that’s placed upon it

is filled with love and care.

So please enjoy what’s on this plate,

then fill it up again,