My cousin is getting married on the Outer Banks this Friday. She found these trays online and wanted to have something similar to use for her place cards, without the $59.99 price tag. I sent her a picture of a tray I had purchased at a thrift store for $4.25 to see if it would work, all it needed was some paint. She said it would, so I got to work recreating a old and yucky tray into something cute and beachy.
Both trays are from Shore Chic.
....and the yucky before pictures of the thrift store tray.
Our tray measured 17" x 24" x 3".
This is how it looked after a coat of primer and then I sanded down some of the rough spots.
After two coats of white Satin paint.
I had a quart of blue paint (Valspar Rain Dance) forever in my garage that was from an old project and thought the color would look similar to the blue on the $59.99 tray. The technique I used to paint on the blue paint is called dry brushing. You dip your brush in the paint and then wipe it off on a cloth or in my case, a paper towel. It took quite a few coats of blue to get the color intensity that I wanted but it was worth it in the end.
The finished tray.
The tray will be on a table with a white linens and the colors of the reception are royal blue and chartreuse green with hydrangeas on the cake, which I think the tray will tie in nicely to the blue color of the tray.
Not too bad for a $55.74 savings!!!
I can't wait for the wedding, my sister and my Mom will be here this week, and we drive up on Friday morning. I am doing the bride's makeup so I am so excited for that too,
(..and the kiddos are staying home with Dad. Woohoo, girl's road trip!!).
Should be lots of fun and I'm sure I will have some good pictures, I love the Outer Banks!
~ Kim :)
