DIY Trinket Dishes
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I love to have pretty trinket dishes to store my jewelry and to add some charm to my home. These ones are easy to make and turn out super cute!
You can use them to store keys, spare change, jewelry, and more. They would be great gifts or stocking stuffers and will look beautiful in any room of your home.
I hope you have a great time making and using these!
Supplies You’ll Need
- Ceramic bowl
- Alcohol inks
- 91% isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol)*
- Cotton pad
- Dust blowing pear
- Mod podge**
- Paint brush
*It is not food grade.
*91%-99% will work, whatever you have.
** Some water-based or alcohol-based varnishes may react with the ink and cause smudging. It’s advisable to do a test before applying it to the entire surface. The brand krylon clear glaze is safest for the ink
How to Make DIY Trinket Dishes
Step 1. To start, get your rubbing alcohol and clean/degrease the ceramic bowl using a cotton pad.
Step 2. Next, add a few spots of ink to your bowl. Play with it and swirl it around.
It will dry pretty fast, so just play with it until it dries.
Step 3. If you want to add some interesting layers, use your dust blowing pear on the ink while it is still wet. It creates some beautiful designs!
Step 4. You can add another few drops of ink to your bowl if you would like.
Step 5. Adding more ink and experimenting with your dust blowing pear will make your trinket bowl’s design more interesting, layered, and complex.
Step 6. Keep adding ink and swirling it around as you go.
Step 7. Enjoy getting creative and adding as many layers as you’d like.
Step 8. You can add more ink in different colors and watch them blend together.
Step 9. You can also experiment by adding a drop of rubbing alcohol to see what happens to the colors.
Step 10. Keep working on your design until you like what you have. Let it dry completely (I left mine overnight).
Step 11. This picture shows an example of how you can use just one color to make a simply designed trinket bowl.
Step 12. Once your ink is completely dry, you can add varnish. This step is optional, but it will add some shine to your bowl.
Let the varnish dry completely and your bowl is finished!
How Long Do These DIY Trinket Dishes Take to Make?
These beautiful trinket dishes come together quickly and require only about 20 minutes or so of active crafting time. You will, however, need to dry the ink overnight and then dry the varnish overnight as well.
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Materials
- Ceramic bowl
- Alcohol inks
- 91% isopropyl alcohol rubbing alcohol *
- Cotton pad
- Dust blowing pear
- Mod podge **
- Paint brush
Instructions
- First, get your rubbing alcohol and clean the ceramic bowl using a cotton pad.
- Next, add ink to your bowl. Play with it and swirl it around.It dries fast, so keep playing with it until it is dry.
- If you want to add some interesting layers, use your dust blowing pear on the ink while it is still wet.
- You can add another few drops of ink to your bowl if you would like.
- Adding more ink and experimenting with your dust blowing pear will make your design more interesting, layered, and complex.
- Keep adding ink and swirling it around as you go.
- Enjoy getting creative and adding as many layers as you’d like.
- You can add more ink in different colors and watch them blend together.
- You can also experiment by adding a drop of rubbing alcohol to see what happens to the colors.
- Keep working on your design until you like what you have. Let it dry completely.
- This picture shows an example of how you can use just one color to make a simply designed trinket bowl.
- Once your ink is completely dry, you can add varnish. This step is optional, but it will add some shine to your bowl.Let the varnish dry completely and your bowl is finished!
