Y'all. This is getting oooold. I had another Wedding Wednesday Epic DIY Fail. Well, not epic (let's be realistic – it's a wedding craft and not on the same level as the sinking of the Titanic) but I'm a wee bit disappointed. See, waaay back in January of 2011 when I got engaged, one of the first pieces of inspiration I saved was this:
Image Courtesy of: Coco+Kelley
Lovely, right? I fell infreakinglove! This fit right into my plan for our reception and the look of the tables! See, The Boy and friends are making our reception tables from old pallets. I'm leaving them uncovered (maybe some runners but definitely no tableclothes) and running the flower arrangements right down the middle. Even though we're doing a buffet, I like the idea of making it more special by setting the tables instead of leaving piles of dishes on the buffet.
For the table setting, I'm planning on plain white dinner plates (still debating buying then donating versus renting), fork, knife, cloth napkin, and drinking glass. On top of the white dinner plate, I wanted to have glass salad plates with pink stripes painted on the underside. Just like in the picture above! So chic, so easy!
Than again… maybe not.
What can I do to fix this? I thought I had pressed the seams down on the painter's tape enough. Help!
Mindy says
I honestly think it looks great. No one is going to notice the little imperfections but you.
Rogue Bride says
I’m thinking a more matte pink would help. But, for the errant paint, get your nail polish remover out and something to scrape with. The edges of the pink can be imperfect, that’s ok, it will only add to the charm.
Janna (Sparkly Love) says
Use a razor blade like this ( and keep the blade parallel to the stripe. You’ll clean the excess off and keep the line straight.
Koru Kate {Koru Wedding} says
Maybe it’s just me but I think your plate looks pretty cool! The uneven lines give it character 🙂
jacin {lovely little details} says
what do you mean! i think it looks good! and yeah, use a razor if you need to straighten them out, or the edge of a ruler
Faith says
Something that I’ve heard works for painting walls with contrasting stripes is after you paint the walls whatever color you want the wall to be before you put the contrast stripe color on (but obviously after you make your tape lines) you go over the area you want striped with the base wall color. Then after that dries you do a coat of the contrast color. This is supposed to help keep the paint from running under the tape and making your lines funky because whatever paint does run under the tape lines is the base color.
Disclaimer: I have never tried this, but it’s supposed to work awesomely.