I decided to design some new door name plaques. After testing many different colour combinations, I have come up with a couple of designs that I am really pleased with. Firstly a plain white painted wooden plaque, which I distressed a little around the edges. For the lettering I chose a pallet of red, white and blues, making some letters striped using polymer clay (‘millefiori’ technique). It has a cool, nautical feel- which I really like. Using one of the stamps that I made for my button jewellery, I have made sweet little polymer clay buttons to embellish the design, and have chosen a red and white gingham ribbon to hang the plaque. The second design has a delicate pastel colour combination. Once I had finished my plaques I decided to antique them. The results were really very pleasing. I am going to add both the antiqued plaques, and the fresh white ones to my site as they both look good. I will add these plaques to the personalised gifts area.
