Paper plates for dolls!

Another weekend has come and gone. It was a good one. Watched the Packers wallop the Panthers today until the station decided the game wasn't "competitive" enough. GRRRRRRRRR. Thank you. I suppose a 28 - 3 score wasn't enjoyable for everyone. But did you HAVE to make me - a Packers fan who doesn't get to watch many of their games -  watch the Seahawkes and Rams? I admit, it was a more "competitive" game. Not a bad ending, interesting, coming down to the last minute sort of thing. But I sire was enjoying watching my team.

Yesterday after we got the house all picked up, I opened the package I ordered from Joann's. I hit a sale on the paper punches and also had a coupon code for shipping. So, I got 2 punches the right size for my 1/12 and 1/6 plate molds, and also some triple thick gloss. Let the paper plate making fun begin!! Which it did.

After dinner we rushed to Michael's to spend that 50% coupon that expired later that night. I wanted to grab some felt tipped pens to put edging onto my plates. I used acrylic paint with both a thin brush and also a tooth pick, and while it worked, I figured pens would be much easier. I also wanted to get some more scrapbook paper. The paper was 4 for $1. Yay! I found some pens that I thought would work, and figured I would use the coupon on them. (They were $8.) I wanted to check the clay section before we left to see if anything was on sale. And then I saw it.

I had watched a tutorial before dinner on making ice cream out of clay. She used some sort of tool that was a Walnut something or another extractor. I couldn't remember what she had called it, and did a half baked search trying to find it. (Because I didn't want to re-watch an 8 minute video to write down the name. Makes sense, right?) Well, lo and behold, there it was! A Walnut Hollow Clay Extractor. With 50% off coupon, it would only be $14. Yep, it was coming home with me.

I didn't try it out until today, and it is wonderful. Last night's paper plate mania ended with my making nearly 50 plates. I still need to seal some of them. What fun! Next up is making food to go ON the plates. Here's a picture of some of my plates: