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Turn Candy Dishes into Patriotic Milkglass Stars with Paint

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Madigan made… dollar store candy dishes into Fourth of July decor.

I made a few simple changes to the cart in my kitchen for the Fourth of July. 

Compared to my Easter decor, this is quite change, right? The frame-on-top-of-a-frame looks different. I changed out the background tan paper in the larger frame for some red wrapping paper. And then I added my simple patriotic printable to the smaller frame.

Did you guess correctly? After seeing the colors of the star garland on my chalkboard yesterday, was there any doubt I was going to use the aqua print?

But my favorite part of this whole display is right below the frame.

I made the glass stars out of dollar store star-shaped candy dishes!!

I used the same process as my milk glass apothecary jars to paint the inside of the dishes.

After cleaning the inside with isopropyl alcohol, I taped plastic around the outside of the dish. Then I painted the inside of  stars with multiple thin, frequent coats of spray paint. Thin and multiple coats is the key! As it dried, I swirled the dishes around to coat every corner.
Once fully dried, I scraped away any extra paint around the edges that leaked under the tape.

When propped up vertically, the dishes leaned forward. To keep them level, I placed a dollop of hot glue on the two “front” edges of each star.

I love the way the stars turned out. Not bad for 3 bucks, plus some spray paint that I had on hand! (I own quite the spray paint collection!)
They sort of look like milk glass, right? Well, at least the white one does!
Below the cart, I shifted some of my white creamware and shopped around the house for a few other pieces. 
I added a red vase and blue glass insulators caps for a little more patriotic spirit. 
 I love this display… because it is so simple and graphic. 
And I love the red and turquoise, but I think I already told you that! Hahaha.

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