Welcome Guest Blogger - Jessica from Decor Adventures

Hey all, I'm safely at Blissdom now and meeting many other inspiring bloggers. Unfortunately, there is one blogger who, sadly, I won't be meeting. Jessica from Decor Adventures. She is as sweet as can be and a real kindred spirit when it comes to DIY projects. Instead she's staying home to kick DIY butt in her basement, but agreed to take some time to meet you all in my absence. Take it away Jessica!

Jessica

Hello Pretty Handy readers! I'm Jessica from Decor Adventures, a professional by day and project addict by night, decorating my new 111 year old house. Today I want to share with you how to hang plates on a wall.  It's so simple, with no visible hardware, you'll be hanging them up in no time.

When we had a housewarming party last fall, we made our guests participate in a fun little activity while helping to decorate all at the same time. I got some inexpensive plates at the thrift stores and asked our guests to freestyle it!  We had them decorate plates to hang in our house with their well wishes for our first place.

First the secret is Dischangers. They are easy to order online, ship super quick and come in different sizes to hold various weight.

To use them, moisten the disc and secure it to the back of your plate then let it dry overnight. Make sure you wait, even if you want them up right away. You don't want any plates crashing to the ground because the glue is wet!

To make my arrangement I used a technique I saw online where you make a grid of your art on a piece of paper, hang it on the wall, nail in the holes, hang up your art, pull the paper away and presto! Art on the wall. This actually can be done with different wall arrangements, plates, art or photos, etc.

To get started I pulled out a piece of packing paper that came in box from an item I ordered. I was that thick butcher paper. I laid it out on the counter space which was just about as big as my wall area.

Then I arranged the plates on the paper how I wanted them to look on the wall. This way I could move them around without having to hammer a new hole in the wall.





Then I traced each plate onto the paper with a sharpie, making sure it didn't bleed onto the counter underneath. You can write on the plates or art which piece it is. This will help to see what you've got going where.

Then I removed the paper from under the plates and hung it up on the wall with painter's tape. Now you'll see the placement of your art/plates.





After that, measure where each nail hole goes,

mark that spot on your "plate" on the wall,

and hammer one in!

Once you carefully remove the paper, you'll have your nails all ready to go.





Lastly, simply hang up your art and you're done.








This is the little bistro corner in our kitchen. So when our friends come over they get to see their handiwork.







Hoped you learned something today with my plate art. Do you have a technique for hanging things up on the wall? Any tips you want to share?

Thanks again to Pretty Handy Girl for letting me visit!




Please give Jessica a round of applause. Wasn't that a great tip for hanging plates? I think I'll be using this technique to hang our family photo wall soon!

You should hop over to her blog where she and her husband are doing some crazy renovations to their home.