Have a few extra garage sale or thrift store plates around for times when you give a cake or goodies to relatives or friends

Love making things with quaint old items like cups and dishes? What better way to create romantic, rustic decor than to start with some of your favorite items like these. You can also make modern room decor, cool DIY gifts and other cool plates and dishware by following these awesome step by step tutorials. From

Have you wondered what to do with old dishes? Here are several creative crafts made from dishes that are super easy DIYs!

Don't leave your unused place settings to gather dust in the attic. These old dishes DIY projects repurpose plates and platters into new and useful items.

Vintage silver plate has a way of adding up at thrift stores. Stacks of trays, platters, serving dishes, and even silverware can usually be found at most secondhand shops. Thankfully, there are plenty of fun ways to repurpose all those silver-plated items, and not all of them involve paint!

I love to recycle vintage items and give them a new lease of life.I am given boxes of cracked crockery and I get so thrilled at old pretty china crockery broken…

These craft ideas for old dishes are so pretty! You will be amazed by what you can make with old China, repurposed dinner plates, and more. Make garden art from old dishes such as bird feeders and giant flowers. You can create sweet projects with chipped teacups, and you can update those plain old wine glasses with just a bit of creativity! Before you pass up that pretty old platter at the thrift store, consult this list of wonderful craft ideas to turn something old into something new. And…

Thrift store dishes repurpose ideas are so numerous it's easy to find one you can do yourself.

I came across these Vintage plates on Facebook by Plate-a-Tude and I knew I had to share it with all my thrifting crafters. Make sure you check out the Plate-a-tude page to shop for her latest des…

We all have old plates, saucers, trays, with cracks or chips... But they can always be useful! Look at what I did with them... I will start with the most challe…