Fall Table Setting DIY

I have always enjoyed working with clay. For my fall table setting, I adorned chargers with clay leaves.

I am so excited because my fall table settings will look so amazing! Aren’t these new chargers fun? I can’t wait to share how easy they were to make.

Leaf Chargers

I can’t believe I made these! I love how my chargers look with my favorite Spode Delamere plates.

Now that fall is here (well, almost!), I know I will be featuring a lot of tablescapes here on my blog. Did you know I always have a running list of items I want to make myself for times like this?

One of the items on my list is chargers. I have a lot of basic (aka boring) chargers and some copper ones that you have seen on my blog a gazillion times. But I have been trying to create a design for a charger I can make myself.

When I saw the products from Iron Orchid Designs, I knew exactly what I could do!

For this project, I used the Iron Orchid Designs decor molds to make leaves to embellish a very basic plain charger.

I made the leaves with clay, glued them on, let them dry, painted, and sealed them.

They were so easy to make; I think everyone can make them!

Here is the Before and After.

What do you think?

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Iron Orchid Designs

I love to craft, and I am always looking for new ideas that look amazing and are not hard to do. Iron Orchid Designs has excellent crafts and DIY products.

If you go to the IOD website, you will find “DIY tools and tutorials to inspire your creative soul.” They have decor moulds, decor stamps, and decor transfers to make fabulous home items.

Where can you buy Iron Orchid Designs products? Just click here to find a retailer near you! (You can also order online from some of the retailers.)

How to Make Fall Table Leaf Chargers

Step By Step Instructions

• one – Here is what you need to make these fall table chargers. The Iron Orchid Designs Fleur-de-lis decor moulds. Two blocks of air-dry clay, Titebond Quick and Thick glue, four chargers (I used these), cream acrylic paint, copper metallic acrylic paint, paintbrush, clear Polycrylic sealer, and IOD silicone blade.
• two – This is the IOD Fleur-de-lis mold I used. I used the three leaf patterns.

• three – Roll some of the clay in your hand to soften it. Place a generous amount into the leaf mold. Flatten the clay into the mold.
• four – Using the IOD blade, flatten and scrape the clay until it is flat (as seen in the two molds at the top).

• five – Remove the clay and lay out your design on the charger. I did a few designs before I found one that worked out evenly on the charger. Feel free to copy mine, as it has a repetitive design, and it fits perfectly on the charger.
• six – While the clay is still wet, glue it (with the Titebond) to the outside rim of the charger.

• seven – Glue all of the molds on the charger. Let dry overnight.
• eight – When completely dry, paint the charger with cream acrylic paint.

• nine – This is how the painted charger looks. I painted one coat, let it dry, and then painted a second coat with cream paint.
• ten – I wanted to add a copper wash to give the leaves some depth. You can use any color you want, such as brown or grey. Add some water (about one teaspoon) to a generous amount of the paint. (You want the paint to be a wash and not a thick coat.) Apply with a wet brush and then gently wipe away with a towel. Don’t worry if some of the paint comes off as you will fix that in the next step.

• eleven – Here is the difference between the charger painted white and after the wash is added.
• twelve – I added a dab of the white paint here and there (very lightly) after the wash was dry to fill in some areas where I rubbed too hard and lightened up the leaves. This is how it looked when I was done. Next, I sealed the paint with a matte Polycrylic sealer.

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I have to be honest. I only made a few chargers for this blog post, but I love them so much that I will make a set of eight—or maybe twelve.

As you know, Amazon also has many clay molds, so you can make many more things. The possibilities are endless, as you can do so many things.

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