Gold Leaf Elephant Trinket Dish With Heart Footsteps

I jumped on the gold leaf trinket dish train and also borrowed some inspiration from the painted animal trend. Combine the two and you you get a Gold Leaf Elephant Trinket Dish complete with little heart footsteps for Valentine’s Day.
Let me tell you, I think it would have been easier to paint this little guy. Gold leaf is tricky to use on a flat surface let alone a 3D surface like this little plastic elephant. But I persevered and got him covered.
The heart shaped footprints were easy to make. I used double stick tape cut into heart shapes, pressed them onto the dish and then applied the gold leaf. The soft paint brush removed the excess gold leaf where there wasn’t any tape.
The final step was a coat of clear sealer. Once dried, I tested out the dish with my husband’s wedding band. Perfect! He can use the rest of the dish for other small objects.


More detailed instructions are on my blog at the URL below.
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  • Katherine Howard Jones Katherine Howard Jones on Jun 18, 2015
    Adorable. My MIL loves elephants, so this would make a perfect gift. But will paint don't have patience or skill to do gold leaf anymore. Anyone who has a favorite animal would love this.
    • Carolyn ~ homework Carolyn ~ homework on Jun 18, 2015
      @Katherine Howard Jones thanks Katherine. I loved experimenting with the gold leaf but I would lean toward painting the next one too. :)
  • Mickey Baron Mickey Baron on Oct 01, 2015
    PRECIOUS! It's GORGEOUS!
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