How to make breakfast and brunch easy
“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?”
— A.A. Milne.
“What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?”
“I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said.”
For my first blog I start with one of my favourite items I made. A breakfast tray to match my decor and make setting up and putting away breakfast much easier.
I tend to eat a variety for breakfast from home growns (my favourite is tomatoes drizzled in Pomegranate juice), to pots of delicious local honey, olives, cheeses and jams. Each of these being in individual pots I found that much time was wasting getting the pots in and out of the fridge so I decided to make a tray that would match the decor, that I could put the pots on and take them out of the fridge all in one go.
So the first job was to find pots and a tray that fitted each other. the tray base colour did not matter too much (as I was going to decorate it) but I wanted the post to match so I decided on these great glass pots with green lids.
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The tray just needed to be a basic plastic or wood white so I chose this from a local shop and painted the base white, it just needed a basic cover as I planned to put material on top anyhow so it was just so the colours do not show through.
The next step was to cut out some material that I had left from my curtains (which I had bought to match my lampshades-a great find!). To do this I laid a square on top upside-down and carefully drew around the edge making sure that it does not slip. Then I just cut it out to the shape of the tray (around where I had drawn)
Once I had cut out the material and the paint had dried it was time to put the two together. I laid the material on the bottom of the tray. made sure it was flat and smooth (you may wish to iron it if it is creased). Then its time for some Epoxy fun!
Art Resin was my choice of Epoxy as it is odourless and UV resistant.
I mixed up the epoxy 50/50 as per the instructions and poured and spread a little on the base of the tray (this was just so that the fabric would stick) then laid the fabric over this, then I poured the remainder over the fabric and tipped it from side to side until it looked even.
On the above photo you can see little bubbles and this is normal on a resin pour. The next step is to pop these bubbles! I used a long lighter and you only need to briefly go over each area quickly to pop them. Do not leave it for more that a second on each area, besides burning the epoxy (and the obvious fire risk – please be careful), don’t forget the tray could also burn if you had a prolonged time on one area. So remember quickly only go over each part up or down OR left to right until all the bubbles are popped. I actually popped the bubbles for both before and after the fabric as I thought the fabric may trap them but in hindsight I guess if it is under the fabric it would not matter too much.
I let the epoxy dry for 2 days just to be sure it had hardened ok. Once it was all done, I just had to sit back and enjoy the view. You can see how well they match my curtains and now it just takes one trip to the fridge to get my breakfast ready. I also discovered its makes it easier to clean the fridge for that shelf I can remove it all at once! I may even do some more….
If you are interested, here is the link to the lampshades
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Crafty Yas 