I find most of my dishes at my local thrift store. Sometimes at garage sales and once in awhile, someone gives me dishes they want to get rid of.

Thanks so much for the feedback, Leonie! Like anything, crafting is always a journey of learning and growing. I certainly did not start with the dish flowers I make now. In fact, in all honesty, I was afraid to learn how to drill glass! So for the 1st year, all my dish flowers were the plastic kind. They were still cute…but my desire to make ones like the ones I had seen (and fallen in love with) on Pinterest, meant overcoming intimidation, researching how to do it and what drill tips to use. But that only stimulates the imagination, and uses part of the brain we don’t always use. I had to learn which types of glass plates are sturdy enough to drill and which types will shatter. I learned how to use color and style…since most dishware is art in and of itself. So keep on creating and crafting and learning and growing. That’s part of the fun! ~ Kristen