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With holiday entertaining quickly approaching a fun simple project that you can do to  give your dinnerware a bit of character is decorating them with permanent marker. You could write a song lyrics, your favorite quotation, or a cute hand drawn picture. Buy cheap porcelain plates, the dollar store is a great place to pick up cups and plates for crafts.  You will also need a permanent marker, once you have decorated your plate or mug place it in a oven heated to 150 for 30 minutes and your art will be permanent.