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DIY Gold Hexagon Napkin Rings

November 30, 2020 by Cara Leave a Comment

Do you know what’s funny? I’m all into creating table settings this year, and I don’t even host Thanksgiving or Christmas at my house! Lol! I happen to be a sucker for it anyway, even if my family and I are the only ones that see it! ๐Ÿค“ Plus today’s DIY napkin rings can be used year-round, dressed up or down for a nice dinner or even hot dogs! Lol! That is the way I roll, just add gold and it immediately makes them fancy!๐Ÿ˜‰

DIY Gold Hexagon Napkin Ring

The DIY hexagon napkin rings pair really well with my DIY marble epoxy pumpkin chargers, but yet would look great without the table fully set as well or use them with the Christmas chargers I am currently pouring that I can’t wait to show you! EEK!! They would make a great hostess gift if you are heading to a friend’s home or family members for a holiday party!

DIY Napkin Rings

You can make a full set of napkin rings in about an hour’s time of actual work…a little longer when you count dry times of paint and wood glue! Aren’t those the best DIYs though, the ones that look so good but do not cost a lot or have in-depth, time-consuming steps?! Lol!

DIY Hexagon Napkin Rings

You could package them with a little bow and gift tag…boom, a quick gift to throw in a stocking or hand over to a hostess at a holiday party! I mean, I am holding out hope that in a month the holidays will be normal!๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Anyway, let me show you how to whip them up!

Materials for the DIY Napkin Rings

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-1 – 1/4″ 1″x6′ pine lattice or 1/4″ poplar project board (ripped to 1″)

–miter saw

–filler primer

–gold spray paint

–wood glue

–painter’s tape

–sander

Cut List:

-6 – pine lattice cut (or poplar project board) @ 1 1/4″ long and beveled on both ends @ 30 degrees off square, ends not parallel (this makes 1 napkin ring so multiply this times however many napkin rings you want to make).

Making the DIY Gold Hexagon Napkin Rings

If you purchased pine lattice, it should be sized 1″ already, if you grabbed a poplar project board, it will need to be ripped down to 1″ wide.

Once it is ripped to size, you can cut your pieces.

Set the bevel on your miter saw to 30 degrees. If your miter saw doesn’t bevel, or you want to use the miter instead…as I did, you will need to set the miter to 30 degrees and you will cut each piece on its side.

DIY Napkin Rings - Gold Hexagon shape, cutting the beveled edges

I couldn’t find my clamp for my miter saw, and I don’t think it would have swung this far over even if I could have found it! Lol! So I used a piece of painter’s tape as a guide once I measured out where 1 1/4″ was on the saw.

The painter’s tape gives you a stop block so you don’t have to measure every time you cut one piece…that would take forever to make one napkin ring! And yes, I am well aware that it is not taped square to what I am cutting, but I was only lining up the very top edge.

Once you have the saw set up and tape in place, cut, cut, cut, and cut some more until you have all the pieces you need to complete as many napkin rings as you need for your table!

Making the DIY gold hexagon napkin rings

DIY Napkin Ring Pieces

Lay out a piece of painter’s tape and set the pieces beveled edge to beveled edge on the tape.

DIY napkin rings - making hexagons

Making DIY Napkin Rings in a hexagon shape

DIY Napkin Rings

Once you have all six on the tape, add wood glue in between each piece!

DIY Napkin Rings - how to make

Then roll the tape up completing the hexagon! Make sure all the pieces are lined up properly when the tape is around them.

DIY Hexagon Napkin Rings - How to make

How to make DIY Napkin Rings

Make sure the tape is tight around the hexagon to make sure the glue is able to set and hold them together! You can even wrap an extra piece of tape around to make sure!

DIY Hexagon Napkin RIngs

Whip up as many as you need to complete your table settings and then let them sit for a couple of hours and then come back and check on them! This gives the wood glue time to set. If you want to be sure, give it 2 or 3 hours…and then completely forget about them as I did!๐Ÿ˜‚

Sand them lightly to get rid of any scraggly pieces from the saw, and spray them with the filler primer. The filler primer is an important part of making them look like they are not made out of wood. It fills in all the pores and gives it a really smooth surface for the paint to adhere to. Use two coats! I learned about this from the AMAZING and INCREDIBLY talented Lizzy @thehouseoftimber! She is the scroll saw QUEEN!๐Ÿ˜ Make sure and follow her if you aren’t already…you will NOT be disappointed!!๐Ÿ˜Š

DIY Napkin Rings - Painting the napkin rings

Anyway, sand lightly after the two coats of primer, and then when you spray them with the gold paint they magically look like they are made of metal or plastic, definitely not wood! Lol!

Just a tip, you want to wait until the primer is fully dry before you sand, I messed mine up by rushing to sand them 20 minutes after I sprayed them! OY!! The primer feels dry to the touch really quickly, don’t be fooled as I was! Lol!

Here’s the gold spray paint I used on the napkin rings!

DIY Gold Napkin Rings

Let them dry and slide them on some beautiful napkins! Another tip, after testing everything on this napkin ring, I sanded using a stationary sander as opposed to trying to use a handheld sander, and it worked WAY better!! Then I just used a tiny bit of wood filler on the miters and they look way better!!

DIY Gold Hexagon Napkin Rings

DIY Napkin Rings

Pretty simple, huh?! I told ya, and TOTALLY worth it!

DIY Gold Hexagon Napkin Rings

Have any other ideas on what I could make into a hexagon shape? If you do, don’t tell me I already have too many hexagon projects! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜œ I’m kidding! Let me know in the comments below! Have you made these napkin rings? Send me an email with some pictures or tag me on social media, I LOVE seeing y’all’s projects from my tutorials…makes my day!!

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DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin Chargers

November 25, 2020 by Cara Leave a Comment

Hey there! It has been so hard to get into fall and winter crafty projects since it has been nothing but HOT here! Lol! I want some COLD weather already!! If you are having cold weather, send me some, pretty please!! No matter the weather, the days don’t stop so I still have to force myself into projects like these beautiful DIY marble epoxy pumpkin chargers!

DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin Charger - Get your table fall ready with pumpkin plate chargers

Aren’t they the most beautiful thing you have ever seen?! ๐Ÿ˜œ

DIY Pumpkin Shaped Charger for Dinner Plates and table settings

 

DIY Marble Epoxy Chargers

Well let me tell you, I need someone to come take the epoxy away from me! Lol! I am making ALL the marble epoxy projects this week! And hexagons, someone come take the 30-degree marker off my saw to keep me from making any more hexagon projects! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

DIY Marble Epoxy Plate Chargers

See the hexagon napkin rings in the photos?!

DIY Gold Hexagon Napkin Ring

They are so inexpensive, easy to make, and can go with ANY table setting you create!

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you saw a year or so ago, I shared making a marble epoxy countertop pour that I was INTRIGUED by! I have been wanting to create faux marble epoxy projects of all kinds ever since, and in the last few days, I have fulfilled this desire! ๐Ÿ˜… Wanna see all the marble epoxy projects?

DIY Marble Epoxy Hexagon Chargers (coming soon)

DIY Marble Epoxy Hexagon Coasters (coming soon)

DIY Marble Epoxy Hexagon Napkin Rings (coming soon)

I LOVE all the marble epoxy and would be happy to receive any of these projects as a gift! Not only is it a handmade gift, but it looks REALLY good too! And marble is so expensive that this is a WONDERFUL alternative! From hostess gifts to actual Christmas gifts, you will want to grab a couple of bottles of epoxy resin and get busy!!๐Ÿ˜

DIY Marble Epoxy Charger Shaped like a pumpkin

Could you imagine an ornament just like this for a Christmas table setting, they could be red and green marble, or solid red and solid green…the ideas just run amuck in my mind!! SO. MANY. IDEAS.๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿค“

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DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin Chargers

 

Okay back to the tutorial for the DIY marble epoxy pumpkin chargers! Here’s the PUMPKIN PATTERN if you want to cut your own! But you could also make squares, circles, hexagons (as I did), or any other shape you can cut! Dream up something amazing, just make sure to share it with me!๐Ÿ˜Š I LOVE seeing your ideas and projects!

DIY Faux Marble Made with Epoxy Resin

Materials for DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin Chargers:

-3/4″x4’x4′ project panel plywood (easily makes 9-10 pumpkin chargers)

–scroll saw or jigsaw

–epoxy resin – this is the one I used, this is a great deal on Amazon as I paid the same at Hobby Lobby but had to pay an additional 12 dollars for the mixing measure cups! Also if you want to make more than 6 you can buy 2 sets, but I think I would just order a larger set, you can get 2 gallons for 70 bucks…you know how many epoxy pours you can do with that?!๐Ÿ˜

–white matte acrylic paint (or whatever color you want as your base color)

–gray spray paint (or whatever color you want to accent with)

-paper plate

-paintbrush – cheap…does NOT need to be quality, the cheaper the better so you can trash it when done!

–lighter or torch

-plastic drop cloth (I used an outdoor trash bag)

Making DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin Chargers

Cutting the Pumpkin Shape out of Plywood

I used plywood simply because I had a lot of smaller pieces that were scrap, and the pumpkin pattern is about 14″x14″ so there isn’t any off the shelf lumber that will accommodate the pattern!

You will need to print the pumpkin as a poster, this will tile the pumpkin on multiple pages so that it will be the correct size! If you haven’t downloaded the pattern yet, here it is! PUMPKIN CHARGER PATTERN

You will then tape the pumpkin pages together.

DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin Charger

Using painter’s tape, cover the plywood where the pumpkin pattern is going to be placed. Then spray the back of the pumpkin pattern with adhesive, and stick it to the painter’s tape! This keeps the plywood from becoming sticky from the pattern!

DIY Epoxy Pour

Marble Pumpkin Charger

 

Using a scroll saw or jigsaw, cut out the pumpkin shape!

DIY Marble Epoxy Pumplin Plate Charger

Sand the edges to make it smooth, also try and lightly round over the edges of the pumpkin to help the epoxy flow over the edge!

DIY Pumpkin Plate Charger

Paint your pumpkin edges or the whole thing, whatever color you plan on pouring over your pumpkin. I painted mine white because I was pouring white over it! Make sure you paint the edges well if you don’t want to see the plywood through the epoxy! Lol! Again, just ask me how I know?!๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Setting Up to Pour Epoxy

You will need to set up your space to keep from making a huge mess! I used a contractor bag instead of a drop cloth, because crazy as it is, the epoxy comes straight off and I can still use the bag! Lol!

DIY Marble Epoxy Pour

Set scrap boards or anything really to create a dam to keep the epoxy from running off the table. Place them under the drop cloth or trash bag!

DIY Faux Marble Pumpin

DIY Epoxy pour of fake marble

Set your pumpkin up on something, I used painter’s triangles for some and also just quart paint cans…they both work great! You just want the epoxy to be able to run off the edges, if you don’t lift it up, it will dry looking like your pumpkin melted ๐Ÿ˜‚ and that is not the look we are going for!

Pouring the Marble Epoxy Over the Pumpkin

Mix the epoxy just as the directions tell you, usually a 1:1 ratio…basically, however much you pour of part A, you match with part B, it’s pretty simple! For each pumpkin it will take 5 oz. so you will mix 2 1/2″ ounces of A and 2 1/2″ ounces of B. If you are doing all your pumpkins at once, you can use a measuring bucket instead of the little cups and mix enough for all of them at once!

Add the acrylic paint to your mixed epoxy resin and stir the paint until it’s all white or whatever color you are going for. Then…drumroll, please…POUR THE EPOXY!!

DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin

It is sooooo satisfying!! Start in the middle and only pour a little, so you can see how fast…or slow it flows. Depending on the speed, you may want to pour around the edges, but no matter where you pour it, you can use a popsicle stick to spread it around, or a gloved hand, paintbrush, etc.

How to Create the Marble effect with Epoxy

DIY Marble Effect with Epoxy

Once the pumpkin is covered with epoxy and flowing over the edges, rub around the edges making sure to cover all of it. You will notice it drips in certain areas but not others, that is why you rub around the edge to make sure it flows over everywhere and covers.

How to Create the Marble Effect with Epoxy

Creating the Marble Veins in the Epoxy

Next, you will spray a little spray paint onto the paper plate and use your paintbrush to create the marbling in the epoxy. This will take just messing with it to find the pattern you like most. Marble comes in so many variations, you really can’t mess it up!

DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkins

DIY Marble Epoxy - making a pumpkin plate charger that looks like marble

DIY Marble Epoxy Plate Charger

Marble Epoxy - How to create the marble look with epoxy

I just keep working the gray and adding more streaks where I want them!

How to create marble with epoxy

Marble Epoxy

You have about 15 minutes to play with the marble veins and then you risk divets in the finish. Don’t overthink it! And what you see when you walk away, will not be the exact finished project, the paint will settle and lighten slightly! 

Lightly run a torch or lighter (torch works best) over the top of the epoxy after you have it how you like it just to get out any air bubbles! Don’t get too close with a torch or stay in one spot too long or it will create a bunch of tiny air bubbles where it pretty much boils the epoxy! Lol!

DIY Marble effect with Epoxy

Let it sit overnight and in the morning, come check your masterpiece! Make sure you keep your pets away from the area and ask the bugs to stay away as they can ruin a project real quick! Oy!

Finishing the Marble Epoxy Pumpkins

There will be drips on the bottom of the pumpkins, you can sand them off or just leave them as I did! They weren’t noticeable so I left them, if I were giving them as a gift I would probably try to wipe the bottom at the hour mark to try to keep from creating them, or sand them off…but I am not worried about them for me!

Last, I covered my pumpkin and used painter’s tape to tape off the stem, then spray painted it gold just to give it that little touch to match the other gold in my table setting!

DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin Chargers

DIY Marble Epoxy Pumpkin Chargers

And they are DONE! Set the table, break out the fine china…it looks like you have MARBLE PLATE CHARGERS…you FANCY!!!๐Ÿ˜‰

DIY Marble Epoxy Plate Chargers

The ideas are absolutely ENDLESS when it comes to what you can make with the marble epoxy!! I mean, I could marble epoxy EVERYTHING…and I just might if someone doesn’t take it away from me!๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

What ideas do you have for DIY marble epoxy projects? Let me know in the comments below! Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! Thanks for stopping by!

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DIY Neutral Fall Wreath

October 22, 2020 by Cara Leave a Comment

Y’all, I swear I went into Hobby Lobby to get marigold and orange-colored FALL decor items…but I came out with neutral greens, blues, and white makings for a DIY Neutral Fall wreath! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™ˆ

DIY Neutral Fall Wreath

The saying, “Old habits are hard to break,” is no lie!! I am not a fan of oranges and yellows in general, but I was loving some of the ideas I had seen on Pinterest and in the Pottery Barn magazine, so this year I was going all-in on the REAL fall colors! Lol! Nope, naturally, my mind and old habits had other plans! I am just going to blame Hobby Lobby for being sold out of almost everything fall-related!๐Ÿ˜…

Well, just in case you can’t break your habit of purchasing neutral fall decor like me, I’ll show you how I made this wreath! ๐Ÿ˜‰

DIY Fall Wreath with Pumpkins

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Materials for DIY Neutral Fall Wreath:

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–grapevine wreath

-2 – eucalyptus stems

-1 – dusty miller stem

-1 box of pumpkins

–hot glue gun and glue sticks

–floral wire

–ribbon

Making the Neutral Fall Wreath

Gather ‘dem supplies! I purchased most items at Michaels and Hobby Lobby, if you aren’t going out much Amazon has the same stems (just search eucalyptus and dusty miller stems), they are just a little more expensive!

DIY Neutral Fall Wreath

Sorry, all the shots for the tutorial are darker than I would like, and they are upside down to the camera, so that is why they look strange! Lol! But it was easier to see what I was doing this way as opposed to the other way! ๐Ÿ˜… I’ll try to do better next time! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

I always start by taking my grapevine wreath form and lay my florals out on it to get an idea of exactly how I want them to be placed before I start gluing and cutting. I did cut the large stem off though, just did not cut them apart!

DIY Neutral Fall Wreath

DIY Neutral Fall Wreath

Fall Wreath with Pumpkins

I even had to check the bow! Lol!

Fall Wreath with Pumpkins

Okay, I think I like my idea, so I can move on and ACTUALLY start making the neutral fall wreath!๐Ÿ˜‰

I went ahead and cut apart the eucalyptus!

Fall Wreath with Pumpkin and neutral colors

I didn’t completely cut it apart, I left the one main branch together.

DIY Neutral Fall Wreath

Then placed the main branch back where it was and hot glued it in place!

DIY Fall Wreath With Pumpkins

Repeat for the bottom.

DIY Fall Wreath with Pumpkins

I added floral wire around the stems and tied in the back just to make sure those babies stay in place!

DIY Neutral Fall Wreath

I added glue to some of the smaller pieces of eucalyptus that I cut off earlier and attached them on the top and bottom.

DIY Neutral Fall Wreath

Next, I added the dusty miller small pieces of the stem. One on the “top” section and one on the “bottom” section, hot glued in place.

DIY Fall Pumpkin Wreath

DIY Fall Pumpkin Wreath

I wrapped a piece of ribbon around all the greenery at this point and hot glued it in place. I’ll make the bow later but for now, that’s how I left it! Lol!

DIY Fall Pumpkin Wreath

DIY Fall Wreath

DIY Front Door Wreath for Fall

Now add those pumpkins to give it that FALL FLAIR!!๐Ÿ‘Œ Just put ample hot glue all over the bottoms of the pumpkins, you may need to add more once you have it in place!

DIY Front Door Wreath for Fall

DIY Front Door Wreath for Fall

DIY Front Door Wreath for Fall

DIY Fall Pumpkin Wreath

Oh man, I may be biased but I think it’s looking soooo good! ๐Ÿ˜

Last little tidbit, make that faux bow that I swear I put on EVERY dang wreath I make! ๐Ÿ˜‚ I warned you that I can’t break my old habits! I don’t lie! ๐Ÿ˜‚ I do think you could leave it JUST like it is in the above photo and it would be perfect, I am kinda wondering why I didn’t! Lol!

I make this faux bow as you will see in my Christmas wreath from last year, and my spring wreath from YEARS ago as well! It’s about the EASIEST way to ever make a bow.

Make a large loop, whatever size you want the bow, find the middle of the loop and then make as many more loops that same size. My bow is three loops obviously!

 

DIY Fall Wreath how to tutorial

DIY Fall Pumpkin Wreath

DIY Fall Wreath

Cut the ribbon a little longer than needed for the bow to wrap around the middle, as if you tied it!

DIY Fall Wreath with neutral pumpkins

You will want to cut another piece of ribbon to be the tails of the bow…FAKE, FAKE, FAKE I tell you! LOLOL!

DIY Front Door Wreath for Fall

Hot glue it to the back of the bow.

DIY Fall Wreath with neutral colors and pumpkins

Attach the bow with hot glue to your wreath where you wrapped the ribbon earlier!

DIY Fall Wreath with neutral colors and pumpkins

DIY Fall Wreath with neutral colors and pumpkins

DIY Fall Neutral Wreath

Boom, DONE!

DIY Fall Wreath with neutral colors and pumpkins

I love it! It is simple elegance and I am here for it!๐Ÿค—

DIY Fall Front Door Wreath

Now I just need to get some pretty plants in that empty planter!๐Ÿ˜‚ I can’t win ’em all Jack! Hope you like the new wreath! I’d love for you to share it if you do!๐Ÿ˜˜

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DIY Wine Caddy

January 21, 2020 by Cara Leave a Comment

Hey hey! Are you ever searching for great DIY gift ideas? I am always looking for fun stuff to make as gifts and with Valentine’s Day coming up, and Birthdays throughout the year, I have the perfect DIY gift for anyone who loves serving wine! This DIY wine caddy (would you call it a wine server?) will help them effortlessly transport wine from the kitchen to the dining room or living room to share with guests!

DIY WIne Caddy

This is the perfect beginner project if you received tools at Christmas or just want to try your hand at woodworking! It is such a simple project that will have you trying out new skills and tools, or if you are already a skilled woodworker, this project can be whipped out in a matter of minutes!

DIY Wine Server

This DIY wine caddy is made using hobby boards from Home Depot which are only 1/2″ thick and made of poplar, but I could only imagine this made from an exotic hardwood species…it would be epic! So someone please make it out of gorgeous wood and send me pictures!๐Ÿ˜‰

DIY Wine Server Tray

I can’t wait to invite my girlfriends over to have some wine just so I can use my wine caddy!๐Ÿ˜‚ Are you ready to make one for your next get together? Let’s do it, I’ll show you how!๐Ÿ˜

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DIY Wine Caddy

Materials: DIY Wine Caddy

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-1 – 1/2″x6″x4′ hobby board (they only show them in a large pkg online, but they sell them individually in store!)

-1 – 1/2″x2″x4′ hobby board (they only show them in a large pkg online, but they sell them individually in store!)

–3 1/2″ hole saw

–3/4″ Forstner bit

–miter saw

–jigsaw

–brad nailer

–3/4″ brad nails

–wood glue

Cut List: DIY Wine Caddy

-2 – 1/2″x6″ @ 22″

-2 – 1/2″ x 2″ @ 22″

Building the DIY Wine Caddy

Step 1

After cutting your boards to size, measure 4 3/4″ from the end of one of the 1/2″x6″ @ 22″. This is where you will place the drill bit of the 3 1/2″ hole saw (center of the hole saw). Drill the hole!

DIY Wine Caddy - drilling the hole for the wine bottle

DIY Wine Caddy

Step 2

Measure for the next hole that will round out your slot for the wine glasses. And drill the hole.

DIY Wine Caddy Server

DIY Wine Caddy - making the wine glass slot

DIY Wine Caddy - making the slot for the wine glasses

Step 3

Measure and draw lines for the wine glass slot. The slot will be cut with a jigsaw and if you clamp a straight board as a guide, you can cut it rather quickly…and straight!

DIY Wine Caddy - building the wine caddy

DIY Wine Server

It should look something like this, only I’m sure you measured better than I did so you weren’t off slightly on your circle! Lol!๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜…

DIY Wine Caddy

After some sanding and a little wood filler, it is hardly noticeable! ๐Ÿ˜…

Here is a Sketchup picture just to help you see the measurements!

Wine server

Step 4

Make sure and sand everything down really well if you need to…like I did!๐Ÿ˜† Also, you may want to stain the bottom board and side boards before gluing?! I did not do it this way, but it would have been a little easier than trying to get my sponge brush inside after it was built!

Glue the 1/2″x2″ pieces to the bottom board of the wine caddy(the one without any holes drilled in it).

DIY Wine Caddy

Step 5

Add the top, line up all the edges, make sure to use ample wood glue, and brad nail in place!

DIY Wine Caddy

Flip it over once you have the top nailed and nail the bottom as well!

Step 6

Use wood filler to fill in your nail holes…and any mistakes you made! Lol!

DIY Wine Server

Step 7

Stain or paint it the color of your choice! I used  Old Barn Milk Paint Stain in Weathered! IT IS MY FAVORITE STAIN EVER! (I am not sponsored by them, I do not make money off of that link, nor did they send me a free product, I pay for it the same as you and still love it that much!๐Ÿ˜‚) Not only is it the perfect warm grayish brown, but it has a built-in topcoat…and you want to know the BEST part…it’s safe and non-toxic! That is my kind of product right there!

Your wine caddy or wine server, or whatever you want to call this beauty…is DONE!

DIY Wine Server

This is not a bad gift at all! And if you use the same hobby boards I did, you are only at 14 dollars to make it, if you already have the expendables on hand (wood glue, sandpaper, etc). You better get cracking so you’ll have them made in time!๐Ÿ˜€

Do you love wine and wine projects? Check out these other builds I have that include wine!

DIY Wine Riddling Rack

DIY Wine Dispenser

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DIY Holiday Gnomes

January 20, 2020 by Cara Leave a Comment

If you were following along during my Christmas posts, you know that I am in LOVE with gnomes and although I didn’t get to post my DIY holiday gnomes for Christmas, as I was putting them away I was sad to see them go…so I decided, change the fabric a little and add hearts…and then I have Valentine Gnomes!

DIY Valentine Gnomes

How cute are they? And did I mention how inexpensive they are considering they are just a few pieces of fabric and plastic pellets! Yes! I am sure my family was thrilled to have new gnomes around the house! ๐Ÿ˜‚ No sewing, no socks, just some fabric, and hot glue! (Like that heart in the photo? Here’s the tutorial for the DIY Wooden Heart!)

DIY Holiday Gnomes

I thought to myself, but why stop at Valentine and Christmas gnomes? What about Easter gnomes? I could go through and make gnomes for EVERY HOLIDAY! Cue the eye rolls from my family, but whatever!๐Ÿ˜‚

DIY Easter Gnome -gnome made to look like an easter bunny

I have a few other gnome projects that I wanted to post before Christmas but I will be posting them over the next few days and trust me when I say that I am EXCITED to share them with you all! Even though it’s late for Christmas, you can just Pin them for next year!
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Alright, now I will show you how to make them, and then you can make Valentine, Christmas, Easter or any other holiday gnomes you want…I am talking to you Fourth of July Gnomes!๐Ÿ˜œ

Materials Needed to make DIY Holiday Gnomes

Materials will make a couple of gnomes depending on how large you make them.

– 1/4 yard of fabric (body) – I found felt or other stiff materials work best for the body

-1/4 yard of coordinating fabric (hat) or sherpa for ears – I found that felt does not work that great for hats but that softer fabric works great for hats!

–1/4 yard of faux fur (beard)

–3/4″ wooden bead (nose)

–poly beads (filler)

-poly fiberfill

-a string of some sort

-hot glue gun

-pom poms, stickers or any other accessories you may want to embellish them.

Making the DIY Holiday Gnomes

Using a protractor, draw a circle on your fabric at the size you want! I used a 5″ circle to be the base of my gnome (my protractor was set at 2 1/2″).

DIY Holiday Gnomes

Cut the circle for your base!

DIY Holiday Gnomes

Then using the same fabric, cut a rectangle about 16 1/2″ long, and about 6″ tall. If you make your base circle smaller or larger you will need to adjust the rectangle as well! Just remember the diameter multiplied by 3.14 and then add a little extra to overlap!

DIY Holiday Gnomes - cutting the fabric

You will need to cut a few notches along the bottom of the rectangle so that it won’t bunch up on you as you glue it around the base circle! Look to the bottom of the rectangle.

DIY Holiday Gnomes - cutting notches in the fabric

I just hot glued around the bottom and tucked the fabric under the base, then I hot glued the two flaps over one another! You can also glue it on top of the base if it is easier and then flip it inside out! Works the same either way!

DIY Holiday Gnomes - making the base

DIY Holiday Gnomes

DIY Holiday Gnomes

DIY Holiday Gnomes

The base is made!

Next, put a small amount of polyfill into the base you created. Then grab a bag, any kind of bag will work, I just had a bunch of these cellophane bags, so I used them. Fill up the bag about 1/4 – 1/2 of the way full and tie it off.

DIY Holiday Gnomes

DIY Holiday Gnomes

Drop it inside the gnome, add a little more stuffing around and above the bag, make sure the base sits level and doesn’t fall over, then tie the top closed with whatever string you have!

DIY Holiday Gnomes - Filling the base with poly beads and stuffing

Using the fur of your choice, cut a U shape out to create a beard! Make sure and cut the fur about an inch larger than the final size you want to be.

DIY Holiday Gnomes - making the beard

When cutting the beard down to size, make sure and flip the fur up away from where you are cutting so you don’t get blunt fur on the edge.

DIY Holiday Gnomes - cutting the fur for the beard

Fit it to the gnome base and glue!

DIY Holiday Gnomes - making the beard

DIY Holiday Gnomes

Next, make that infamous gnome hat! They all need one! Lol! Pick the fabric you like best, and cut a triangle with a rounded bottom!

DIY Holiday Gnomes - making the gnome hat

Flip the fabric down at the point and hot glue.

DIY Christmas Gnomes

DIY Holiday Gnomes

Next roll the hat up! Use hot glue along the edges to hold it together!

DIY Christmas Gnomes

DIY Holiday Gnomes

DIY Holiday Gnomes - making the gnome hat

Make sure and check it for size. Fill the hat with a TINY bit of polyfill.

DIY Holiday Gnomes

DIY Christmas Gnomes

Then fold the bottom under and hot glue it to give it a prettier edge that won’t fray!

DIY Holiday Gnomes

Glue the hat onto the gnome! (If you are making the DIY Easter Gnome, scroll to the bottom to see how to make the ear hat!)

DIY Holiday Gnomes

No gnome is complete without a wooden nose! Using a 3/4″ wooden bead, hot glue it right under the edge of his hat.

DIY Holiday Gnomes - giving the gnome a nose

DIY Holiday Gnomes

Last but not least, give the gnome’s hat a pom-pom!

DIY Valentine Gnomes

DIY Holiday Gnomes

It’s DONE! Yep, no sewing, no socks, easy peasy and done!

DIY Holiday Gnomes

How can you NOT love gnomes?!๐Ÿ˜‚

DIY Christmas Gnomes - no sew gnomes

Making the bunny ears for the DIY Easter Gnomes

DIY Easter Bunny Gnomes

If you would like to use a pattern, CLICK HERE! I just freehanded the drawing on the pattern as I did on my fabric! though It does not have to be perfect to look great! Mine is totally imperfect, and I still love it!!๐Ÿ˜Š

Starting out, I just drew the shape I wanted onto the fabric. I folded it in half so that I could cut two at a time so they would be the same and drawing on the backside of the fabric worked best!

After cutting them out, hot glue all along the edge to connect the two pieces. Make sure and hot glue on the good side, the sherpa side. You will flip it in a minute!

DIY Easter Bunny Gnome - making the bunny ears for the gnome

Place the other set of ears on top and let it dry thoroughly before trying to turn it right side out! I went ahead and started cutting the pink for the ears while I was waiting.

DIY Holiday Gnomes - Easter Bunny Gnome

Once it is dry, flip it right side out!

DIY Easter bunny gnome

DIY Easter Bunny Gnome

Then, take the pink of the ears and hot glue the edges so you don’t see ugly cuts of the fabric.

DIY Easter Bunny Gnome - making the bunny ears

Glue the pink to the ears. Make sure and press it down well!

DIY Holiday Gnomes - Easter Bunny Gnome

After gluing the pink of the ears, check the fit on your gnome base, and then fold the bottom of the ‘hat’ part of the ears and glue it to give it a finished look and to get a perfect size and fit.

DIY Holiday Gnomes - Easter Bunny Gnome

DIY Easter Bunny Gnome

I used pipe cleaners to make the ears stand up! I used two in each ear and folded them in half. I also added just a tiny bit of polyfill to the hat part of the ears!

DIY Holiday Gnomes - Easter Bunny Gnome

DIY Easter Gnome

Once you have the ears stiffened with pipe cleaners and the correct size you want, hot glue the bunny ears to the base!

DIY Easter Gnome

Add any embellishments that you would like! I cut a flower out of pink felt and blue fabric, glued it on, and bam cutest bunny gnome you ever did see!๐Ÿ˜

DIY Easter Gnome -gnome made to look like an easter bunny

 

Oy, just typing this post makes me want to go make MORE DIY HOLIDAY GNOMES! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™ˆ I just think they are ADORABLE! If you make any, I WANT TO SEE THEM!

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DIY Record Storage Case

January 16, 2020 by Cara Leave a Comment

Happy New Year! Woot, woot! Hope you all had the best holidays with your family and friends! I’m here today to share with you all the DIY record storage case that I made for my son! Y’all he is 14 and a boy after my heart with his old soul! I LOVE vinyl records and record players, they remind me of my dad when we were really little, and now my son has taken a liking to them! I couldn’t be more excited!

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DIY Christmas Gnome Pillow Cover

December 23, 2019 by Cara 1 Comment

Hey, hey, hey! Today’s the day! Day 6 of my projects that is, and I am bringing you this easy no-sew DIY Christmas gnome pillow cover that I loved at Pottery Barn but just couldn’t bring myself to spend the 40 they were asking for it! Plus, it sold out so even if I had lost my mind and wanted to spend that kind of money on ONE pillow cover, I couldn’t get it anyway! Lol!

DIY Christmas Gnome Pillow Cover

*And I say to myself as I am editing pictures, “I sure hope Santa brings me a handheld steamer this year so I can get the wrinkles out of this cushion!”๐Ÿ˜‚

I realize my version is chubby compared to theirs! ๐Ÿ˜… But you can make yours as skinny or ‘healthy’ as you want! I don’t know what it is but I am ALL about the gnomes this year and Pottery Barn kinda sealed the gnome love for me when they put them on everything! I could not have been happier to see gnomes on stockings and tree skirts…they even have gnome bedding! ๐Ÿ˜

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover

So, that was just to forwarn you about the fact that there are a few other gnome projects coming over the next couple of days! Yay! Plus, this cold weather has me wanting to cuddle up inside with a good movie, hot cocoa, and a craft so these gnome crafts are the perfect way to have it all! Lol!

Alright, I am SUPER behind on 25 DIYs of Christmas but that doesn’t mean I am giving up! I am going to throw as many DIYs at you until the 25th of December…and thereafter! Make sure and save them for next year if you don’t have time to make them this year!

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DIY No Sew Gnome Pillow Cover

“Do you wanna make a Christmas gnome pillow cover? Or make a gnome with a body of beans?” That sang in my best “Do you wanna build a snowman?” voice! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Anyway, the best part about this adorable pillow cover is that he can adorn your couch all winter too!

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Materials:

–pillow cover – Amazon has a ton of options even cheaper than the one I bought at Hobby Lobby or you can throw one together on the sewing machine, but for the 6 dollars I paid for this one, I didn’t want to spend the time making one!

–Red felt (body) – I bought a 1/4 yard (to have extra to make other gnomes! Lol!) but since you will only use a 9″x9″ square of it, you can purchase a felt sheet which is 9″x12″

–White faux fur or white felt (beard) – again one sheet is enough, but they also sell it by the yard…to make more gnomes! Lol!

–gray ticking stripe fabric (hat)

–Fabric Fusion Glue (or you can grab the sampler bottle three-pack at Hobby Lobby as I did)

–pom pom (hat)

–wooden ball (nose) I couldn’t find them online at Hobby Lobby, but they are 1.99 for a bag of 6…I am pretty sure!

–polyfill if you want to stuff the hat ever so slightly as I did.

Making the DIY Christmas Gnome Pillow Cover

If you would like a pattern, I have included mine here for download, it is super easy to cut the shapes yourself though, and my patterns are not anything fancy! Lol! They are hand-drawn from the actual pieces I cut, so they are not perfect! Luckily, you can use them for size reference and make them as perfect or as imperfect as you’d like!

Christmas Gnome Pillow Patterns

Gather all your crafting supplies! Maybe grab a cup of hot cocoa, and turn on your favorite Christmas movie! This craft can be done sitting on the living room floor! That is part of the reason I LOVE this as well!

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover

Okay, I cut all my designs and made sure of how everything was going to look before I glued a thing!

I first cut the body out of the red felt! I cut a square out of the felt, then folded it in half and rounded the bottom corners off, and tapered the top!

DIY Christmas Gnome Pillow CoverSorry, the pics are a little dark, I was working hard late at night! Lol!

Once I had the body how I liked it, I measured to make sure it was centered and laid it down exactly where I was going to glue it. I didn’t glue it just yet!

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover - Christmas Gnome Pillow

 

Don’t mind the crazy hand, I was on the phone with my sister while I was making this!๐Ÿ˜‚

Next, I cut my faux fur into a U shape to make the beard! I found after a bunch of faux fur projects, it is best to cut the fur about an inch or two larger than you want the beard, then you can push the fur upwards away from where you are cutting to keep the fur scraggly. If you don’t do this the fur will be bluntly cut and look silly at the bottom!

DIY Gnome Pillow - Christmas Gnome Pillow

I know the pictures seem like they are upside down, my video camera was overhead and now it’s backward to y’all…I can’t get it right! ๐Ÿ™ˆ

Next, make the hat! I placed the hat fabric down to make sure it was large enough to cover the beard and red felt, then drew out the basic shape I wanted!

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover - making the gnome hat

DIY Gnome Pillow

Then I cut out the shape that I had drawn onto the fabric!

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover - cutting the hat

DIY Gnome Pillow fitting the hat in place!

I had to check the nose to make sure…

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover

Now I was ready to glue it all in place!

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover

Of course, you can sew this on instead of gluing it, but I am NOT a seamstress, though I wish I was!๐Ÿ˜ฉ So glue for me, for now! Lol!

Glue the beard in place.

DIY Christmas Gnome Pillow cover

And, now make sure to wrap the hat around the sides of the red felt and fur to finish off the edge there. I let this sit for a while to let the glue dry a little.

DIY Gnome Pillow - Making the gnome

DIY No Sew Christmas gnome pillow

After it set for a little while, I added ever so small an amount of polyfill batting, I mean a tiny bit! Just so there wasn’t a major drop off from the fur to the rest of the hat.

Adding polyfill to the DIY gnome pillow cover

Then I rolled the edge under slightly and glued it down, all the way around!GLuing the gnomes hat on the gnome pillow cover

Gluing the hat down on the gnome pillow cover

It gives it a finished look without having to sew. You could also glue the hat about a 1/4″ inside and leave a frayed look around the edge! I think that would look really cute as well! You can make it your own! Do whatever it is that YOU like!๐Ÿ˜Š

I had to hold the gnome hat a little while until the glue started to take.

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover - making the hat

Look at those gnarly fingernails! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ I had just stained my DIY ice skates if you must know! ๐Ÿ˜ Oy!

And then I sat back and admired my work! He is looking really good my little holiday Gnomeo!๐Ÿ˜ I added the nose with some hot glue!

I used the unfinished wood bead for the nose, but you can use a pompom instead if you want it to be soft!

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover - adding the nose

I added the pompom to the top of his hat and bata bing, bata boom, DONE! Fill that pillow cover and make it a dang beautiful DIY gnome pillow if I’ve ever seen one!

DIY Gnome Pillow Cover

Oh, I love snuggling with my little Gnomeo! ๐Ÿ˜‚ I really do laugh every time I look at this little guy’s face, and that makes me happy that my projects can bring happiness to someone…even if it’s me!๐Ÿ˜‚

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