Showing posts with label upcycled. Show all posts
Showing posts with label upcycled. Show all posts

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Left over Wedding Napkins to Coasters D.I.Y.

So one thing that we have a huge excess of after our September wedding was cocktail napkins! Apparently people do not actually use 2.5 napkins per person as recommended by the wedding supply companies!! I hate to see all these napkins go to waste & just knew that I had to do something with them. So I decided to make some coasters. These will be a fun, cost effective, recycled, and personal gift for loved ones in our lives this Christmas.
Keepsake Wedding Napkin Coasters
from wedding napkin to keepsake coaster


Wedding Napkin Coaster DIY:

material needs:
  • mod podge
  • left over wedding napkins
  • sponge brush
  • 4" x 4" tiles
  • scissors
  • sharp knife (makes HUGE difference when slicing corks)
  • leftover wine corks
  • hot glue gun & glue sticks

Supplies needed
Step 1: Separate the layers of the napkins, you will only use the layer with printing
Step 2: Cut napkins to fit the size of the tiles
Trim napkin to size of your tile

Step 3: Paint THIN layer of mod podge over tiles
Paint modge podge over tile
Step 4:  Place trimmed napkin onto tile
Step 5:  Paint THIN layer of mod podge over napkin & let dry
Paint thin layer of mod podge over nakin
let mod podge dry until clear
Step 6: When dry repeat step 5 twice**
** Optional at this point you can add a picture or other decor to the  coaster.  Following steps 3 to 6.
Step 7:  Slice up your wine corks, try to get slices as evenly as possible
slice up your old wine corks for padding on back of coasters
Step 8:  Hot glue the wine corks to back of coasters
hot glue slices of wine corks to bottom of tiles
Step 9: Enjoy your coaster or wrap up for gifting!!

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

5 Festive & Eco-Friendly Gift Wrap Ideas for this Christmas

1. Gift Card Snow globes... 
reuse empty Jars from your kitchen to present gift cards in this adorable way!
diy @ One Charming Party
from: The Creative Mama



2. Wrap it up with the news...
Recycle the news by wrapping up gifts with your old newspapers...Don't forget to get creative with the bows

from: Country Living




3. Use a scarf...
A beautiful scarf can become a lovely & reusable way to wrap a small present or bottle of wine with this Japanese inspired gift wrap idea. You could use a scarf you already have or purchase one from the Bobo Wrapping Scarf site...
from: BoboWrap.com


4. Inside Out Potato Chip Bag...
  Wash, dry,  and cut open the left over potato chip bags  to reveal the silver lining before wrapping up a gift with this up-cycled idea....

from: Martha Stewart Living


5. Cereal Box Gift Boxes...
Up-cycle an old Cereal Box into one of these gorgeous gift boxes anyone would be delighted to get a gift in!
diy @ Creative Jewish Mom