Wednesday, July 31, 2013

DIY Coasters


I'm refusing to buy more coasters. 
I don't know where mine keep disappearing to, but I'm pretty sure it's one of those things your kids or significant other take or hide just to drive the Mom crazy when they turn around and ask you where one is and all you can find is ONE. 
And well let's face it, no one really uses them anyway. 
So I ran across this post on Pintrest on how to make your own that look like cute little pallets!!

Simple enough!?

Went to the ol' trusty Dollar Tree and picked up some Popsicle sticks. And put the hot glue gun to work!!

So, First the post on Pintrest is just a picture, with no directions, but thats ok, it can't be too hard to figure out....

You basically just flashback to stacking sticks and glueing them together. The concept is pretty cut and dry. 

Start by making a square and just add on    

I mean it's simple...and looks like it will do the job a coaster is suppose to do...get lost in your house somewhere or make you look fancy when you hand your house guest a drink and place it on a coaster.  

BUT
Mine looks NOTHING like the picture! 
After studying the picture they could not have used only these sticks!
It appears they used small blocks and different sized "planks" to get the more Pallet effect. 
And of course as you can see by their picture there is no rounded edges. 
Well I attempted to cut off the round edges and it was HARD! So I didn't. 

Anyway with all that aside here is their Coaster... And then there's mine...




**Made By Sumer**

1 comment:

  1. Here's a good tutorial if you were to remake them in the future.
    http://youtu.be/JIv2HPie0Qw

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