Coaster Wreath From Old Christmas Cards $0

 

Remember my affinity for coasters? I still had a stash of square Texas Roadhouse ones. I was looking through my THINGS TO MAKE folder and found this ripped out page from a Williams-Sonoma catalog:

 I realized that I could make this in a Christmas motif with stuff I already had.

    Materials needed:

    Coasters, square or circular (I used 36)

    Old Christmas cards, especially ones with 3-D objects or embossing or foiling

    Stapler, Scissors, Adhesive

    Acrylic Paint, Paintbrush AND/OR Spray Paint

    Cute Twine

1. Cut shapes out of the cards. I went for anything with textured, 3D, embellished, embossed, or foiled areas.

 2. Arrange the coasters in a loose circle to figure out the size of wreath you can make. Staple the coasters together any way you want.

3. Spray paint the back of the wreath (in case you hang it in a window or something).

4. Paint the front of the wreath if you need to. Only the edges will end up showing, but I had the paint and used it.

5. Punch holes around the wreath and lace with twine. (Like a giant lacing card!)

6. Adhere the pieces of Christmas cards in layers. I used Terrifically Tacky Tape for the flat layer and some foamy raised tape for the pieces that stick out.

  

I think Anthropologie should hire me to make these for them and that they should retail for $268. Except that this took me two days to make. If a card you sent me is on the wreath: thank you!