This one all started when I was in a home store (I will leave out the name but it is a popular one) and I saw a napkin ring that I really liked. They were more money then my already over stretched budget could handle so I only brought one to recreate it! Photos are at the bottom of this post.
Materials:
- Jewelry Rings (I can't remember the size of the top off my head but they look to be at least an inch)
- Fabric leaves
- small pine cones
- nuts
- glitter
- paint pens
- Spray Polyurethane
- Hot Glue Gun (and glue of course)
- White Glue
- Floral Wire
- Aquanet (I will explain)
Steps:
- My favorite new thing is spray polyurethane. Makes everything shiny. I applied a generous coat of this to all the leaves, pine cones and nuts. Make sure everything is super dry before you move on. Everything will be tacky and sticky until it is dry.
- The leaves were fabric so I used it to make them a little stiffer. No one likes wilty leaves.
- The pine cones came from nature so I wanted to make sure no little buggies were going to crawl out during Thanksgiving dinner. Also see the Pine Cone Christmas tree post to see about poison ivy related pine cones.
- I sprayed the nuts to be safe. Pretty sure they are not going to go bad but since they are real nuts and not made of plastic better to be safe then sorry.
- I added a little color. I used a gold paint pen to paint all the nuts. Not that I don't like the natural color of them I was just going for a more flashy look. Again make sure they dry before you attach them.
- Ok... so everything is dry now... time to assemble. For my design I used 3 leaves of different colors and sizes for each one. I used the hot glue gun to attach them together. I then added a pine cone or a nut in the center. Again using the hot glue gun, which is a magical tool.
- Now it is time to glitter! I love glitter. I use it when I can. I used the white glue to outline the leaves and then sprinkled it on and knocked of the extra. On the pine cones I added little drops of glue on it and then did the same thing as the leaves.
- I did not have a lot of the glitter I started with which is why I only did the glitter on the visible part of the leaves. You could always outline before you attach them together. Up to you...
- I used the floral wire to attach them to the rings. Wire around the stems on to the rings. I would not say no to a drop of hot glue to hold everything in place either.
- Aquanet... best hair spray I have ever used. Hold everything in place for hours. Well it also works wonders on glitter. I gave everything two coats to make sure that glitter did not end up on the Turkey.
Things I learned:
- Hot glue is forever and always hot... be careful
- Aquanet dries faster then polyurethane but also flammable... avoid candles
- Paint pens are a fast drying option to regular paint
- Toothpicks make it easier to get just the right amount of glue around a leaf
In the end I think the napkin rings look fantastic. The photo shows the 3 different types that I made. Glitter did not get all over the table either and that made everyone happy.
Craft on my Friends...
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