This week, we’re participating in a week’s worth of spring projects and DIYs with five other bloggers (make sure to click through on today’s projects at the bottom of this post).
For today’s project, we’re revisiting the bejeweled place card holders that were featured in our garden party tablescape.
They’re perfect for weddings, dinner parties or other gatherings where a place card is needed. Karen Ondracek of General Taxonomy has all of the details for her DIY.
Supplies
- Small wooden blocks (toy blocks worked well – I chose them in the spirit of reuse. You can buy small wooden blocks at craft and hobby shops.)
- Vintage clip on earrings and/or vintage pins. Larger brooches & pins can be used to make holders for menus, welcome signs, etc.
- Spray paint (Needed only if you wish to alter the color of your blocks or jewelery. You may wish to use a spray primer as well.)
- Masking tape (Needed only if you are spray painting and wish to retain some original colors.)
- Hot glue gun & hot glue sticks
Step 1:
Spray paint the wooden blocks to coordinate with your color scheme. I chose white. If you have wooden blocks that look great as found, skip this step.
Step 2:
Spray paint vintage jewelry to coordinate with your color scheme. Mask off any jewels or other areas that you want to retain their original appearance. I spray painted gold tone, brass and pearl elements of my jewelry silver. If all your jewelry looks great as found, skip this step.
Tip: Try a few drops of eucalyptus oil mixed with a bit of hand lotion to remove any spray paint you might accidentally get on your skin, then wash with soap and water. Unless, of course, you are allergic or sensitive to eucalyptus.
Step 3:
Use hot glue to attach earrings and pins to woodblocks as shown.
For pins you want to create a narrow slot between the pin back and the block for the card. For large pins, you may need more than one block.
With the variety of jewelry styles & spray paints out there, these DIY place cards could work in many a tablescape. Have fun!
Check out the rest of the DIYs featured today from the other participating bloggers!
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