Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Not Just Another Coffee Filter Wreath Tutorial


There are so many great tutorials out there in blogland showing how to make a coffee filter wreath so I didn’t want to do another.  My favorites are at Dearest Home, On Ruby Lane’s using a rubber stamp on the filters, oo-la-la and Manuela at The Pleasures of Homemaking.  Manuela made a square wreath that I just love.

Instead of showing how to make the wreath, I decided to give some tips for making the project much easier to do. 


Tip #1 - I bought a package of 200 brown coffee filters ($1.29 at HEB in Austin) and used them all.  Some of them didn’t separate easily so I separated a bowlful before beginning to hot glue them to the wreath form.  When the bowl was empty, I just filled it again.  This saved a lot of time that separating one and gluing, separating another and gluing, etc. would have taken.


Tip #2 – Anyone who has used a hot glue gun knows about hot glue burns.  Whenever I use my glue gun, I always, always have a bowl of ice water nearby in which to dip my poor burned body part after touching the hot glue. 


Tip #3 – Tip #2 doesn’t help me avoid burns, it only helps when I get one.  After burning myself two times in the same place, I decided to use the end of a spoon to hold the hot glue-drenched coffee filter down to protect my fingers.  You can see how I did it here:


I borrowed Erin’s idea at It’s a Wannabe Decorator’s Life of using jute upholstery webbing in the place of ribbon. 


I love how the brown coffee filters that all look alike come alive when made into the wreath and the light casts shadows all over.  Isn’t it pretty? 

I hope some of my tips help save other burned fingers.

Cindy

I've linked to the following:

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia Tuesday's Treasures
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Tip Junkie's Tip Me Tuesday
all crafts Handmade Projects ~ Tip Me Tuesday
Lucky Star Lane's Lucky Linky Tuesday
BWS tips button
Nikki's Nifty Knacks Gettin' Crafty on Hump Day

Blue Cricket Design's Show and Tell

4 comments:

  1. That is really cute, we all love tutorials, after all that is how I learn, by seeing. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Looks wonderful and I do appreciate the tip for saving my fingers!
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    -Amanda

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  3. LOVE it!!!!!!!! I may need to make one of those! Thanks for linking it up to gettin' crafty on hump day! :)

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  4. Thank you so much for sharing these tips! Hot glue burns are no fun!

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