Rustic Business Card Holder
In instance you lot haven’t noticed… I’m slightly obsessed amongst creating my ain custom rustic pieces. Last twelvemonth nosotros picked upwardly ONE one-time wooden branch, together with I (with the attention of my handy husband!) accept turned that branch into 4 amazing, rustic projects! [see projects at the bottom of the post]. Today I’m sharing the amazing, rustic job concern bill of fare holder that my hubby whipped upwardly for me i eventide :)
Is at that spot anything you’d rather accept on your operate desk?!
Here’s what you lot need to brand it:
Branch (approx. three inches inward diameter)
Business Card
Pencil
Mitre Saw
Table Saw
Bandsaw
Sandpaper (50 grit)
Clear acrylic sealer
Oven (optional)
To begin, select grip of your job concern bill of fare together with mensurate it lengthwise along your branch. Decide how much infinite you lot wishing on either side of the card, together with depict a describe to cutting across for the length of your bill of fare holder.
Use the mitre saw to cutting your woods slice at the desired length.
Next, hop over to the tabular array saw. Here nosotros are going to cutting the branch inward one-half lengthwise. Make certain you lot accept something to feed the woods through with, because your hands shouldn’t larn that simply about the saw!
Next, depict where you lot wishing your job concern bill of fare opening to sit down amongst pencil. You entirely accept to depict on i side because you lot volition utilization the bandsaw to cutting straight all the agency through. Make certain the opening is take away at the top-centre of the bill of fare holder, together with that your opening is on an angle thus that the cards volition sit down inward without back upwardly (even if at that spot are entirely a yoke of cards there).
Use the bandsaw to cutting through the opening of the bill of fare holder.
And finally, the FUN part <insert sarcasm emoji>. Some people dear sanding, but I notice it long together with tedious… lol. Although the projects amongst never await every bit skilful without it! You wishing to sand the within good to larn inward smooth, likewise every bit the bottom thus that it sits flat.
Finally, you lot wishing to brand certain the woods is dry out together with everything within is skilful together with dead. So I stick these pieces inward the oven for xx minutes at 100F. Better prophylactic thus sorry! Then I spray them amongst an acrylic sealer to protect the lovely, rustic wooden complete :)
There nosotros accept an incredible desk piece, that volition hold upwardly talked almost past times everyone that enters your abode part – promise! Hope you lot relish your rustic job concern bill of fare holder!
For to a greater extent than inspiration from my all-purpose woods branch effort your manus at:
{xoxo}
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