Wooden Napkin Rings

Just earlier Thanksgiving (in Canada!) my hubby got his hands on a log from my brother-in-laws property. Immediately my caput was swimming amongst smashing ideas for how to occupation the wood! Well… I’m happy to study that nosotros convey officially re-used every end spell of that tree (*hint hint* to a greater extent than projects to come!!). If you lot missed it, I showed off the outset forest log project, wooden candle holders, here.

My 2nd moving ridge of inspiration was correct inwards delineate of piece of work amongst those beautiful wooden candle sticks. I had my thanksgiving tabular array scape on the encephalon as well as took payoff of the forest to add together to my rustic thanksgiving, making a ready of wooden napkin rings :) 

Materials:

Wood Log (mine was almost a iii inch diameter)

Measuring record or ruler

Mitre saw

Drill Press

Sander (or 150 grit sandpaper)

If you lot convey access to around tools (or a handy household unit of measurement member!), this is simply the projection for you!

I used our puppies to model amongst the log nosotros collected for the projection :)

The outset footstep is to stair out out the width of the napkin rings. I chose to brand ours almost 3/4″.

Then you lot cutting out the forest slices using the mitre saw. I cutting out 12 of them as well as therefore that I would convey a amount ready for hereafter dinners.

(Bonus: they are 100% reusable!!!)

I don’t convey a moving-picture demonstrate of this adjacent step, but at this phase you lot may desire to throw those wooden slices in the oven for a bit. I pose them at 100F for almost twenty minutes. Helps them dry out correct out, as well as kills anything that may survive leftover…. ugh.

Then, using the drill press, drill a hole into the wood. My hubby used a 1 1/4″ flake to drill the hole here.

This is where the oh-so-tedious business office starts: sanding.

So much work, but SUCH beautiful results! Sand away using tools if you lot convey them (including an oscillating sander for the middle!) or using effort as well as 150 grit sandpaper.

When the rings are all cutting out as well as sanded, you lot tin spray them amongst an acrylic sealer (we simply used the Mod Podge one) to proceed them protected, beautiful, as well as to forbid forest pieces from getting on your napkins :)

Finished product!! I purposely chose to occupation pieces amongst beautiful knots for the napkin rings because I intend it adds to the rustic, natural experience of the design.

I used them correct away inwards my thanksgiving tabular array scape!

I loved the rustic appeal they added!

Check out these beautiful Wooden Candle Holders I made from the same log :)

{xoxo}