Sunflower Coaster Cute Gift Idea #SpitChallenge
A few weeks ago my husband and I cut down a walnut tree, I fell in love with the rings that this old tree had and saved myself several pieces of it. Not knowing what I was going to do with them I let set outside to dry waiting for an idea to come to mind. This past weekend it hit me I could make coasters.
For this project you will need the following: Orbital sander, 180 grit sandpaper and 220 grit sandpaper, wire brush, Unicorn Spit, syringe, polyurethane, and of course disc's of wood.
I originally had let my wood discs sit outside for 4 weeks, but I wanted to make sure they were dry so I put them in my oven at 250 degrees for an hour (the thicker the disc is the longer it stays in the oven).
After my prep, I sat down and with my syringe squirted out my Unicorn Spit onto a paper plate ( I used Midnight Blackness, Lemon Kiss, and I also put Lemon Kiss and Molly Red Pepper side by side). Walnut has such a dark center so I decided I would attempt to make my interpretation of a sunflower. In the center of my disc I used my finger and rubbed in my black, then I used a variety of brushes for my petals. For my petals I dipped my brush into my side by side Unicorn Spit and then just dabbed it onto my disc, I did this all the around, then I used a dry clean brush went back in to do a little blending on my petals. After I was done making my sunflower I put my disc back into the oven to dry ( I don't like to wait, you don't have to use the oven if you don't mind waiting until it drys). Once my Unicorn Spit became cloudy looking I knew it was dry, I removed it from the oven and let cool down. After it cooled down I applied my polyurethane (I used gloss), I ended up putting on a total of 3 coats of polyurethane.
This is my end results, I will be sanding the back of it down and gluing a thin cork bottom onto it. Hope you find this helpful, and fun. I really enjoyed making my coaster. If your interested in learning more about Unicorn Spit or purchasing some you can find it here at: http://www.unicornspit.com/
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Simply beautiful!!!!
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How pretty!
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@Hannah V thank you
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