What do you do when your water heater breaks, and you’re stuck at your house for hours while the plumber replaces it? You cry a little (because money) and you craft a lot (because distractions needed)! So here I am with my dry shampooed messy bun (we haven’t had hot water in 2 days #firstworldproblems) and craft supplies, bringing you the cutest DIY hand stamped farmhouse coasters tutorial!
I found some really cute coasters at Michaels last week for 30% off. I had already found some different ones at Hobby Lobby that were plain wood, which I was planning on painting white, so when I saw these I had to grab them! They were already painted white and distressed which saved me 2 steps! Woo hoo!
These farmhouse coasters are a super easy DIY project, and they are perfect for keeping your furniture safe while still showing off your farmhouse style.
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I like to provide links to both craft stores and Amazon because I know that some of you might not live close to craft stores, or you might have little ones that make it difficult to shop for craft supplies – which I TOTALLY understand! Not too long ago I had 3 little girls all under 3.5 years old! I’m not even sure how I survived that ha! Anyways, below are some links. And remember that for most items online Michaels has a “buy online, pick up in the store (same day)” option, and they also have free shipping for online orders of $49+
Supplies:
- stamps – click here to get the ones I used. These are my absolute favorite alphabet stamps! They are made by Recollections, which is a Michaels brand, so you can only find them at Michaels.
- acrylic blocks – click here to shop Michaels acrylic blocks, or click here to buy similar ones on Amazon
- ink pad – click here to get the one I used from Michaels, or click here to get a similar one from Amazon
- coasters – the coasters I used are no longer for sale, but you can use these coasters – and then you can just paint them white and sand them using this paint and this sand paper.
- polyurethane spray paint – this is the one I used. I used a satin finish. I would recommend using matte or satin, and not semi-gloss or gloss. Most likely you don’t want the coasters to be shiny.
- felt pads – I got mine from Walmart, but click here to see some similar ones I found on Amazon
Watch the video below to see how I made the coasters, or scroll down for the step by step directions.
Directions:
- put your stamps on the acrylic stamping block
- press the stamps into the ink pad, making sure the letters are fully covered in ink
- stamp the words onto the coasters in the desired location
- let the ink dry on the coasters for at least 30 minutes
- spray the coasters with a few coats of the polyurethane spray. You don’t want to reapply coats too close together, so make sure you follow the directions on the back of the can.
- after the coasters are fully dried, put the sticky pads on the bottom of the coasters, to ensure that the coasters won’t scratch your furniture.
- enjoy your favorite beverage on your new adorable hand stamped farmhouse coasters!
If you are new to stamping, click here to watch our tutorial on how to clean your clear stamps.
We also have some other fun stamping tutorials, including our popular DIY Hand Stamped Book Stack tutorial.
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