Weddings certainly come in all sorts of different sizes and styles.
When Instructables DIY-er BrandonEcon and his fiancée were planning their wedding, they quickly decided they wanted each guest to leave their event with a very memorable party favor.
Crafty DIY-ers that they were, these two wanted to make gifts by hand for each guest, to commemorate their special day.
They began brainstorming all sorts of different handmade gifts they could craft, eventually settling on the perfect choice for them: wooden coasters.
After searching their local woods for perfectly size logs to suit their task, this happy couple sawed, sanded, and sealed each guest a one-of-a-kind set of coasters.
This project allowed this crafty couple to both capitalize on their DIY talents, while simultaneously saving money.
Are you trying to decide what to send your wedding guests home with after your celebration?
Keep scrolling to learn exactly how this DIY-er transformed simple wooden logs into lovely coasters.
When Instructables DIY-er BrandonEcon and his fiancée were brainstorming what wedding favors to gift each of their party guests, they quickly settled on handmade coasters they'd create themselves out of rustic wooden logs.
First, they needed to gather the perfect pieces of wood.
They were looking for options with a circumference of 12.5 inches.
For this step, fallen branches or trees were perfect.
Chopping their logs into consistently even coasters required a steady surface.
These DIY-ers' stabilized their slicing setup, and clamped a piece of scrap wood half an inch from their blade as a guide.
To keep themselves safe during the sawing process, they only cut coasters from each log until the log was just shy of being too short for their clamps.
Once they reached this point with one log, they moved on to the next.
These DIY-ers used freshly-fallen logs, which still retained quite a bit of moisture.
Once they cut all of their coasters, they let them dry out on a shelf for about a week.
Letting the coasters dry out at their own slow and steady pace was essential to ensuring these gifts didn't cup or crack in any way.
After a sufficient drying period, these coasters were ready for sanding and finishing.
Once each coaster was thoroughly sanded, these DIY-ers could have applied a coat of stain.
However, for this project, they chose to leave their wood colored just as they'd found it.
To ensure the bark and moss would remain on each coaster, these DIY-ers rolled every round in a light coating of polyurethane.
Once the protective coatings dried, these coasters were complete!
When these DIY-ers wanted to give their wedding guests personalized party favors, they handcrafted one-of-a-kind wooden coasters to commemorate their beautiful union.
What do you think of these coasters? What did you give away at your wedding? Let us know in the comments below.
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