Best Of Diy | Ceramic & Copper Air Current Chimes

Continuing amongst our Best of DIYs this month, nosotros loved this air current chime projection Caitlin McGrath of The Merrythought made for dorsum inwards 2014. H5N1 great sentiment to brand every bit a gift.  See her post service below! J+E

Lately I've been seeing thus much gorgeous pottery popping upwardly inwards sweetness shops, making appearances inwards Instagram pictures, together with gracing the homes of about inspiring folks. I'm excited to comprise about ceramic into this DIY together with convey it hanging inwards my apartment. I had to add together a fighting of copper every bit good because I yet can't teach plenty of it!

What y'all need:
-Ceramic Cup (Check your local thrift stores!)
-Ceramic Drill Bit
-Drill
-String
-Scissors
-Copper Tube
-Tubing Cutter
-Super Glue
-Wooden Beads

How to brand it:
-Measure out the oculus of the bottom of your ceramic together with drill a hole. Use a spray bottle amongst H2O to rinse out the hole spell drilling to preclude cracking.

-Use the tubing cutter to cutting a slice of copper the same width every bit the within of your ceramic loving cup together with cutting 3 pieces of diverse lengths for the chimes.

-Cut a long slice of string, seat ane cease downward through the hole y'all drilled inwards the loving cup together with and thus thread it through the copper slice together with and thus dorsum upwardly through the hole.

-Drill holes at the run past times of each of the 3 chime pieces.

Thread the string from the exterior upwardly through the middle of the copper, adapt to the length y'all volition desire them to hang, necktie a knot inwards the string, together with together with thus tuck the knot downward into the copper. (Trim excess string first.)

-Use a dab of rigid super gum on the string of each of them to snuff it on them inwards identify along the slice of copper along the run past times of the cup.
-Pull the run past times string tight thus the slice of copper rests against the run past times of the cup, necktie a knot inwards the string higher upwardly the cup, add together a few wooden beads together with and thus necktie a knot to snuff it on them inwards place.
-Tie a knot at the run past times of the string together with hang it up!

About the Contributor

Caitlin McGrath lives inwards a pocket-sized town inwards Western New York. When her aspect upwardly isn't hidden behind her camera, she's usually crafting together with daydreaming for The Merrythought, where she is a purpose of the 3 lady squad sharing DIY projects, recipes, fashion, dwelling identify décor & together with bits of daily life.

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