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DIY doily cocktail stirrer

April 3, 2013
diy doily cocktail stirrer | 100 Layer Cake

Earlier today we shared this super romantic Hispanic wedding inspiration shoot, complete with a papel picado chandelier, piñata, and these sweet doily cocktail stirrers. Heather Hele of Sweet Revelry Event Design was kind enough to share a DIY tutorial so we can easily make these cuties ourselves. Any Cinco de Mayo weddings being planned out there? How perfect would these look in your cocktails?

diy doily cocktail stir | 100 Layer Cake

Supplies:

– Glue gun
– Scissors
– Fabric Stiffner
– Bowl or tupperware
– Lace doilies (you can find handfuls in different sizes & colors at Michael’s)
– Parchment paper
– Sticks to use as the stirrer
– Beads

diy doily cocktail stir | 100 Layer Cake

Step one: Set your doily in a bowl or tupperware and cover in fabric stiffner. Once it’s entirely covered, place on parchment paper to dry.

Step two: When dry, grab scissors and begin shaping the doily to the shape that you’d like. Then cut a slit through to make it easier to shape into an umbrella.

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Step three: Glue the slit together, shape in your palm, and glue in your stirring stick to the center.

Step four: Turn it over and glue your embellishment to the top center and add t0 any cocktail!

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Too adorable, right?

Photos by Flutter Glass Photography