Christmas DIY: Beer Cap Coasters

Do you ever find that you have multiple bottle caps in your beer area, especially after a picnic or holiday party? I keep them in a bowl in our bar area in the hopes that I will have enough if I every do one of those great Pinterest projects using beer caps or wine corks.

One of the ones I had pinned was beer cap coasters. I made them tonight for my sister's fiance. The coasters are incredibly easy. The only supplies you need are beer caps and a hot glue gun. You might also want to grab some cardboard to glue on.

Arrange the beer caps in an order that you like. Keep in mind that you will need 16. I guess you could do it with nine but I found it looked better with the larger number. With that being said though, I only made a set of two rather than hat I hoped would be four or six. 

Here's a picture of the coasters.

Happy Holidays!

All I Want for Christmas...

What do you want for Christmas?

My top holiday wish every year is a trip; however, that isn't always realistic although I have gotten it twice before. There's always hoping.

This year, I'm hoping for...

- The new season of Blue Bloods on DVD

- A FitBit

- A label maker (nerd alert)

Of course, I'm always hoping for new books and clothes, since I never buy these items for myself.

Happy Holidays!

There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays

(New Year's Eve 2008, Cruise to the Bahamas)

For a person obsessed with travel, I want nothing else than to be on a plane to a warm destination, big city or a cozy winter retreat; however, I have to say that when it comes to traveling for the holidays I'm all for it but I want to be home on the actual holiday.

I've spent a few Thanksgivings away from home and that was fine because I was surrounded by family. At Thanksgiving, you start to notice the Christmas decorations going up. In a warmer climate, this was always a little weird to me. Santa in a bathing suit and on a surf board, fake snow everywhere and Christmas lights on palm trees. I loved it but I missed my crisp, cool Northern air; the smell of fresh fine; and Santa dressed traditionally.

So, although I'm always eager to travel - I like to go before or after. I would love to be leaving for a cruise again this year on the day after Christmas but that's not happening. I'll just have to wait for my next plane trip in the fall - Denver! Happy Holidays!