Friday, May 4, 2012

DIY: raffia bowl

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On a recent trip to our local hardware store
Soph and discovered how dope rope really is.

We bought 200 feet of it (for quite a few projects - get reaaadz!) and coiled up this simple yet rustic multi-use bowl which happens to make for a great Mother's Day gift and/or ingredient holder for Cinco De Mayo. Guacamole, anyone?

Get roped into making your very own perfect summer center piece with 5 easy steps below!


How to: Raffia Bowl
You will need:
Bowl (we bought ours at the 99¢ store)
1 package of sisal rope
Glue gun
Glue
Scissors
1. From the bottom of your bowl, glue down rope while continuously wrapping around the outside of the bowl. Press firmly. Continue wrapping until you've reached the rim of your bowl.

2. Cut off the end of rope and glue down securely.

3. Create a coil the size of the bottom of your bowl by wrapping rope around itself, glue coil together as you go. Glue coil to the inside of the bowl (do not cut off the end).

4. Using the rope at the end of your coil, glue in a wrapping formation working your way up the inside of your bowl. Once you've reached the top of the bowl cut off the end and glue down securely.

5. Measure a piece of rope the size of the rim of your bowl and glue to the top of bowl.

Bigger images (by request) of the steps after the jump and more of our DIY's HERE!
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Photos: because im addicted for stylehive in collaboration with Sophie Monet

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

AMAZING!

SPYT said...

So cute! And I bet you could get really funky with the rope you use, maybe a fun neon stripey one with rock climbing cable!

Eat Live Love said...

Love this!!! Such a cool idea!

Eat Live Love said...

Love this!!! Such a cool idea!

Dana Lee Calabrese said...

Great post!!!!!! I cannot wait to try this, thanks! xxx

Collections said...

Amazing.

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Kate said...

Such a brilliant idea, love the final design!

Dan93iel92 said...

Great Idea! Love It!

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weps said...

i like your diy ! verry spécial

Kate said...

What a lovely idea! Can't wait to try this some time!

Kate {Something Fabulous}
http://thesomethingfabulous.blogspot.com

Ría said...

Great idea for change all the kitchen boring stuff.

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Mira said...

how do you keep the rope being glued to the bowl? I tried the same method glueing around a wine bottle and had to remove the bottle after a few rounds because I kept glueing the rope to the bottle and it would have been impossible to remove it later...

jeana said...

Brilliant! My mother would really love this for mothers day gift. Thanks for sharing.
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Sylvia from Dare to DIY said...

OMG! This is so smart. The result is so natural and nice!

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Fashion Stylist_ka said...

love your DIY's, wish I could make myself to more stuff like that!

Heather said...

Mine turned out great, thanks for the tutorial!