A week or so ago I had a panic attack that I’d lost my wedding ring. It wasn’t in its usual spot with my other jewelry, and I started to freak out that it had been lost in the move. My engagement ring was my mother-in-law’s engagement ring first, and I wasn’t looking forward to spilling that news. Fortunately my (more organized than me) hubby found it in the lockbox where we keep passports and such. Whew.
Now my rings have a special spot in this little ring bowl. Don’t you love our initials? We sound so racy! Next time I should probably put Mark’s initial first. :)
DIY Gold Leaf Clay Ring Bowl
To make your own clay ring bowl, you will need:
- White Sculpey clay
- Small oven safe bowl. I used a small Pyrex bowl – I love these bowls!
- Gold leaf flakes
- Toothpick
Start by shaping your clay into a small, thin circle. The clay should be a couple of millimeters thick. Put the clay onto the bottom of the Pyrex bowl to make sure the circle is the right size – the ends should curl up a bit but not too much.
When you’re satisfied with your shape, press gold leaf flakes into the clay with your fingers. I like the scattered gold leaf look but to see how clay looks completely covered with gold leaf see this clay heart pendant.
After pressing in the gold leaf draw your initials with a toothpick. Add a heart, your anniversary date, whatever is meaningful to you.
Flip the Pyrex bowl over and press the clay onto the the bottom. Smooth the edges and bake according to package directions.
Let the clay cool when it comes out of the oven and then ease it off the Pyrex. Now I just need to get my rings sized so I can actually wear them (embarrassing!!).
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Such a gorgeous piece of DIY! This is really golden :)
This looks amazing and looks so easy to make!! Great idea!!
Love love love the scattered gold. So pretty! I’ve been wanting to experiment with gold for a while, that might just be the project to try :) Hugs!
I love this so much…so cute and so perfect!
looking so cutee
This is so sweet and pretty. I’m so glad you found your ring too!
S + M–I love it! That made me laugh out loud. :D I need to make one of these too–my rings don’t fit either. I think it’s my stupid eczema. It made my fingers fatter!
we need a special diet just for our fingers! It’s so depressing to have take your rings in and have them enlarged, ugh.
I’m so glad your beautiful rings are safe and sound now in this pretty bowl!
This is very pretty Steph, and yes, awesome initials. :)
Ronnie xo
Beautiful. You are really inspiring me to try some clay.
What a pretty bowl! Your wedding ring set is gorgeous, and so neat that it is a family heirloom. Have a great day!
This is gorgeous! love it!
I love the initial detail, no matter how racy :)
Our initials are about as racy as we get, haha :)
The gold leaf is so pretty!!
I so need one of these. I’ve just started getting dermatitis on my ring finger and can’t wear them for more than a few hours. I get in big trouble when hubby finds them lying around the house!
This came out gorgeous! I actually have gold leaf at my house, so I’m going to try and pull this off. So lovely!
Great idea and tutorial! The initials are too funny!
Your initials made me laugh even before I read what you wrote. I was all, “Ooooh, Stephanie has a whole other side this blog doesn’t show us” ;)
Super cute! I’m going to have to try it out!
Ok, now that made me laugh!
How sweet!
THis is lovely, didn’t realize that we also have S + M initials, that is racy :)
That’s true! Yep, gotta watch us racy Swilley girls :)
Stephanie this is so creative and beautiful! I love everything about it (and your initials LOL!)! I just might have to break out some clay! ;)
Our initials are G & R. Everyone jokes that we should have had a Guns N Roses song for our wedding. We went with Journey instead. LOL
Our initials are T & A, lol….I think I need to do this, I keep mine in a small jewelry box in my mug cabinet when I’m making meatloaf, biscuits, scrubbing ovens etc….cute.
Those are awesome initials!
OOOOoooohhh pretty! And I’m with you, I like the scattered gold leaf look.
I got some pyrex dishes at a Black Friday sale for myself and I LOVE them! So glad I bought them!
Don’t you love Pyrex? That stuff is awesome. I use my bowls every day.