DIY Sharpie Mug and Coasters

So I meant to make this post last night but my internet connection decided it wasn't going to let me. Anyway.....I've been very busy this week. Crafting, shopping, decorating, wrapping....all the fun stuff.

So last year I had mentioned to my dad that this year I would like to get a real tree. We used to get them when I was little and I thought it would be fun to have one again this year after so many years of having a fake one. So I had planned on Sunday for us to go and get one, but alas the weather decided to ruin my plans and when I woke up on Sunday it was snowing. And my dad was convinced that we would just set up the old tree. But I was not having that. So I decided to go ahead and decorate without a tree and wait to see what would happen the rest of the day. But of course I had to improvise until we got a tree....

 then finally, it decided to stop snowing and I got my way!

 

 

 It's huge and beautiful and I couldn't be happier. Haha.

So this year I decided making sharpie mugs and putting little mug cake starter kits in them would be a fun gift to give to my friends. It's personal and it's cake. What more could you want. I've done several sharpie mugs before and have used the same tutorial for all of them. This one is from Scribbles from Emily and it's fairly simple and allows you to wash the mug in the dishwasher, which is great. Except I'm too afraid to wash them in the dishwasher because I don't want them to get ruined. Haha. But it at least lets you wash them without the sharpie getting ruined. So here's how I did it:

Materials:
Mug
Oil based Sharpies (very important. I bought mine individually from AC Moore for about 3 dollars each)
Print out or drawing of your choice
Lead pencil
scissors
tape
oven

So first I got a mug. I bought this one from Big Lots for I think a dollar and it's perfect for the Wicked theme I'm going for...

 

and the sharpies...

 then I just found the artwork that I wanted and printed them out in the right size for the mug and cut off the excess paper. You could also draw whatever you wanted too...

 then I took my lead pencil and colored the back of my image so that it would transfer onto the mug..

then I just taped the print out where I wanted it on the mug...

and then traced over it...

and this is what it looks like after...

 then I traced over it with my sharpie....

and ta-da!

 I did the other side of the mug also but it was a little more intricate than the letters. So then you need to let your sharpie dry on the mug for at least 24 hours. And don't let it fool you. It will seem dry in a couple minutes but wait because if you bake it now the sharpie will flake off later. I learned my lesson on that the first time because I'm super impatient about finishing things. So after you've let it dry the baking step comes in. So what you're going to do first it set your mug into the oven without turning it on...

 then set your oven to 350 degrees...

 

and let your mug warm up with the oven. And then when the oven is at the right temperature set your timer for 30 minutes and let it bake, then when time is up turn off the oven but leave the mug inside and open your oven door just a tad and let it cool down before taking it out. And then you're done!

I decided I wanted to add a little something extra with this gift and include a little mug starter kit with just the dry ingredients. The recipe comes from The Novice Chef and it is by far the best mug cake I've ever had. Seriously. And it's soooo easy it's ridiculous. So I just took a bag and added all the dry ingredients....

 and printed out instructions for making the cake and the rest of the ingredients that needs to be added. And that's it!

 Oh and here's the other two mugs that I'm making for my best friend and her husband...

So the next gift I made is another one for my moms stocking, and it's super simple. I just bought cork coasters from Walmart for around 4 dollars and took some masking tape and paint and went to town...

oh and don't forget to get your hands all messy with paint. I always manage to...

and here's some of my wrapping if anyone's interested. I love to use plain brown paper with bakers twine and some washi tape and got some awesome printable tags from Shanty 2 Chic.

 Oh! and update from last week on those cute little DIY garden tags that I made. They are completely dry and look great ;)

So that's it for this week! I've still got a good bit to do before Christmas comes! A couple more DIY's and lots of cookies to make and some partying to do! Heck yeah! Hope you enjoyed these DIY's for today!
-Jaimee (: