Trivet Fail!

I tried texting a friend about my fail tonight and my phone didn't even believe me - it auto-corrected to "gail" which was also a fail. Hummpf.  I should have been working on pillows for an upcoming craft show so I guess this is kind of my punishment.

One of my new Grandmas (Josh's side) sent me a picture on Facebook of a stone trivet that looked simple enough to make...

See! Just a few rocks, and what appears to be painted cork. Easy Peasy! So tonight after a trip to Michael's I spent a respectable amount of time getting pillows ready to be sewn and then I had to break into my new craft project.

The small cork board come in 6" squares, 4 in a package for $3.99, but I used coupons of course. I used a small desert plate to make it a perfect circle. Cut another circle from a piece of felt to cover the cork which was an ugly mistake, but not the worst of it.  The worst mistake was thinking the flat sided marbles that were on sale for $1 would have the same effect as the river rocks.  They don't!

 

What an awful mess.  Lacey, the aforementioned friend, suggested I used a different color felt. Really I think next time I will just (spray) paint the cork, but I really don't think the marbles have the right effect, unfortunately because they are less expensive.  This is definitely one of those crafts that have to be done like it is shown. Or you can just purchase them ready made, here.