Anchors Away

I don't know if Anchors Away makes any sense, I was just trying to think of something sailors would say about an anchor.  So I apologize to any boater extraordinaire that are unimpressed by my knowledge of nautical language and wit.

My lovely friends Laura and Dan have this house that has this incredible waterfront right in their backyard.  It seriously feels like you're on vacation at a lake house 24/7.  I'd probably be so lazy and unproductive with that scenery.  And they have this sunroom that is pending-nautical themed, so these coasters were inspired to kickstart the decor!

Ingredients:
-Cork
-Scissors
-Hot glue gun
-"Rope" - I used jewelry making rope line material
-Acrylic paint/paintbrush

First cut out your cork coasters.  I traced a ribbon spool for the circles, but use whatever household item you've got that's in a sufficient cup-holding shape.

Take the rope and hot glue in small sections into a spiral design.  You're fingers may be hot-gluified by the end, but it's totally worth it.  If you ever do use a hot glue gun and get glue glops on your skin, make sure you don't peel it off until it's dry.  It will hurt way less and cause less damage this way, I promise.

Hot glue dries super quickly, so you can paint the anchors right away.  I used a navy blue acryllic paint and free styled it.  I'm sure there's tons of stencils out there too.

These will go perfectly with rum drinks - because that's what pirate drink right??