Bead It, Just Bead It: A (Beaded) Monogram Place Setting DIY for Dinner Parties

I think enough time has finally passed from the craziness of Thanksgiving and Christmas (yes, I needed multiple months to recover apparently) to share some entertaining and hosting ideas again, starting with this one for a DIY beaded monogram place setting because why the hell not. Amiright?

It’s true that place settings at small(ish) dinner parties are by all accounts pointless BUT they are a nice touch for guests and something like this will make them feel special. So I say, roll with it. You in? Let’s do this…

Materials

• wooden beads (like these from Amazon)
• wire
• acrylic paint (if desired)
• scissors

Instructions

Start by painting the wooden beads in your desired color palette. I went with pastels, but if I were to do this one over again, I’d love to paint all the beads a dark charcoal color or maybe even in different colors of green for St Patricks Day, etc.  Let the beads dry completely.

While the bead are drying, start bending wire into the basic shape of the letters you want to create.

Then, add the beads a few at a time to one end of the wire and start being / shaping the wire to form the letter as you go. Once you have all of the beads on, you can snip off any excess wire and knot each end to keep the beads from falling out. And thats it.

Do you have any dinner parties coming up? And more importantly, are you ready to entertain again after the holidays?