I love a good nerdy craft project. I will admit that Chemistry definitely wasn’t my forte in highschool and college (let’s just say that I definitely wasn’t going to become a Chemical Engineer). I’ve seen the different words spelled out with periodic table elements and decided that it would be fun to see what I could create with some awesome heavy duty beer steins that I had in my crafting stash.
I found an image of the periodic table and traced the elements that I needed in order to spell “BEER”. I somewhat underestimated how small some of the little items were inside the letters and numbers. I HIGHLY recommend using a CB09 blade (I first used this blade to make some awesome, and delicate, Star Wars mugs).
I pretty much exclusively use Orcal 651 vinyl (or the permanent outdoor from Expressions Vinyl) because I want everything to be as durable as possible. Technically, this beer stein isn’t dishwasher safe; however, I’ve had no problem running my items through the dishwasher (I did finally have to dispose of my Starbucks Tumbler, but that was because the mug itself cracked).
This mug would be a great gift (especially if paired with some actual beer). Do you have anybody on your gift list who would love to receive their own periodic table beer stein?
Brooke @ Blushing Noir says
That’s so cool! My hubs would loveeeeeeee
Jessica Scull says
omg this is awesome!
Jessica Holoka says
This is such a cute idea! Love it!
Charlotte says
I did alright in chemistry but I deinitely got lucky with my lab partners. Thanks for sharing on Family Joy Blog Link-up. Please come back and join us again!
Malissa - Southern sawdust says
Great idea! I recently bought my first Cricut machine and I am adding vinyl to EVERYTHING! Thanks for sharing.
Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled says
What a great gift for any beer-loving guy or gal! Visiting from Craft Schooling Sunday.
Lisa @ Fun Money Mom says
That’s awesome…hubby would love it. Chemistry wasn’t my forte either. It was the only class I ever flunked, all because I could never remember the elements on the periodic table! Who would’ve thought that I might need that info someday…it comes up sometimes at trivia…LOL!
Thanks for sharing with us at Share The Wealth Sunday. I hope we see you again tonight!
Susan says
What a fun gift idea. Pinning now. Thanks for sharing at the #ThisIsHowWeRoll Link Party.
Jennifer A Stewart says
So cool! The only beer I drink is Dos Equis but I would gladly drink any beer with this!! Thanks for sharing with Saucy Saturdays!
Melissa says
Very cool idea!
Susan says
This is super cool, and would also be neat (and dishwasher safe) if you used that vinyl as a stencil for glass etching.