DIY: coffee stained clothespins

There's something old fashioned and fun about clothespins.
Like a farm with vintage sheets on the line billowing in the wind.
Huge dork.  I know.

But when I buy them at the store, they're kind of boring.  Not vintage sheets on the line pretty.

I thought since they're wood, I could stain them.   So I gave it a shot using coffee as a stain.

If it was a bad idea, eh, they're only clothespins.

But it did work.

(New ones on the left, stained ones on the right.)

Here's what I did...

Brewed a pot of coffee that was probably 3-4 times stronger than it would need to be if it were for drinking. (Don't get mad at me if you're a coffee drinker and I wasted coffee...I'm not. :) )

I poured it in a mason jar (another farmy-cute item I can't get enough of!) over my clothespins.

I left them overnight to soak.

And put them on a drying rack in the sun the next morning.

There you have it.  Perfect for the farm I don't have and the laundry I wouldn't dry anywhere but in my dryer in my laundry room.  Ha. ;)

xoxo

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