DIY .. Make Your Own Oil Diffuser

Hi there, you handy little DIYer!!!

Who doesn't want their home to smell fresh and relaxing?? 

I have a few incense burners, but yesterday I went shopping for a cute little oil diffuser with a candle! What a disappointment .. all have the same >blah< style .. all the same >blah< color and shape!! Pffffffffff ... I can make one of these myself!!! Back home I dug out some leftover polymer clay and started a prototype!!!  This is the result!!! Colorful .... eeeeehh??? 😁

Of course, I couldn't just stop there and had to try another style! And in case you want to make one yourself, I did a little step-by-step thingy for you!

 You need some:

polymer clay (your choice of color or left-overs)

wire ( maybe you have an old wire hanger)

and maybe some acrylic paint 

and glitter ( of course there must be glitter!!!!!)

First I had to warm and knead my clay .. I had a little piece left from my first diffuser (which since I like the bright colors and marbled look I did not add any paint) and added a few more pieces of random color clay!!!

I rolled the clay out and with a coffee cup (both sides for different sizes) I marked two circles .. do not cut right on the mark .. leave about an inch of clay around the circle .. a bigger one for the bottom .. smaller one for the top of the diffuser! 

I added the wire to the bigger circle and covered the wire by rolling up the edge of the circle .. smooth it out and shape the stem(??? is that what you call the connection to the upper circle???) Whatever shape you use (I kind of worked with a half-moon shape) just make sure that the top and bottom circle are about 6 inches apart from each other!!! I double wrapped the back part to make it sturdy! 

Next, I covered the wire with clay .. and shaped the small circle into a shallow little bowl! Let the clay dry a little (30 m9nutes) and then

bake the clay in the oven at 250F for about 15 minutes!

Every project and brand of clay is a little different .. so here is a little chart to help you!

                                           This is the result after baking and cooling .. 

 .. but I didn't want to stop right there. I was not happy with the color! So I added a touch of acrylic color .. and a pinch of glitter ... and viola!!!!!!! My brand-new smelly-good oil diffuser!!!! 

Not bad, huh???  🤗