DIY Farmhouse Decoration: Bread Board & Tart Tins

Looking for a super simple, easy peasy holiday decoration? I’ve got just the thing for you! You’ll need a long breadboard, some jute webbing, and a few tart tins to make this DIY farmhouse decoration.

Farmhouse Style Magazine Feature

This project was featured in the 2018 holiday edition of Country Sampler’s Farmhouse Style magazine. I’ve been creating projects for them for quite some time now and absolutely love the magazine.

The magazine even suggested an alternative for this project: Make it into a piece of Christmas wall art by hanging the breadboard. Then decorate the tart tins with words, like “JOY” or bottle brush trees or some other Christmas embellishments.

Materials

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Materials

• Long breadboard (15-20″)
• Jute webbing
• Glue (I like Weldbond)
• Tart tins
• Nails
• Tealight candles Votive candles (battery)

Step 1: Cut & Glue the Jute Webbing

Cut the jute webbing to fit your bread board. Apply glue to the back (I like Wellbond) and press it into place.

Breadboard alternatives:

• Scrap wood
• Fish scaling board
• Wood cut to size at a hardware store and stained or painted

Jute webbing alternatives:

• Wide ribbon
• Fabric scrap
• Scrapbook paper

Step 2: Nail Tart Tins

Nail the tart tins into place.

Step 3: Add Candles

Drop in some tealight candles and you’re done! I recommend tealites versus votives as they typically come in metal casing, which means no melted wax stuck in your tart tins as the candles burn down.

Alternatively, you can use battery operated candles (see below), which don’t melt (obviously!) and are safer as well.

Finished Project

You can use this decoration anywhere in your house, including as a centerpiece on your kitchen table. Imagine an even longer board (or piece of scrap wood) with five to seven tart tins. That would be stunning, right?

It’s very pretty once the candles are lit.

The red stripe on the jute makes it especially appealing at Christmastime.

An Alternative

Here’s an example of a similar decoration made with a piece of scrap barnboard. I wrapped some berry garland around the tart tins and inserted battery operated candles to get a bit of a different look.

I think I like it better with the votive size candles! What do you think?

Other Projects You’ll Enjoy

The red level and tart tin project (above) sells for $20-25 and the fish scaling board (far right) is similar to the breadboard project in that it involves a long piece of wood. In its case, I decorated it with three mini wreaths.

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