Mmmm…donuts. That word is almost like ‘pie’. It just evokes a warm, good feeling!
For the past few months, my friend, who got married 15 years ago, said if she ever had it to do over, she would have donuts at her wedding in lieu of a cake. She loves them THAT much! As her 15th wedding anniversary date drew near, we decided to throw a surprise anniversary party and knew that we just had to serve donuts. I first thought about ordering a display to serve the donuts, but then decided to make it myself.
I found the perfect frame for my project at Goodwill! Fortunately for me, the frame still had the cardboard picture backing in it and so I used that as a template. I took the cardboard template to Home Depot and had a piece of pegboard cut to size to fit inside the frame.
Pegboard comes in a white melamine finish so I spray painted it gold. I used the staples already in the frame to hold the artwork in place to hold the pegboard in place too. I bought 4 ft dowels in the same diameter as the pegboard holes. I spray painted the dowels gold as well and cut them down to 3 inch lengths to insert into the holes. I pushed them in about a half inch so there was no chance they would slide out.
Pegboard – $20 for one sheet, plenty left over after the 35in x 45in piece was cut
Dowels – $4
Frame – $8
Paint – $4
For the final presentation at the party, I added a few things I already had to the display: a string of fairy lights, a chalkboard sign, and paper flowers. I also used a set a of round paper doilies as backing on the wall for each donut. We set it all up for the party using an aluminum easel (rated to hold 25 lbs, so no problem for my 13lb wall).
We are so fortunate to have a chef among us in our group of friends. Chef provided the real stars of the show, a custom flavor just for the guests of honor: vanilla bourbon glazed bacon donuts! She made them from scratch which she tells me is a two day process. Not only was the presentation beautiful, but dessert was truly delicious!
The wall was such a hit and the anniversary couple loved it! And it’s the gift that keeps on giving! They get to keep it and have a donut wall as often as they want at all their future events.
-J