How to Create a Personalized Lazy Susan Tray

• Once you've gathered your tools and materials, it's time to get started.
• Begin by choosing your image. Select the image, design or words to add to the wood round.

Tip: If you prefer to hand-letter or doodle, skip this step and draw right on the wood.

Using scissors, cut and trim the image to prep it to transfer onto the round.

Overlappinng the carbon paper will help ensure that every part of the image transfers onto the wood round.

If you're using a round design, measure from the image edge to the edge of the round.

Now, with your image placed on top of the carbon paper, use your embossing stylus, pencil or pen to trace over the image.

Now, it's time to burn the design into the wood. This design used a calligraphy tip to trace the words, a dotted tip to trace the lines and a stencil cutting tip to trace over the flowers and leaves.

Tip: When operating any type of soldering iron or power equipment, be sure to wear the proper safety equipment.

After burning the image into the wood round, use your sander and 150-grit sandpaper. Once you've passed over the entire round, go back over it with your sander and 220-grit.

After the round is sanded, it's time to stain.
Using a sponge, apply the wood stain. Be sure to apply the stain in the same direction as the wood grain.

With your rotary tool, carve out the image a bit more. Now, reburn the image and stain once more.

Begin by measuring how far out you want the handles to be. Do this to both sides and mark the spots with a pencil.

Next, add paint to the bottom of your hardware and place the hardware on top of the painter's tape to create a stamp. This will help when drilling.

Using the stamps as markers, hold your drill upright and start drilling holes for hardware.

• It's time to add the turntable to the bottom for your Lazy Susan.
• Turn over the wood round and place the turntable in the center of the board. You can measure both sides with a ruler to ensure it's perfectly centered.
• Use your pencil to mark where drill holes will go.
• Now, using your drill and wood screws, attach turntable to wood round.

With the turntable attached, use a sponge brush and water-based polyurethane to seal the wood round. Once it's dry, attach hardware.

Now you have a personalized Lazy Susan tray that's perfect for serving a tray of food and beverages, using as decor or giving as a gift.