I made a pair of coasters from guitar sound holes!

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People who know me from Bubblews probably remember that I like to make coasters out of guitar sound holes. Now that I think about it, I've done a couple of posts here using response to these things as gifts in discussions about being appreciated or under-appreciated. Anyway, Collings guitars, of Austin TX, was kind enough to send me a bunch of the cut outs for free, and I stain them, coat them in satin polyurethane, and then attach felt bottoms to them using a hot glue gun. I'm all excited today because I just finished up another pair or coasters. For those interested, this particular pair was originally light spruce in color, but I stained them with Minwax Red Mahogany oil-based stain (two coats). For my background in this photo, I chose a dark walnut loudspeaker from the late 1960s that I had previously refinished using only Howard's Orange Oil--no stain. I find it interesting that the color of red mahogany stain is the best match for dark walnut that I've found so far. I sometimes use this stain when I'm trying to color match a repaired corner on a vintage loudspeaker with the original veneer.