One of my favorite parts of Christmas is creating and giving homemade gifts. I always try to come up with something personalized that the person will really love and use. I have seen several variations of these tile photo coasters around the blogs, and I knew I wanted to try them.
Materials:
- 4 or 5 plain white tiles ($0.16 each at Home Depot)
- Scrap felt for feet (so they don't scratch the table)
- Hot glue
- 4x6 photos, trimmed to size
- Mod Podge and a paintbrush
After laying down some of my favorite comics (love Baby Blues!), I cut out some scrap felt squares for the "feet" for the coasters.
I also trimmed my 4x6 photos to fit.
Then I hot glued the felt to the bottom of the tiles.
And finally, I painted on a layer of Mod Podge. It looks terribly streaky at first, but it does all soak into the paper and dry after a bit. According to the bottle, you need to wait at least 15-20 minutes between layers, but I waited a little longer than that.
I ended up doing 5 layers of Mod Podge, and then I sprayed them with some clear fixitive to seal them.
Then I wrapped them up with some pretty ribbon and ta da! Homemade present!
Also, please excuse the messiness of my table in the photos. A lot of crafting and baking has been happening here over the past few days...
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