DIY Coasters

Perusing through pinterest I have found many tutorials for coasters so I thought I will try this myself. And so I bring to you my version of handmade coasters! 

This is a very cheap project. The supplies that cost the most money last a really long time.

 So to start you need supplies... Some supplies in the picture I ended up changing.

• Some kind of craft mat to protect your counters from the glue. I use the back of my cutting board because I don't have a craft mat at this point. 
• The print for your coasters - this can be paper or napkins. I picked up two different patterns of Christmas napkins from Superstore 
• Mod Podge. I had matte finish on hand but if I were to do it again I would use the glossy finish.
• 4x4 tiles. 4 for each set or however many you choose to have
• Sponge Brush
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Marker
• Felt
• Fabric Adhesive
• Polyurethane

To start, one napkin makes 4 different coasters as seen here. So I cut along the fold lines and then traced the coaster with the pencil. Don't worry about being too exact. 

Then I went over on the inside of the pencil mark with marker. This you need to be steady and straight and hold your napkin straight too because it will move. 

I then removed this white fabric from the back of the napkins and cut along the inside of the marker line. I keep mentioning the inside because it is better to have your design be short and have a white frame than the design overlap the edges of the tiles.

Apply the mod podge with foam brush...

Place the napkin on to the tile and put mod podge on overtop. Because the napkin was wet from the mod podge before, it wrinkled a bit but it ended up with a cool design in my opinion. You won't be able to see it in these pictures though. Leave to dry.  After it dried, I took them outside and sprayed 2 coats of the polyurethane and let thoes dry.

 Now you see here, the coasters are done. To the next step...

 In the first picture I put up I showed the supplies. Among that were these felt furniture protectors that we had on hand. I thought I could use them but when I placed them on, they were way too thick. It looked silly. So I went off to Michaels...

Bought some felt and some fabric adhesive. One felt sheet will cover a set of 4.

Gizmo decided to help out.... 

I just basically used my eye to cut, it doesn't need to be perfect, we aren't machines! Haha

As long as it serves as protection from the tile than its fine.  One day when I get one of those straight cutter things I'll be able to acutally measure and make it stellar :) 

I applied the fabric adhesive to the outside, you don't need to apply too much because this stuff is strong and it will seep out the edges.

 The coasters with the felt on the back!

And here is the finished and wrapped product! I gave a pair to someone at school for our secret santa. They were a big hit. It's the perfect DIY Christmas gift because you can actually use it and people appreciate the fact that you made it yourself too. It shows a lot of thought went into their gift :)