Making Tile Coasters

How to make easy diy photo coasters from tiles.

Making tile coasters.

These make such a cheap easy gift for friends and family. Add another coat of mod podge and repeat 2 more times. Watch instructional video now or scroll down for instructions. 4 4x4 ceramic tiles 1 scrapb.

Read on for a tutorial on how to make diy photo coasters from tiles. Special materials for making photo tile coasters. I found these white ceramic tiles at home depot for 0 16 a piece. Tile coasters are very simple to make and don t require many supplies to make.

You need ceramic tiles mod podge acrylic sealer a sponge brush paper and cork backing or felt. Diy marble coasters tips tricks. A couple things we figured out after making a bunch of marble coasters for christmas presents. The gloss only stuck where some polycrylic had gotten onto the front of the.

I love coasters and yet i don t own very many. Things you will need. The lace and scrabble coasters are my top picks. I am making tile coasters that have paper images on them.

The video making napkin and tile coasters was done well and simply too. Worst case it could potentially promote better homecare habits in whomever you gift them too. Coasters are essentially a necessity for any wooden surface it seems so personalizing some small tiles to be coasters would make a great gift for nearly anyone. The mod podge is water based and makes inkjet printed.

Rose clearfield author from milwaukee wisconsin on may 01 2012. This is a super cute and easy idea for a homemade unique gift for christmas weddings housewarming etc. I will check out your hub. I tried spraying dupli color gloss products both the engine spray and the gloss clear coat directly on the tile once the image was glued.

Gabrielle and i sat down together and made these tile coasters last week. These custom coasters are also easy to make. Then place the paper on top. If you print your photos at home using an inkjet printer then you need to use a different glue instead of mod podge.

I decided to include four coasters in each set so i purchased eight all together. Coat the top of each tile with a thin layer of mod podge. Tile coasters look awesome using photos instead of craft paper but there are some special tips to make them turn out right. You shouldn t need to use a tile sealer if you re working with ceramic or porcelain tiles.

I use matte polycrylic by minwax to glue the image onto the tile.