Tile Coasters

From the moment I saw this DIY tutorial, I wanted to try it out for myself!!!  I did one set for me and one set for my mom for her birthday.  I think they turned out really cute!  They are pretty inexpensive, can send any message you'd like, and are quite fun to make.

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I started out by tracing the tile onto scrapbook paper and cutting the paper out.

Next, I mod-podged the paper down (putting a layer of mod-podge directly on the tile, placed the paper onto the tile, and placed mod-podge on top).  

I wanted these to be fun and full of life (like my mom) so I added sparkles in the mod-podge.

After allowing the mod-podge to dry and doing 1-2 more layers, I used some puff paint to just add some details and then used a laqure spray paint to seal them.  (2-4 coats of this stuff just to be safe)

After they dried overnight, I added the felt pieces to the bottom to prevent scratches.

While looking at scrapbook paper, I found these awesome stickers and decided to make a coaster set for myself.  I didn't want to go through the trouble of finding a background for these guys so I made them super simple.

I still had one sheet of my mustache scrapbook paper, so I decided to label what each of the mustache stickers were.  I could have done a much better job with this, but this was my first trial (before the coasters for my mom).

I labeled each one with a sharpie paint pen and then lacquered each tile 2-3 times, allowing them to completely dry over night.

Here is the set I created for my mom out of the scrapbook paper. I had to upload these last so it wouldn't spoil my mom's bday present!

Father's Day

For Father's day, my family had a BBQ at my parents' house.  Each party, I try and do a small theme to keep everyone on their toes.  Since this get together was about "FATHERS", I thought mustaches would be fitting.  Everything was fairly cheap and really easy to make.  When making pendants in this post (here), my cousin and I made some mustache pendants for the get together.  I found some cute key chain pieces my mom had laying around, and they made for cute little gifts for everyone to take.

I used this tutorial (HERE) to create a mustache stamp.  I used this to stamp the cards for father's day.  The tutorial worked flawlessly.

 I found this awesome scrapbook paper at Micheal's during their "6 sheets for $1" sale.  I regret not getting more.  I cut the paper down to size and placed it in a cheap frame from the dollar store.  This made for some interesting conversation later on when we tried to figure out which mustaches we all had.

I glued paper cut out mustaches to some bamboo chopstick I found at the dollar store for some picture props.  These turned out rather fun and got a few giggles from G.Pa. 

By the end of the party, after eating great food, watching a 3 hours movie from the 60's, and laughing a little... I was pooped to say the least.

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Glass marble gems

 Loved this idea (seen here). I want to make the magnet versions as well, but for now my cousin and I made some cute mustache pendants.

First, start with a square of paper (can already have a print on it, but we chose to create our own.)  We drew the image before cutting it out to make sure it fit in the gem's parameters.

 Next, cut your paper down to size.

Place some mod podge on the back of the gem and place your image face down. Press down and make sure there aren't any bubbles.

Allow the mod podge to dry, then place more on the back of the piece of paper that is now attached to the gem.  Once this drys, use the E-6000 glue to glue on your necklace-piece that will allow you to put the pendant on a necklace. I chose these (in the picture below) because they were easy to glue on and were really simple.

Place on your favorite cord, ribbon, or chain and enjoy.
(Note: some images don't show up as well under the gem.  Metalic or paper with a sheen causes a mirror effect and may make it hard to see the image on the paper.)

 

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