Sunday, February 20, 2011

Bye Bye To Condensation On The Table

FUN CREATION: Coasters

SUPPLIES:
  • Four 4x4 tiles
  • Glue
  • Beads (with a flat surface on at least one side)
    • (Hint: You can also use broken glass instead or a mixture of beads and glass)
  • Felt 
  • Ruler 
  • Pencil 
  • Scissors
WHAT TO DO:

1. Start with one tile and figure out how you want to lay your beads on it 
(Hint: Think of different patterns and different beads to use to make each coaster unique)

2. Cover the tile with glue 
(Hint: Depending on the size of the beads it might work better to apply only small amounts of glue at a time)

3. Start applying the beads in a cool pattern 
(Hint: Cover the sides of the tile too)

4. Once all the beads are applied let dry

5. Now finish coasters 2, 3, and 4

6. Measure out four 4x4 pieces of felt and cut them to the correct measurement

7. When the coasters are dry flip them over, cover the bottom with a thin layer of glue, and cover the bottom with felt.
(Hint: This will prevent them from scratching any surfaces)



To find beads look at:
(Collect some old necklaces and use the beads to top your coasters)

Goodwill
2405 South Roan Street
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 928-4332

257 West Market Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 434-0850

Beadworks
257 East Main Street
Johnson City, TN 37604-5707
(423) 979-0323

7 comments:

  1. I'm so glad you posted this! I've been hunting for cute coasters for the past few months! Now I can just make some :)

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  2. I can make better coasters. Did a few weeks ago! maybe this should be my blog ...

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  3. Cool! I love beads.. I bet this would work with buttons too- I have a million buttons laying around. I scrapbook so I have lots of things like this.

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  4. I totally did this with some day care kids the summer lol but they were the kind you had to iron.

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  5. Very good! I enjoyed reading all your ideas. I've always said you could pull things together I would never even think of:) Love you:)

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