Photo Tile Coasters



Quick & easy project to give as gifts or keep for your own~

I know this idea has been around for a while, but it's my first time to try it out. My son and his wife gave us our first grand-daughter this past fall. They had also just purchased their first home. I thought it would be ideal to make them a set of tile coasters with pics of their beautiful baby girl.... to protect their new furniture. They were planning to go with black & white for a majority of the living space, with a few different shades of pale greens for a bit of color. I thought the black & white photos would look great!

Supplies:

A set of 4"x 4" white ceramic tiles.

Black & white photos cut to fit on tiles

Mod Podge, Hard Coat

Sponge paintbrush

Felt or cork to protect the bottom

STEP 1: Make sure your tiles are free of dirt or any oils. Using Mod Podge, apply the photos to the tiles, according to manufacturers instructions, being careful to center them on the tiles. Allow to dry overnight.

STEP 2: For my tiles, I was going with the black and white theme so just carried that over by painting a black line around the outside edges of each of the tiles. Once dry, I sprayed 2-3 coats of an acrylic sealer. Allow to dry between coats.

STEP 3: Hot glue a matching square of felt or cork to the bottom of each tile to protect your furniture from any possible scratches the tile might make. I chose a felt bottom.

I used some felt that went with my black and white theme...

...then I just hot-glued the felt to the underside of each tile...

Lastly, I painted the date each photo was taken on its' edge,
just because I know I'll never remember!

For another tile coaster idea using napkins, click here.

Tile Coasters

These tile coasters make a great gift idea, too!

These are so easy, you could even do this as a children's craft! Yet, with a little finesse, they can look like very classy additions to the most sophisticated decor....and...you guessed it!...it's CHEAP!!!!!

STEP 1: Purchase 4 or more 4 inch ceramic tiles from your local hardware store. (Mine were purchased at Home Depot for .16 cents each!!!) I used plain white to start out, but use any color that catches your eye.

STEP 2: Choose your motif and purchase your item accordingly. For instance, I saw these cute beverage napkins with four cupcakes on each napkin. So I figured I could use these by cutting out the cupcake on each, and using the cupcake as my motif for this first set. I also figured this was a good investment because if it didn't work, I was only out a few bucks. But if it does work, these would be so cute!

TIP: You can use just about any paper item to make these...gift wrapping tissue, or regular gift wrap, cute napkins (which I did), gift bag design, any scrapbooking paper, etc.

STEP 3: Cut out your motif carefully. Just remember that any extra paper around the outside of the design will show up once the tile is dry. For mine, I chose to leave the motif along with its bottom pink border.

Here is shown a motif cut directly around its border.

Here is shown a motif cut with the entire panel along with it.

STEP 4: Make sure your tiles are free of dirt or any oils. Using Mod Podge, apply the cut-out motifs to the tiles, according to manufacturers instructions, being careful to center them on the tiles. Allow to dry overnight.

STEP 5: For my tiles, I went with the pink bottom border that was on the napkins and just carried that over by painting a matching pink line around the outside edges of each of the tiles. Once dry, I sprayed 2-3 coats of an acrylic sealer. Allow to dry between coats.

STEP 6: Hot glue a matching square of felt to the bottom of each tile to protect your furniture from any possible scratches the tile might make. I chose a soft pink that matched the pink bottom border.