Handmade Coasters

My two best friends are getting married in January and I could not be more excited! The soon-to-be Mrs. has had a few different showers, one of which I wasn't able to attend :( but her sister and Maid of Honor threw her a HARRY POTTER themed shower. (Erin, can you do my shower?!) It was so wonderful!

I wanted to give them a shower/Christmas gift. Scrolling through Pinterest (of course), I've seen many cute DIY coasters, so here is my version!

First, I went to Home Depot and grabbed four white 4x4 ceramic tiles. There were a few different kinds, but I liked these the best (and they were the cheapest! With tax, it was less than two quarters.)

Then I sat...and sat...and sat...What in the world should I do to these? I thought about doing the alcohol-dye seen here, and then I thought about doing the lace and spray paint seen here, but none of those just seemed quite right for the future Mr&Mrs. After the near-disaster of the Sharpie Mugs (click here), I was a little hesitant to Sharpie the tiles. But I thought: What's the worst that can happen?

Enter an alphabet stencil from HobLob (Hobby Lobby is great! Except for some reason, I have the biggest urges to go on Sundays...)

I traced the outline of the letter with pencil first. It wasn't a dark line, but it was just enough for me to trace over with the Sharpie.

I have shakey hands when I concentrate, so my coasters don't exactly match perfectly, but that's ok! After I traced the "M", I colored it in, and added a little something extra.

Next I went ahead and baked the coasters like I did the mugs (click here!)

After they had cooled, I cut out four squares of black felt to hot glue onto the bottom. I made the squares slightly smaller than the coaster so they wouldn't hang over the edge.

Next, I sprayed them with clear coat (the same that I used on the mugs) This particular one is waterproof, which makes it the perfect coat for coasters!

Lastly, I tied them up with a pretty ribbon...

...and wrapped them in the wedding colors.

Funny story: The happy couple got a bunch of the glasses from their registry. One night, I was over in their apartment and we were laughing about all of the glasses they had received. I said "You know, you really need new coasters." She agreed. Little did they know... :)

Happy Wedding Best Friends!
-Bee