Picture Coasters

I seem to be at the age when I am attending a ton of weddings and wedding gifts get a bit expensive. We'll my recent gift that I have started giving to couples is one that I make myself, due to cost and it is much more fun that buying hand towels or bathroom towels or things along that line.

Step 1: Buy 4.25 square tiles (I guess any size would work technically, I bought a case of the tiles for $11), cork board, and Pour On (I got all of this at Menards, for just under $30 and I have 100 tiles, enough cork for 48 coasters, and I'm not yet sure how long the pour-on will last but so far it is lasting quite a while)
You will also need to gather: plastic cups, a plastic spoon, a garbage bag, and whatever supplies you want to decorate your tile

Step 2: Decorate the tiles however you please, I like to print out pictures and decorate the background and then place a picture of the couple on top. I do print the pictures on matte photo paper so that the color doesn't bleed from whatever I put behind the picture. I have used parts of the wedding invitation and save the date card to help decorate the tiles. I used rubber cement to stick everything together.

Step 3: Elevate the tiles on upside down plastic cups over a garbage bag (so the excess pour-on will drip onto the garbage bag and you won't have to pick the pour-on off of your counter top)

Step 4: Mix the Pour-On (in a plastic cup) according to the package directions

Step 5: I use a plastic spoon to spread the pour-on over the tiles. If bubbles occur you can just blow on the bubbles and the go away. The great thing about pour-on is that it is self leveling!

Step 6: Let the pour-on harden and dry

Step 7: Cut the cork board into 3 inch squares

Step 8: Rubber cement the cork board to the back of the tiles

Step 9: wrap and give as a gift or keep for yourself

Final Product

Let me know if you have any questions.