Monday, August 23, 2010

Creatively Cutting Corners with Coasters!

My cousin over at Mine for the Making made these coasters with her great find at the dollar store and I thought I’d try and use Mod Podge for the first time as I have been inspired by her! So here goes. 
I used her tutorial which you can find here.  I couldn’t find dollar store coasters, although I have seen those dreadful lobster ones before.  However, I ended up with a fantastic find!  I went on ebay and found round coasters 12 for $1! Here’s the link to that vendor.IMG_1506
Anyway, I started with the coaster  and followed Mine for the Making’s tutorial…but failed miserably.  I couldn’t quite get the cut-out to match up with the size of the coaster and even after trying a razor, a scissor and a rotary cutter…still, it looked pretty crappy.  Luckily! I just bought a silhouette and had a bright idea- I measured the coasters (3.75in) and printed out all of the IMG_1503circles on the designed paper from there.  I got a perfect cut! No trimming necessary! I actually used my tip from last Tuesday and used wallpaper for my coasters.

They turned out really cute! Here’s the finished product:IMG_1502 IMG_1501I guess I’m not as crafty (an definitely don’t have as much patience) as Mine for the Making but this worked for me!
Happy Crafting!!

3 comments:

Inspired by you said...

Very cute! They turned out nice.

Melissa said...
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Melissa said...

Love this!!

This deserves versatile blogger award!!

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