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You may remember this box of tiles I got at a yard sale for $1.00.
I prepared them for my decoupage. As always, I used Elmer’s white glue.
I bought some calendars at the dollar tree. Each calendar came with a small identical calendar.
They were the perfect size for these tiles. In this photo, I have just put a coat of glue on top of the calendar pieces. When you do this step for the first time, you will have glue under your paper and over your paper within a few minutes of each other. During this step you will need to make sure that you get your paper smooth and get out any wrinkles and air bubbles. I use my fingers as a “squeegee” to remove air bubbles, working from the center outward. If you leave any wrinkles or air bubbles at this point, you will not be able to remove them later.
You can barely see the lines showing through on the lighter backgrounds.
These were very scenic calendars with inspirational quotes on each page.
I put several coats of glue on top.
I sealed each tile with several coats of polycrylic. 
After all the coats of glue and polycrylic I added these little cork pads to the corners on the back of the coasters, just like I did with my Santa coasters.
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I made some of these for Christmas gifts, too! I used some napkins, which were really cute, but I may not use them again since they did wrinkle quite a bit. I also made some monogrammed ones.
I think that these are fantastic! Lovely job! So glad I stopped by! Check in sometime …
Awesome idea you had here…they look great…thanks so much for sharing them with all of us. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Blessings,
Linda
oohhhs and ahhhs are flowing from this end. I love the coasters. I will have to try this. Have a HAppy New Year!!!
Fantastic! I wanted the kids to make tile coasters for Christmas, but never got around to it.
$1.00 for a case? what a great deal!
Your coasters are wonderful. I may have to give this a try.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Katy
These are wonderful ! I’ve been wanting to make some of these & the inspirational quotes are just the “inspiration”… ;o)
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I really want to try these…what’s the difference between mod podge and elmers? Do you water it down at all? We have one more family christmas party this weekend and I’d like to make some for my in-laws 🙂
Thanks Gail!
The difference between mod podge and elmer’s in my opinion is the price.
I buy elmer’s in august when it is about 25 cents a bottle! 🙂
I water it down just slightly. It dries clear and it adheres the paper just like mod podge. The only real difference I can think of is Mod Podge does come in a Matte version, Elmer’s of course does not. 🙂
good luck ladies, keep me posted how it goes!
gail
ps thanks for visiting and commenting!