For our homemade gift extravaganza, my husband pulled my other brother’s name. This particular one loves to travel and spent a semester studying in Italy, he honeymooned all over Europe and his wife spent a large chunk of her childhood living in Ireland.
So we played off of that and came up with map coasters! I say “we” because there wasn’t much of a chance of him coming up with an idea. That doesn’t really happen. So I thought of the idea and got involved with one teensy step along the way, but he really did do this himself!
I handed him a map, 4 tiles, a pack of felt pads and some Mod Podge and the man got to work! He was making a pattern and lining it up on the map and I didn’t interfere at all!! The only part I helped with was when he had his pieces cut out, he didn’t like the straight edges, so I just used my fingers and “tore them up” a little to make it more of a weathered edge. He put 6 coats of Mod Podge on the top with a couple hours drying time in between each coat.
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Kristi
Wednesday 18th of January 2012
What a great gift idea for the traveling friend! Great job!
Megan
Monday 9th of January 2012
I love crafting with maps! These turned out GREAT!
thanks for linking up to Make it Monday!
New Every Morning
Friday 6th of January 2012
Oh I LOVE these! I've made stamped coasters before, but the maps make me smile! Thanks for the great idea!
Natalie Dixon
Thursday 5th of January 2012
@AnonymousOh, sandpaper! That never crossed my mind! Were they already applied to the tile when you used the sandpaper? Thanks for sharing!
Natalie Dixon
Thursday 5th of January 2012
@Polka Dot RabbitHmmm, I'm not sure about the sticking problem. How long did you wait before you tried to stack them? After the final coat, we probably let them sit there for 2-3 days before we stacked them at all. Maybe the felt pads on the bottom helped air circulate between them??