Posts tagged: coasters
How To: Typographic Coasters.
By Chrisjob
A simple, bold design for fans of typography, cocktail, and cleanliness!
Its incredible to check out the different features of typefaces once you blow them up - especially in symbols and punctuation. And as you can see above, these differences and subtle curves look mighty fine under a cold drink.
How To Make Tree Limb Coasters
By ModHomeEcTeacher
We find high glossed coffee tables made out of tree slices to be organic, modern and very appealing. DIY-ing a coffee table would be a hefty task. However, slicing up a tree limb, » READ MORE
Make Curling-Ribbon Coasters
By DIY Maven
How pretty are these coasters?? They're made of left-over curling ribbon. That's right...curling ribbon! To make some yourself you'll need:
Curbly Video: Using Paper Napkins to Make Decorative Tile Coasters
By DIY Maven
With the help of some 4" square ceramic tiles, turning decorative paper napkins into a set of very polished-looking coasters is easy.
To make a set of 4 coasters, you’ll need:
- 4-4" square ceramic tiles (you can find these at your big box store for about 15 cents a piece)
- Mod Podge (I used the Matte-Mat)
- small paint brush
- polyurethane (I used Aqua-Zar in satin, but glossy would look great too)
- decorative paper napkins
- Squares of thin » READ MORE
Weave Magazine Coasters
By lilybeeI have a squillion magazine and no coasters. Fidgety Fingers has a solution!
Their coasters require nothing but some magazines that you're prepared to sacrifice, opposable thumbs and a little up-cycling wiliness.
The tutorial has fairly clear pictures and once you get started you can whip up a few dozen in no time. I'm thinking that junk mail and old catalogs might also » READ MORE
Make a trivet and coasters out of wine corks.
By DIY Maven
Cute and simple to make, these coasters and trivet are a great way to re-purpose wine corks. All you need is about 5 or 6 natural corks, needle and thread, a utility knife, hammer, wire brad or nail and Modge Podge. Instructions are easy to follow as well. Go here for the entire tutorial. Via DIY Life.
Chocolate Coasters
By DIY Maven
New from Animi Causa Boutique are these chocolate coasters, which look you so real you can almost taste them! Available in milk and white chocolate colors, a set of four will set you back $12.95.
LEGO Coasters
By DIY Maven
Check out these ab-fab flexi LEGO coasters, complete with the infamous 3D bumps. A set of four are ON SALE right now for only $4.98 (regularly $12.99).
iPod Clickwheel Coasters
By Doug Aamoth
Show your guests that you mean business - twofold business. These iPod clickwheel coasters say, "Hey, I'm serious about protecting my table tops and I'm also serious in my convictions that the Apple iPod is one of the greatest digital music players ever created. Hence, the coasters."
There's a plain old white version (seen above) for just shy of $6 or for $2 more, you can get a fluorescent orange version that almost seems to glow in the dark.
The » READ MORE
Easy-to-Sew Micro-Fiber Suede Coasters
By DIY Maven
I love micro-fiber suede. It cleans easily and it doesn’t fray, which is why it’s the perfect material for making coasters. This particular project is also a great way to play with the fancy finishing stitches on your sewing machine.
What you need:
I used a bit of leftover micro-fiber suede from a re-upholstery project, but if buying new, you’ll only need about 1/9th, or 4 inches, of a yard of fabric. (How many coasters you’ll get out of that » READ MORE
Cold Cut Coasters.
By ChrisjobI can't read German, so there's not much more detail I can provide, but these are totally dope.
The website describes:
Can anybody help?
How to make funky, cheap, and arty coasters
By lafemmedramatiqueMy birthday was Monday, and I had been dropping hints to my boyfriend like crazy to get me "The Starving Artist's Way" by Nava Lubelski.... and, like the good boyfriend that he is, I got the book!
So, I've been reading it off and on since I got it, and I came across a project that is uber simple, and very fun. Hot Glue Coasters (well, she suggested hot glue table cloth or placemats, but I went small scale for my first project).... Basically, just » READ MORE
