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How to turn old bits of paper and tiles into great new coasters

January 7, 2011 by Stefanie Girard

Rachel of the blog My Chic Life whipped up these great coasters and she shared her great tutorial on how to make recycled paper and tile coasters over at this post. Wouldn’t these make a great hostess gift that you could make to match your friend’s intrests or decor?

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Comments

  1. Renee says

    January 7, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    I love this coaster idea! I have a bunch of leftover tiles that I was just using plainly as coasters. Now I am going to dress them up in this way. I actually did something similar with a shoe box that I dressed up for gift giving. Check it out: http://rustic-crafts.com/?p=149

  2. Mandy says

    January 10, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    Hi, the link takes you to a photo of the finished product, but the actual tutorial is at http://mychiclife.com/2011/01/07/tile-and-error/
    🙂

  3. Digital Photography Fan says

    January 10, 2011 at 10:11 pm

    Great idea….can’t wait to try it! We have been looking for coasters but I can’t find any I like. Thanks so much!!

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