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Magazine Coasters

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coaster.jpgBy using coasters, coffee or water rings on your favorite magazine covers are a thing of the past — or are they? These adorable recycled coasters, complete with rope trim, are made entirely from used magazine pages. The San Francisco Apartment Therapy site includes links to both 3rliving, which sells the coasters, and a tutorial on making your own set of recycled coasters. (Thanks to reader Lilly Marie for sending this my way!)

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  1. so, do you have instructions and I just missed them? Quick,before the library throws all the magazines away!

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