Crafts

Coaches Gifts
Coasters

So on Pinterest, I found a craft that I thought was cool. I have other pics of this craft on my blog under Young Women. We did this craft with my teenaged church group. I went home and created my own for my boys' hockey coaches. Here's pics of what I made, and below pictures, I will tell you how to do. It's like the easiest thing to do! And it's an extremely economical craft project. I made them for hockey coaches, but you can change the theme for other sports or teacher gifts or whatever. Your theme is what will make yours unique.

 

Ok so each picture above were all individual coasters and the last picture (the one directly above this) is a larger tile about the same size of 4 of the coasters. I cut down the pictures just a touch more to make them fit as to show off border. I, personally, need a coaster this size, as because everyone who knows me, knows I walk around with a 64 oz insulated 7-11 Slurpee mug! It was awesome size for large cups like that.

Soooo......

1. Buy some ceramic tiles from Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. I used ceramic tiles beige, and then I also bought some slate tiles, (which I thought really made the background cooler to not have all the scrapbook papers being used as backgrounds, like on the plain ceramic tile). After all, these were for Hockey Men, so feminine was not the look I was going for. 
2. Cut your background scrapbook paper down to size of tile. If using the slate as background then disregard this step.
3. I use Adhesive Spray on for backing. You can Mod Podge or Adhesive spray or even tape it on with 2 sided tape. However you want to get your pictures or decorative stuff on is pretty much your preference.
4. Mod Podge with brush, one direction. Let dry.
5. Repeat #4 going the other direction.
6. I then added a little sparkle to some of the pics around the edges and on top of the paper with glitter nail polish. I think nail polish is an awesome sealer, so that in time, it's less likely to curl up in the future. Let dry.
7. Mod Podge one more time, any direction, where you see fit to make sure everything is all sealed up.
8. I cut up felt pieces, and placed on all 4 corners of backside of ceramic tile, so to not scratch up furniture and to not clank around on each other as well.
9. Let dry! Tie them up with a pretty ribbon and hand it over with a tag attached or something cute. Set of 4 or 6 coasters are ideal.

That was it!!!! I am a sucker for the easy crafty projects...





My Inspiration Picture

This is an idea I got from a Pinterest Pin. I had no idea that glass was like a Dry-Erase Board.

I bought a Frame with 9 openings of 4x6 size photos. I knew I wasn't going to do a lot of writing in the picture spaces. My Frame was going to be used as a "What's For Dinner" Planning Board. I chose Scrapbook Paper to fill in the picture spaces and picked one Family photo for the center. I wrote the days of the week on the paper, and then put frame all back together. On Saturday's I post what is for dinner for the upcoming week. This also helps me stick to a more organized grocery list where I buy only what I need for the week. I use a Dry Erase Marker on the glass of the frame and it just wipes off when you want to clear your board.

My "What's for Dinner" Craft!

Thanks once again to the ladies of Pinterest who take their time to post their ideas to inspire the rest of us!

This is a Craft that is easy to make!

You can use these words or words of your own. Words should be the same amount letters in the word if using both sides of blocks like these are done.

Find the Font you like. Either use Vinyl Lettering or you can Stencil your lettering.

Choose your wood blocks. Buy one board and have them cut to the dimensions of your choice. All blocks in this set are not the same dimensions. I like it that way. Choose your own style. Sand blocks for soft corners and painting. Paint the blocks black on both sides all around the edges, paint the sides of the blocks fully (don't waste your paint on what will be covered by the paper) and paint the tops of your blocks black, or whatever color you want for your background. Let dry. Sand the painted surface around the corners for a little bit distressed rustic look on both sides. Cut scrapbook papers just a touch smaller than the size of the block you want to apply it to. Apply the paper to the blocks with Elmer's Adhesive Spray (my preferred choice). Apply your lettering (whether vinyl or stenciled with paint or letters cut out of stenciled Card Stock...whatever you choose). Put a nice even smooth layer of Mod Podge all over the blocks surface to seal in the lettering and paper to the block. Let dry. Mod Podge again for that last "really sealed" assurance. Let dry. Turn blocks over and start again with your next chosen words. Mix and match the blocks, so that when you turn them around, you have to arrange in a different order to change the order of the different dimensions for a different look to the eye. If that doesn't make any sense, just look at my photos and you can see that in each picture, the height of the blocks are different arrangements. If you are going to place the blocks in an area where front and back will be seen at same time, then when you turn the blocks over, keep the order in mind so that they will read correctly from whichever side you are on. Repeat the steps for the second side.

Great gift idea! I should know. This was a gift to me! I love it so much, I had to share!

"Family" or "Christ" Blocks All-in-One