Photo Coasters!!

Okay, so I'm a Pinterest addict (who isn't). I was on the beloved website one day when I found Fabric Envy's photo tile tutorial. The heaven's aligned and I could hear the angels singing MOTHER'S DAY! WAHOOO! My Mom is a huge photo junkie, always taking photos of flowers, animals, other people's children, seriously if you see a creepy lady in the corner with a camera it's my Mom! Love you Mom!!

Anyways, I thought this would be PERFECT for her since this is a total new way to give photo presents THANK GOD for Modge Podge!! I decided I wanted to make photo coasters with 4x4 ceramic tiles as well as the 6x6 larger photo tile which I decided to use a photo of the night my Mom got engaged! So sweet!

**And yes, I used my son's Lego table for this since I sold my kitchen table on Craigslist and the new one is in our new house we are trying to move into** LOL

What you need for the coasters:

 4 or 5 - 4x4 ceramic tiles (I got for about $1 a piece at Home Depot)

Matte Photo Paper (if you are printing the photos yourself)

Modge Podge

Foam or normal paint brushes

Exacto knife 

Super sliders (I bought at Wal Mart) to keep the back of the tile from scratching the table

Scissors

As Fabric Envy taught me on her blog, you cannot use glossy photo paper for this project because the photos will smear, you must have a matte photo.I wound up printing the photos for the coasters myself since I couldn't find a single place that could print a 4x4 matte photo! I heard Costco is great for this stuff but I don't have a membership so I just purchased some matte photo paper from Wal Mart and used my HP Photosmart printer and it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!!! 

I did not take step by step photos, but it's super easy....

1. Paint a thin layer of Modge Podge on the tile

2. Center your 4x4 photo on the tile (my coasters had about 1/4 in.of tile showing all around which I liked better than what I did with the larger tile because it bubbled less.

3. Let it dry 10 minutes or so

4. Apply thin layer of Modge Podge on top of the photo (do not worry it will dry clear)

5. Let dry 20 minutes (if you have bubbling occur, just work it out WHILE IT'S WET with your fingers and lightly paint over it to blend so there aren't finger prints on the photo)

6. I repeated this 2 more times (3 total coats) on top of the photo just to make sure that the photo is actually sealed since I'm sure they will be getting wet with cups being placed on them. 

7. Once it is dry just stick the rubber bumpers on the back and you're done! Wahoo!

I think they turned out great!!