Coasters Galore

We wanted to do something different for favors, but we weren't sure what.  We looked at chocolates, mints, candles, and I even found personalized wine corks.  None of these fit and, of course, I wanted to Androidify them, and that gave me an idea.  I had seen someone who had decoupaged coasters and they looked really neat.  I haven't decoupaged before, but I'm a creative person, so I figured it wouldn't be too hard.  I called my SIL, Sarah, to ask for some advice and she told me what we needed to get.

Mom came over after work and had dinner with me and the kids and then we headed over to look at some fabric we found on Craigslist.  We ended up getting the fabric we needed for the card box, the ring pillow, and the escort card boards.  And all for $20!  What a deal on fabric!

Kat and Charlene came over when we got home and we started the coasters.  Sarah had said that we needed to use a large bottle of Mod Podge and also an acrylic sealer.  The Mod Podge is like a runnier kind of glue.  I had tested the thickness of the paper last weekend with cardstock and we didn't like that at all.  It may have been ok by the time that we put several coats on there, but it was raised a little too much for my taste, so we printed our graphic on regular glossy copy paper.

We started with foam brushes and found that a lot of Mod Podge doesn't work, though the tutorial says apply a thick coat.  We then found that coating the tile, placing the paper on, and then immediately coating over the top doesn't work well, either.  What did work: we put a super thin coat of Mod Podge, centered the graphic, and let it dry.  Then paint the second coat on and the paper doesn't bubble.  Charlene says it's time for a pic and she's right!