My New BFF: Mod Podge

You are full of craziness if you don't admit to loving Pinterest. Seriously, it's like getting your new favorite magazine in the mail...EVERY day. Amazing. Well, it has sparked all sorts of creativity among the not-so-creative bunch of people out there, which I totally support! I might be one of those people? I pinned multiple Mod Podge projects and planned on doing one for quite some time. Finally the stars aligned and I got lost on my drive home (this is not an uncommon thing.) and I ended up at good ol Hobby Lobby. The perfect place to start my Mod Podge obsession.

I was nothing short of disappointed when I saw the price of Mod Podge. $6 for a little tub smaller than the size of a tall Starbucks (my new measurement system). I didn't have that kind of dinero for my silly project so I decided to go with mixing 1 part water to 1 part school glue and shaking it up in a container. This was much cheaper and worked like a charm.

I purchased scrapbook paper and .17 cent tiles for Home Depot and got to crafting!

I secured the paper on my applying my homemade Mod Podge to the back of the paper and pressing it onto the tiles. I let it dry and then applied about 5 coats of Mod Podge onto the top of the paper, letting it dry in between applications. Once I was done and they were dry to the touch, I used clear glossy spray paint to seal them and make them look pretty.

The last step was cutting out squares of felt and securing them to the bottom of the tile with a spray adhesive. That was that! My new coasters were complete. More Mod Podge to come...

xo