Making Ceramic Tile Coasters

I use a different method than this instructor.

Making ceramic tile coasters.

I decided to include four coasters in each set so i purchased eight all together. Just trace around the ceramic tile on the paper and cut out. You shouldn t need to use a tile sealer if you re working with ceramic or porcelain tiles. You just have to take your time and have patience between steps.

Waterproof ceramic tile coasters. Add another coat on top of the paper and let it dry. I found these white ceramic tiles at home depot for 0 16 a piece. I make these tiles and sell them every week at farmer s markets craft fairs and art shows.

Repeat 2 or 3 more times. We ended up making at least a dozen of these sharpie dyed tile coasters and every single one ended up being beautiful even the ones where my kids had drawn tiny little trees and princesses on them or where they had coloured half the tile with pink and the other half of the tile with baby blue. Coasters are essentially a necessity for any wooden surface it seems so personalizing some small tiles to be coasters would make a great gift for nearly anyone. Read on for a tutorial on how to make diy photo coasters from tiles.

Worst case it could potentially promote better homecare habits in whomever you gift them too. However i was use marble which is a porous stone and needs to be sealed before use. I don t use alcohol i use the blending solution from adirondack that way it flows better and there are no white spots. Sometimes i get asked how to make coasters by directly hand painting on them so here s how.

Then add a coat of mod podge to the tile and place the paper on top. I am making tile coasters that have paper images on them. I use matte polycrylic by minwax to glue the image onto the tile. A few years ago i found the coolest craft that also makes great gifts i am talking about waterproof ceramic tile coasters i am hooked on making them.

You can paint on your tiles using special oven bake ceramic paint like the pebeo vitrea paints bake them using the instructions that come with the paint and then coat the tiles with envirotex like i describe on the rest of page check out these adorable hand print tiles made by reader felicity and. I make about 150 per week and have never had one returned. They are easy and fun to make. I tried spraying dupli color gloss products both the engine spray and the gloss clear coat directly on the tile once the image was glued.

How to make easy diy photo coasters from tiles. A couple things we figured out after making a bunch of marble coasters for christmas presents.