One of the very first things I pinned on Pinterest was this:
I’m not a crafty person but I looked at that and thought, “I can do that!”. And, the beauty of it was, if it didn’t turn out it wasn’t going to be like I wasted a ton of money on it. It was a pretty economical project.
I decided I would make the coasters for the kids for Christmas using Brandon and Vanessa’s wedding logo and the design theme of Nikki and Geoff’s house. I gathered all of the things I needed to make the coasters and then I froze.
I was so afraid of making a mistake. But finally I got my courage up by telling myself that it’s no big deal if I DO make a mistake because they aren’t expecting the coasters and if I mess up, it will be okay.
So I cut the artwork out and started the modge podging. Is that a verb? 🙂
And it looked good!
I got all of the coasters created and put the felt circles on the back.
And then I was stuck. How to package them?
I went back to Hobby Lobby and wandered around looking for something I could put the coasters in. I eventually found these:
I thought all the way home about what I would do to them. I was clueless.
I painted the boxes black.
But that didn’t seem like enough.
I googled decoupage cardboard box and the instructions said that you could use anything to cover a box. Tissue paper, newspaper…ah ha! Newspaper!
Brandon and Vanessa met when they were working at the Tulsa World. So I covered their box with the Tulsa World and modge podge. I love the way it turned out!
For Nikki and Geoff’s box I was a little more stumped and I ended up just painting it with leopard spots.
I then wrapped the coasters in gold (Brandon and Vanessa) and cream (Geoff and Nikki) ribbon and put them in the boxes.
I added black drawer pulls that I attached with shorter screws and voila! I was finished.
I hope the kids like them. I had fun making them and was so happy that my first foray into modge podge without adult supervision turned out so well. 🙂