Craft night-ceramic coasters:edited.

Making coasters with my Diet Coke. 

Google "homemade ceramic coasters" and you get 377,000 results. Some of them may not be relevant, but there's a lot of "homemade ceramic coaster" results and instructions out there.

The idea to make these came from Pinterest.  I'm rarely on that site because I rarely find anything worth my time. I like modern house decor, but a lot of the Pinterest stuff is too much for me. ANYWAY...I saw a set of coasters I liked, but the link was broken. So I ended up Googling to get the idea.

You can get complicated like this. Or simple as this.

For my first time, I went the easy route.

Materials
4x4 Tiles at Home Depot: $.16 each
Modge Podge: left over from a previous project (this will be the priciest item of this project...about $8-9) Superglue OR hot glue gun
Paper: $1 (sample pack at Michaels Craft Store)
Felt: .$59 (clearance)
Cheap foam brush: $.99
acrylic sealer: around $5 for spray can

I had a 20% off coupon at Michaels, including sale items, so my total cost was around $7...got a few bottles of acrylic paint and other stuff for a different project (included in that $7).

I stopped at Home Deport before I got the paper. I couldn't find 4x4 squares of  scrapbook paper, but I DID find 6x6 sheets. I mean I COULD have got a large piece of loose/bulk scrapbook paper and cut it to size. But I don't have any special paper cutter (just kitchen scissors) and thought it would be easier to try and make straight lines in the paper if I used 6x6 pieces.

Although I didn't use Style Me Pretty's instructions, most (if not all) instructions for this project are pretty much the same.

I didn't wash my tiles before hand, but whatever.

What I did
-traced and cut felt to fit the tile. Using a generous amount of superglue or hot glue (as I did/used), glue the felt onto the wrong side of the tile. I waited for the glue to dry a little.
-traced and cut paper to fit the tile.
-generously brush MP on the shiny side of the tile.
-put paper on the tile, using a credit card to push out any air bubbles.
-brushed a thin layer of MP over the paper/tile.
::EDITED PART::-once MP is dried, apply sealer. MP is water-based glue. A sweating water glass will kinda of react with the glue and make the paper a mess. I'm sure you can skip the "apply MP over the paper", but I have yet to try that
From my experience, when sealing it's best to apply a thin layer of MP, let that layer dry and apply more if necessary.