Showing posts with label tiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tiles. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Scrabble Coasters - Great Gifts for Any Occassion

I have seen the Scrabble coasters on Pinterest and I thought it would be a great gift for someone for a wedding. I found that I liked the size better of a 5x5 tile coaster. I had just seen them with 4 letter words. So, I came up with some "wedding" words and made a set of six for a friend of mine who is getting married. I had my husband cut small squares out of thin board to glue the tiles on. I painted the backs of them black.

The words I used for the wedding tiles were:
  • their names, first, last, their kids' names
  • date and year of the wedding, bride, groom, loved
  • share, kiss, talk, relax, often
  • boy, meets, girl, the, end
  • happy, cozy, ours, heart, home
  • toast, laugh, dance, smile, dream
(for the words that weren't five letters, I just used a blank one or turned a letter tile over).

I loved the way these turned out that I made a set for my sister because they just moved into their new house.

The words I used for the new house were:
  •  party, times, games, food, drink
  • paint, blood, sweat, tears, house (they built a lot of their house themselves so that is where these words came from)
  • plant, grow, weeds, trees, path
  • home, cozy, quiet, place, woods
  • relax, enjoy, toast, dream, laugh
  • I then used their last name, zip code, town they live in and state


I will be making these again. I think they are a great handmade gift that can be personalized for any occasion! Happy Tiling!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

DIY - Turn Plant Stand into Scrabble Wall Tiles




















I found this plant stand on the side of the road. I picked it up because I instantly saw the wood shelves as Scrabble wall tiles. It took me awhile to figure out a four letter word to use, but when the word NEST came to mind, I knew it was perfect. I used my Cricut to cut out the letters and numbers and used them as stencils. My husband put the picture hangers on the back. We hung this in our three seasons porch and I love it!

Easy and cheap DIY project!!