During my Christmas full of handmade gifts, one of the favorite things I made for my mom and my mother-in-law were coasters with Little Man’s pictures on them (for my mother-in-law, I also put photos of my nephew and niece).

This was a SUPER easy craft and was definitely Pinterest inspired. My good friend had made canvas photos using this same technique and I just took her idea and put it on a coaster, so fun!

Here’s a preview of what they looked like!

What you’ll need:

• Tissue Paper
• Printer
• Scissors
• Cardstock
• 4×4 glossy white coasters (you can also use rough, non-glossy coasters, I did a few like this as well)
• Mod Podge
• Some type of sealer – I used a ModPodge spray
• Felt dots (You can also just glue felt to the bottom of the coaster instead of using the dots)

Step 1: Secure tissue paper to cardstock
I regret it but I didn’t take a picture of this step so I’ll try my best to explain: Get a standard piece of cardstock paper and then wrap the tissue paper around the cardstock and tape down to secure in the back. You’re going to send this through your printer so make sure it’s not snagged anywhere or has any rough edges. The technique I used was almost like I was wrapping the cardstock like a gift but you can do this however you want.

Step 2: Print your photos onto the tissue paper
I designed all of the photos in Photoshop into a 4×4 template so I could fit 4 of them on one sheet. Also, I only tried black and white, I don’t know how well color would do with this technique.

Step 3: Cut out photos
Just use scissors to cut out each 4×4 photo and remove the cardstock, you will only need the tissue paper.

Step 4: Apply ModPodge to the entire tile liberally, not too much but completely covered.

Step 5: Lay one of the tissue paper photos onto the tile, face up and position where needed.
ModPodge WILL seep through the photo but that’s ok, it needs to do this.

Step 6: Smooth out wrinkles in photo if desired.
I liked the wrinkled look because they looked antiqued but if you don’t want wrinkles, use your hands and some type of flat surface to remove bubbles and wrinkles.

Step 7: Apply a thick layer of ModPodge to the top of the photo
ModPodge does dry clear so don’t worry about it looks at this point. I only applied 1 coat of modpodge but additional coats could be applied if you are not using a spray sealer – just make sure you don’t apply another layer until the last one is completely dried first.

Step 8: After dried, spray liberally with sealer and let dry.
I used a glossy sealer and they turned out great but a matte sealer could definitely be used to achieve a different look.

All done!