DIY coasters

Have I ever mentioned how much I love arts and crafts? When I was 10, my aunt gave me as a Christmas present a huge giraffe-print box filled with construction paper, ribbon, and funky scissors. My uncle proceeded to gift me with 5 rolls of scotch tape, dubbing me Miss Scotch Tape (later I've been called Martha as in Stewart). And the following years of my life wouldn't have been complete without gel pens. Laura and I would spend long afternoons making shoddy crafts we actually thought we could make a profit with at garage sales.

Needless to say, I jumped onto the Pinterest bandwagon pretty quickly and became familiar with the trendy adult version of arts and crafts: DIY. But DIY can be so expensive! With weird tools and materials you only use once, and end products that make you realize you would have been better off just buying the damn thing. Or worse, you realize you would never even consider buying the thing because it's just so pointless.

Since I moved out and have been lacking coasters, I was really happy to discover this project. Cheap, quick, and fun to make! I'm looking forward to trying it out with mixed colours.