My fiance and I made our very own coaster Save-The-Dates.
We ordered a custom stamp from Etsy Seller MidTownTees, ordered the Thoughts & Prayers Stamp set from Stampin' Up, used Memories ink in Apple, Staz On in Midnight and Distress Ink in Lavender to create the images. I ordered the coaster blanks off of ebay.
Since I had broken my finger, my fiance created a jig to perfectly align the stamps and make the process really fast, and then stamped all of them. I don't want to repost his tutorial, but tutorial and pictures are available here - http://weddingfortwo.blogspot.com/2009/10/dit-stds-construction.html
The whole process took about an hour and a half, including making the jig, and cost about $75 to make 73 sets of 2 coasters. It was a super easy way to make really interesting STDs (a number of people have commented that they were grateful to not receive magnets!) I love them because they are practical, and can be recycled after the wedding. We passed them out at our engagement party to avoid paying for shipping, and will send the remaining ones out with holiday cards.
Very nice. I'm wanting to stamp coasters for my reception. I'd prefer them to personalized napkins, but I might lose that battle. Either way I'm glad you posted this.
Wish I had been on top of things enough to even have them ready by our engagement party. My wedding's 5 months away, and we're going to send them out in about 3 weeks *eek*
The blank coasters came from a seller on EBay - I don't remember the name, but "dog" was in the title. I did a supplies post on our blog about inks and the stamps, in case anyone has more questions - http://www.wedding-for-two.com/2009/10/diy-stds-supplies.html
My fiance and I made our very own coaster Save-The-Dates.
We ordered a custom stamp from Etsy Seller MidTownTees, ordered the Thoughts & Prayers Stamp set from Stampin' Up, used Memories ink in Apple, Staz On in Midnight and Distress Ink in Lavender to create the images. I ordered the coaster blanks off of ebay.
Since I had broken my finger, my fiance created a jig to perfectly align the stamps and make the process really fast, and then stamped all of them. I don't want to repost his tutorial, but tutorial and pictures are available here - http://weddingfortwo.blogspot.com/2009/10/dit-stds-construction.html
The whole process took about an hour and a half, including making the jig, and cost about $75 to make 73 sets of 2 coasters. It was a super easy way to make really interesting STDs (a number of people have commented that they were grateful to not receive magnets!) I love them because they are practical, and can be recycled after the wedding. We passed them out at our engagement party to avoid paying for shipping, and will send the remaining ones out with holiday cards.
posted by edb 2 years agovery very cute! I love interesting save the dates! I keep going back to magnets but would love to find something unique.
posted by weaverm26 2 years agoVery nice. I'm wanting to stamp coasters for my reception. I'd prefer them to personalized napkins, but I might lose that battle. Either way I'm glad you posted this.
posted by charmedlife 2 years agoCUTE!
posted by shesgotchutzpah 2 years agoWhat a great idea!
Wish I had been on top of things enough to even have them ready by our engagement party. My wedding's 5 months away, and we're going to send them out in about 3 weeks *eek*
posted by Phannie 2 years agoI love the tree! What a cute idea.
posted by katerrific 2 years agoI'm a little late to the party, however I've had your wonderful S-T-D diy coasters post saved for months!
We are actually doing the same thing for our S-T-D's (with different design, etc) and I had a couple quick questions re: ink for you.
Let me know if you're still around and up for an ink chat :)
Thanks so much!
posted by Kate852 2 years agowhat seller did you use on ebay?
posted by herobinson 2 years agothese are adorable!!!!
posted by Mrs. Menard to Be 2 years agowhere did you get the blank coasters?
posted by Ragtop1 2 years agoThe blank coasters came from a seller on EBay - I don't remember the name, but "dog" was in the title. I did a supplies post on our blog about inks and the stamps, in case anyone has more questions - http://www.wedding-for-two.com/2009/10/diy-stds-supplies.html
posted by edb 2 years agoI love them! They are beautiful! What font did you use?
posted by jrr11 2 years ago