Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Pinterest Birthday Gift

As most people I know do, I love looking at Pinterest and getting awesome ideas, but I never actually make them! Here is one of my Pins that I actually made, and I love how it turned out!


Scrabble tile coasters!


When we were at Absolutely everything for the 60 second crafty dash, I picked out all these Scrabble tiles as they carry them there. I think for the future, though, I'm going to be picking up Scrabble games at the Flea Market as the tiles were 30 cents each making 4 coasters almost $20 bucks! I had Jen and Suzanne helping me get the tiles which made it much quicker (I had to get my game plan (for when my name was drawn) ready, afterall!). So these are mounted on some cork (thanks Suzanne!), secured with wood glue and sealed with Mod Podge. Here they are all ready to send to my brother (who is an avid Scrabble player) for his birthday!


That's not all, I also am sending him some of my homemade peach salsa that I canned this weekend. The top is made using Paper Smooches Fruittastic and Alphadot. The salsa has no tomato in it, its base is peaches which makes it really sweet (but also spicy since it has jalapeno peppers in it ;)



Just thought I'd share before I put these out in the mail today. I think he will love this gift :)

13 comments:

  1. What an awesome, awesome gift idea! Love the coasters paired with the salsa!

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  2. I LOVE how they came out! They look totally awesome, and he'll love them for sure The peach salsa looks amazing too :) I've never canned before, you might have to teach me how to do it

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  3. These are adorable!! Great idea!

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  4. Fantastic idea, I love Pinterest too. They turned out amazing and the peach salsa sounds intriguing!

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  5. It looks very nice! Idea is just wonderful.

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  6. Oh I love these! We are all avid Scrabble fans in my family. This is a great gift, and I love the idea. I am going to see if my mom saved any of the old tiles. Such a wonderful gift for your brother. Thanks for sharing , Jessica.

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  7. Such an awesome gift. Those coasters are just too clever. I know your brother will love them, and he can brag about his crafty and talented sister every time he serves his friends a beer with chips and salsa.

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  8. I have these coasters pinned too...
    such a fabby gift idea!! :)
    And I'm quite sure your brother will love these...
    along with salsa!!
    What man doesn't love salsa?!!
    Such a great sister!

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  9. Jessica, just too adorable...love those coasters and it sure makes a wonderful gift for your brother. I agree with Joyce, your brother can brag about what a creative and talented sister he has while eating chips and salsa.

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  10. What a sweet sister you are! Love the coasters -the scrabble squares are brilliant. I am so proud of you for making them yourself and wow salsa too? Sounds yummy and you did a great job dressing up the jar - I can see this coming out on game night - the neat clever coasters and some good eats!

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  11. What an awesome gift idea! They turned out so great. Now, I'll have to be on the hunt for scrabble tiles.

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  12. Wow, what an incredible gift! Those coasters are so cool! And you included homemade salsa too. I bet your brother loved them both!

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  13. When your website or blog goes live for the first time, it is exciting. That is until you realize no one but you and your. pinterest scheduler

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