DIY Message Board for Valentine's Day

Supplies:

- Frame with glass
- Fabric
- A Printer
- Dry Erase Markers
- Scissors
- 8.5x11 inch Cardstock
- Tape

Instructions:

1. Create a design to print on your fabric. Be sure to set the dimensions of your design to fit whatever frame size you chose.

2. Cut your fabric to fit the inside of the frame, then tape it on to a sturdy piece of printer-sized cardstock (8.5x11inches) - you must use cardstock, and not regular paper, or your printer will jam when you feed the fabric through! Tape all around the edges so nothing gets snagged inside the printer.

3. Print your design on to the fabric, and load it in to your frame!

That's it! You can leave sweet messages for each other!

For more personalized gifts for Valentine's Day, you can visit snapmade.com to create the gifts by yourself.

DIY Typographic Character Coasters

Here is how you can start this DIY project:

The coasters were laser cut from 1/8″ thick cork. The fonts represented include Times New Roman, Gill Sans, Courier New Bold, Futura Bold Italic, and Miso. We picked characters that seemed appropriate for making into single-piece coasters, and scaled them to size, assuming a 3″ diameter glass could be placed on top. For the caret, that meant a larger font size than for the octothorpe.

The 1/8″ cork sheets cut well with a hobby knife if you have a steady hand. 

Besides plywood and cork, we also made coasters out of medium-density fiberboard (MDF). Both MDF and plywood are susceptible to moisture damage (an operational hazard for coasters!) so we sprayed them with a clear acrylic coating to make them water resistant.

Done! You can keep the custom coasters or give your family or friends as the personalized gifts.

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2016 Christmas is coming! Maybe you are busy to prepare all kinds of gifts. I’m here to show you an easy and inexpensive gift to give–DIY Christmas Mugs!

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