[flowergurl]

My daughter and I made these for my fall yard sale. We clear coated them today and once it dries we only have to put some felt on the bottom side.
I hope we can sell a few of them.

 

[CraterCove]

Those are so cool! Do you hand make the designs? The paisley one is awesome, I love the colors.

 

[flowergurl]

Thanks! Some are hand made and some aren't. We experimented and tried all different ways.

 

[nebo]

Very nice and I like them a lot. Great work and would make a nice gift.

 

[Belfrybat]

I really like these and it gives me an idea. I have tons of ceramic tiles and am going to be participating in a craft fair in a couple of weeks. What did you use for the decals -- it looks like fabric? And what kind of clear coat did you use? What did you price yours at and did they sell? Sorry to be so nosey, but this is a great idea.

 

[CraterCove]

I wonder if something like modge podge for decoupage would work for adhering designs. With some kind of good crystal clear polyurethane or the like to seal it? I hope you guys did well at your show.

 

[flowergurl]

Yes we used fabric and modge podge to glue it down. We used a clear coat sealer as the final top coat. Mod Podge makes an acrylic sealer too. We priced them 4 tiles in a set for $3.50 and we only sold 1 set.
I am going to make more over the winter and try again in the spring.

 

[sapphira]

Some people would like to see a single price. Come up with a hanger for individual tiles. I know people who buy and hang tiles singly or in a grouping. I would not mind having one in Aqua tones for my guest bathroom ! Use a display board and hang a group of four that look good together, or present a theme, maybe with a small swag over top.

 

[doglover05426]

These can be made with fabric or scrap book paper. When I make mine I like to wrap the material all the way around the tile. I use modge podge to glue it down and I use a few layers of it on top as well to help make it more water proof and then I use a clear sealer on top.

 

[Tinker]

Great ide.a! sorry they didn't sell. I think that is a really low price.

 

[flowergurl]

Oh well, we'll try again at the end of the month. I always have a yard sale during the city wide sale here in the spring. Hopefully sales will be better.

 

[PonderosaQ]

Do let us know how the next sale goes. Certainly a new idea for me to make for church sales.

 

[flowergurl]

Okie dokie i will report back.

 

[WestFork]

Wow those are fancy! We made some trivets out of plain large tiles. They work great with little rubber feet. Never thought of painting them. That is awesome!

 

[flowergurl]

Thanks Skagit.

 

[Chief Cook]

Those look great, flowergurl! Hope you get more sales. Just looking at them reminded me that I have some tiles, big ones, out in the shop. Now I have to find some tiny rubber feet....Trivet time!!

 

[flowergurl]

Thanks! Are you going to decorate yours or use as is?

 

[flowergurl]

Had several people look at them in the sale today and say they were pretty, but no buyers.

 

[flowergurl]

We sold a set today.