Roundup: Best DIY Coasters

We've posted before about our love of unique coasters, but agree with the commenters who found the price of those recycled beauties a little steep. As we gear up for the holiday entertaining season, we thought we would share some of our favorite DIY coasters- perfect for use at home or as a hostess gift.

Perhaps some of these unique coasters will inspire you to create your own as we approach the season of parties and merriment.

Mary Blair coaster set project from Needlebook

DIY Coasters from Style Me Pretty

Map Coasters from the San Francisco Chronicle

Recycled Magazine Coasters from How About Orange

Tree Limb Coasters from Curbly

Curling Ribbon Coasters from Chica and Jo

Disco Drinks Coaster from Instructables

Felt Coasters from Design Sponge

Comments (2)

My studio's cork coasters [a DIY by us, but it could be replicated by anyone] are a great deal, I think, at $12 for a set of 9. The screenprinted design works so that you can put them all together to use as a large trivet:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27071074

They're actually made from larger sheets of cork, which we printed ourselves and then cut into the smaller squares. It's not a very complicated project!

I made two eight piece sets of felt coasters... the idea came from a museum store online which had beautiful thick felt coasters in several colors to a set.... The thing is that my office had an activity where they had huge "cow spots" all over the walls. Once the thing was over they basically threw everything away... (yes, what a shame) but i managed to rescue a couple of pieces and i cut one set square and one set round. They are super practical, i have them for drinks but also for bases for plant pots and other stuff...

I've been thinking on more elaborate variations... but well, that'll have to wait a little bit!