Picture Tiles

Here is another gift I made for my family for Christmas. I bought a large thing of tiles at Makeman (the local hardware store) without much thought of what I would do them. After staring at them for a long time I finally decided to try and make a cute wall hanging for my family. I love this picture of my girls and I new it would look adorable hanging on the wall!

Picture Tiles

You Need:
A super adorable picture
White Tiles ( I got mine at Makeman for a great price!)
Modge Podge
Jute or Ribbon for the edge
Glue Gun
Embellishments

I wish I could say the first thing I did was measure the tile so I knew what size picture to print out but I didn't. Instead I printed about 20 pictures in various sizes before I guess right. You should learn from my mistake and measure you tile first. Of course as I am typing this I am thinking that American tiles might say the measurements on the box. It is entirely possible these did too but I can't read Kanji so I couldn't tell you for sure!
After you print out your picture you want to let it dry really well or the modge podge will make the ink smear - learned that by mistake too! Once it is dry you are going to attach it to the tile with modge podge. Make sure you put modge podge on both the front of the tile and the back of the picture. You can put as many layers of modge podge on it as you need, I think I put 3 cause it seemed like a nice number.
Next you want to take your jute or ribbon and glue it around the edges . Then you can add any fun embellishments you would like. I didn't want to overshadow the picture so I kept mine minimal. Now find the perfect spot to show off you new adorable tile picture!

Wooden Block Picture Holders

I made these adorable picture holders for my Mother and Mother in Law for Christmas. Yes I do still have them. No I didn't get them shipped off for Christmas like I planned. I am allergic to the Post Office. Ok maybe I just hate going there and can never seem to get a package to where it is suppose to be on time and my family will be lucky to get their gifts from last year before Christmas this year. *sigh* Being allergic just sounds so much better! I whipped up these little cuties with items I had on hand. Everything I used was left overs from other projects.

Wooden Block Picture Holders
(nice title right? I couldn't come up with anything better)

You Need:
small wooden blocks (if you live on Okinawa I have seen them at the large 100 yen store already cut)
letters
scrapbook paper
modge podge
clothes pins
glue gun
and any cute embellishments you would like to add

The first thing you want to do is sand any roughness off of your blocks. You can also paint the blocks if you would like. My blocks were already painted because they were left over from an earlier project.
Next you want to trace you block onto a piece of scrapbook paper and cut out the shape. Use modge podge and glue the scapbook paper to the block. Set the blocks aside to dry and follow the same steps for the top of your clothes pins. You can put as many coast of modge podge as you need too on both the block and clothes pins. I think I did about 3 on each but I am an over achiever like that - heaven forbid the paper start to peel up!
After both the block and the clothes pins are dry you will use you glue gun to attach the clothes pins to the blocks.
Now you can apply your letters with your glue gun or modge podge depending on thickness. The letters you use are really up to you. You could use anything from stickers to ones you cut out yourself. I used my glue gun to apply some cardboard ones I had mixed in with scrapbooking stuff. Now you can add any embellishments you want. I rummaged around in my scrapbooking stuff to find some fun things.
Last step is to add a cute picture and find a place to show off your new creation!