Great Space Coasters

I had a little budget freak out yesterday and was thinking, "How did things get this out of control?" My dress was $550 (not kidding), I'm wearing a $60 veil, I made all of our paper products (sadly, still expensive)...what happened? Then I started planning my next DIY project -- coasters. For about 30 seconds, I considered doing some Tina and Andy trivia or Chicago questions on them. But then I realized that I'd have to have about eight questions to make it fun -- at one screen per side per question, I'd be looking at 16 gocco screens ($40, before tax and shipping) and 32 lamps ($28.71, before tax and shipping), which would be $68.71 before ink and paper. Now, THAT'S how my budget got to be where it is. So, I bagged the trivia questions. Trivia Questions are so Late Eighties Thirtysomething Reruns anyway. My heart wasn't in the trivia; however, since I had already bought the coasters, I had to use them for something. So I printed our logo on them:

Not mindblowing, but still effective, in my opinion. I think that I'm retiring the logo after this project. I am really toe-ing the line of whimsy for a supposed city loft event. The napkins and coasters will be enough. I think that I might make a second batch with our skyline design or maybe to look like a faux political campaign button. We'll see what tickles my fancy when the gocco time comes...

This project was so simple! I highly recommend it. I'd even make some for you if need help and the time is right. Just e-mail or comment. If you're looking for blank coasters, I used 3 1/2" Round White Heavy Weight Coasters from Blockhead Stamps. The total, with shipping, was only $16.69 for 60 coasters.