It's another beautiful Free for All Friday here at House of Shine. Cheryl here with a super easy project to add a little customization, nostalgia and beauty into your home. Coasters. My initial thought for mine would be to use maps. Each coaster would feature a different city that I lived. So, my hometown of Refugio and Corpus Christi. Then Lubbock, Austin and Dallas. I can't leave out Park City, Utah. You get the picture. It could be places you've traveled to or want to go.

But the options could also be any paper product- pictures, initials or phrases printed from your printer, magazine or text book pages. Feel free to throw your own suggestion in the Forum Section. But first, let me show you what I did.

Let's gather some supplies. You will need Cork Coasters (found at any hobby store), Mod Podge, a paper product like maps (I have artwork from an old textbook as a back up), a brush, a pencil, scissors or xacto and that's it.

I started out wanting to use the maps but they didn't turn out to be the right size. You can see below where I traced the coaster on to the map. Refugio, Corpus Christi and Austin would have been all on one coaster. It just wasn't the feel I was looking for so I decided to use my back up artwork.

The artwork below was taken from an old text book from college. I didn't want to keep the text book but the pack rat in me couldn't bear to throw away the images. So I cute them out and have been carry them around with me for a good part of 20 years. And see- it paid off. I picked an interesting part of the picture that I wanted to transfer to the coaster and traced around the coaster. The one large blue picture on the left by Marc Chagall will make two coasters.

Can anyone identify the other two artists? Identify the other two artists correctly and I will put your name into a drawing for a $5 Starbucks gift card.

Once you have the images cut out you are ready to adhere it to the coaster with the Mod Podge. I don't use it very often so maybe Mod Podge experts like Katie can give us tips. Spread the glue onto the coaster and attach the image. It's okay if it hangs over the edge a little. You can trim that later. I suggest adhering just the bottom first. No top coat yet.

Then, set a heavy book on them and let it dry. The first three I did I coated the coaster and immediately put on a top coat but they were starting to curl when they had the glue on both sides. In the image below you can see the ones I started out with and just the edge of the one that is pressed tightly under the box to dry flat first before a top coat sealant. Is that clear as mud?

Once they dried flat, I then put a couple of coats of the Mod Podge on top of the image, drying in between each coat.

And that's it. Pretty darn easy, right?

I think they turned out pretty darn cute. What do you think?

Join me today in the forum section and correctly identify the other two artists featured here with Marc Chagall to win a $5 Starbucks gift card. All entries should be made by tonight, April 9th, by 8:00 PM CST. All correct entries will be entered into a drawing that I will announce the winner tonight at 9:00 PM CST in the forum section. Good luck!

And, while you're there, throw us other suggestions that you could use to make these coasters.

Shining off until tomorrow...