We have leftover bathroom tile from when our house was built. The tile was hiding in a bathroom cabinet when we moved in and I moved the stacks to the floor of the guest bath closet. Where they now collect litter dust as that’s where we store Simon’s cat litter.
It’s bugged me that those tiles have been laying around since forever. Today I got out the hot glue gun and some corks our friends gave us. Since they are coming over on Saturday, I decided to make them some coasters. The first one is from wine corks that I split with an exact-o blade and glued to a tile. I thought it turned out fairly well. If nothing else they can use it on their patio table.
Then, I dug through the bag of corks and came across my friend’s father’s vodka corks. He died last year just after Thanksgiving. I know these are his corks because it’s vodka made from potatoes. It was the only vodka he drank because of his intolerance to gluten. I cut the corks off, leaving just a little for the glue to adhere to, and glued the tops to another piece of tile. I hope my friend likes it.
That’s an awesome gift. I’m sure your friend will be very appreciative.