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FLOPPYCOASTERS

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Get your crafting hats on and let’s make some magic happen. The first thing you want to sur-pass is being afraid of old technology because of it’s uselessness. Are you there yet? Ok, so what’s better than to recycle old school floppy disks and make them into a usable and func-tional coaster for you and your roomates, oh and your drinks.

I will be taking you through the very simple, and non-expensive steps to make a nice retro item for your dorm, house, or condo.

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The first step in this process will be for you to find some floppy disks. If your a nerdy individual like myself you could just happen to find some in a box of old stuff in your room. Same thing with your friends maybe they could round some up for you. Or you could simply ask your parents if they mght have some that are just laying around because let’s face it, floppy disks were big during their time. So don’t find it weird if your parents start getting depressed as they hand them over like they might actually use them again.

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ask for or find floppy disks

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This step of the process is very important but fun. For your coasters to look half way decent on your tables or wher-ever you put them your going to need to cut the mousepad exactly like the shape of the floppy disk but a half of an inch shorter on each sides so you can get a floating effect once you set the coasters down on a surface. Once you get the first one cut you can then just simply trace the outline on what’s left of the mousepad, which will speed up the process so you can start drinking your beverages!

“My boss at work didn’t even care that I took a mousepad from him.

Did you find the floppy disks yet? Well if you have you need to hunt for one more key element within the project, a mousepad. This should be easier than finding floppy disks because we have all used a mousepad in our lifes at one point. I simply stole my old mousepad because in today’s age we have turned to optical mouses and really have no need for the useful mousepad. So again take your own, take your parents, or again just take from your friends.

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retro coasters for the householdStep Four.

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Once you have all of your mousepad peices cut into the shape you are happy with. You now have to use some sort of adhesive to stick it on the back of the floppy disk. When I exampled mine I used our sticker machine in the studio. I’m assuming most students in college don’t have a sticker machine lying around their house so I experie-mented more and realized that rubber cement worked just as well, so we far as spending any kind of money this is the step where you might have to break out the wallet and scrounge up a few dollars if you really want to make this magic happen.4

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