An idea that stemmed from some retro coasters I found and wanted to display somehow.
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After you've placed the Sticky Tac on the back, put your coasters on the wall in your desired shape. To attach them to the wall I used a very primitive method of banging my fist against the coaster to make it stick, but I'm sure there's something more effective out there. (I have a habit of wanting to make something and making it right then whether I have what I need or not.)

From here you have many options. You can put a chalk board or dry erase board in the center for a more functional use, or, like I have done, you can put various pictures and other decorative things in the center.
I didn't use a leveler or anything to make mine precise and perfectly aligned, I just tried to figure it out by sight. If you want it to be perfect, however, a leveler and a ruler would be helpful.

I also added some things around it to make it a little more decorative.
The only thing I would warn about with this project is if you live in a very old house (I live on the bottom floor of a house built in the '20s) and there are many layers of paint, it's very easy for the paint to come off when removing the coasters even if the Sticky Tac is supposed to prevent this. I've done this in a newer house and never had that problem, however.
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Cat Morley
Nov 12, 2007 9:01am
That looks so awesome, what a great idea!
Roma
Nov 12, 2007 7:09pm
I love your retro coasters!
Amy C.
Nov 12, 2007 9:57pm
I got to do that.I have a load of random notes arounds.
opposites-girl
Nov 13, 2007 12:00am
That is such a cool idea! My cat loves to pull at things on my walls though haha
Biuriful
Nov 13, 2007 6:16am
wow that looks so pretty!! :)
Shivi
Nov 13, 2007 7:15am
How did you stick down the posters in the middle?
Shivi
Nov 13, 2007 7:16am
Sorry, i meant- how did u stick down the pictures that are in the middle of the bulletin board?
Alex F.
Nov 13, 2007 8:35am
Oh, I just used the same Sticky Tac stuff as I used for the coasters, just in smaller dots instead of big clumps. I use it to put up everything because on the wall beside this one I have tons of cut out magazine pages that I have put up using that stuff. It's great because the stuff lasts forever, you can use it over and over and you don't need much to put up anything (except for the coasters :D).
Shivi
Nov 13, 2007 9:22am
Doesn't that then defeat the whole purpose of having the little coasters, coz I mean you can stick anything up with the sticky tac
Cat Morley
Nov 14, 2007 12:47am
But the coasters keep everything neat and tidy while giving it a cool retro art look.
Shivi
Nov 14, 2007 7:31am
I guess
Shivi
Nov 14, 2007 7:32am
I still prefer my own pin board- we don't call it a bulletin board in Australia
Shivi
Nov 14, 2007 7:32am
I still prefer my own pin board- we don't call it a bulletin board in Australia