palolake Posted February 12, 2020 #1 Share Posted February 12, 2020 We recently received our first tiles. I'm not sure what I was expecting but I was surprised at how large they were. What does everyone do with them? Use them as coasters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Bostonjetset Posted February 12, 2020 #2 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I use them as coasters. They live in one of the drawers of our coffee table so if guests come by we have coasters easy at hand. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisyloo Posted February 12, 2020 #3 Share Posted February 12, 2020 We use ours as coasters. We have quite a few now, and are considering using them to make a serving tray or a table top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lido deck main Posted February 12, 2020 #4 Share Posted February 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Daisyloo said: We use ours as coasters. We have quite a few now, and are considering using them to make a serving tray or a table top. We are planning to do that as well. Will be a nice reminder of the ships we were on and places we have been to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer slope Posted February 12, 2020 #5 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I bought a tray at the local craft store and glued them down. We use the tray outside to serve drinks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted February 12, 2020 #6 Share Posted February 12, 2020 If you just have a few, they do make great coasters. I have too many and need to make a tray or table with them. Sadly, they don’t fit the trays I have so I’m going to have to take some careful measurements and get creative. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted February 12, 2020 #7 Share Posted February 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, kazu said: If you just have a few, they do make great coasters. I have too many and need to make a tray or table with them. Sadly, they don’t fit the trays I have so I’m going to have to take some careful measurements and get creative. 😉 Ditto! I keep planning to do something with them, but then planning for the next cruise keeps getting in the way! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer slope Posted February 12, 2020 #8 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I put them in the tray and then found stones to fill the spaces in. I'll take a picture and post it when I return from my cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybear Posted February 12, 2020 #9 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Me too! I just bought some other tiles to fill in the spaces. Only caution, it’s heavy! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare albingirl Posted February 12, 2020 #10 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I'm planning on a bathroom renovation, and since I have about 40 tiles or more, they will make a nifty border in the shower stall. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidCruze Posted February 12, 2020 #11 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I've never been on HA, but I'm booked on the Westerdam in Alaska this summer. Are these tiles you can buy in the gift shop on board? Do they change each year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Btimmer Posted February 12, 2020 #12 Share Posted February 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, KidCruze said: I've never been on HA, but I'm booked on the Westerdam in Alaska this summer. Are these tiles you can buy in the gift shop on board? Do they change each year? They are given away at a Mariner lunch or you can ask for them at the front desk. There is a different design tile for every class of ship and the inaugural voyages have a special tile that may be a different size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Bostonjetset Posted February 12, 2020 #13 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, KidCruze said: I've never been on HA, but I'm booked on the Westerdam in Alaska this summer. Are these tiles you can buy in the gift shop on board? Do they change each year? As Btimmer stated, they are given at the Mariner's brunch. Even though this is your first HAL sailing, if you have sailed with any line owned by Carnival Corp. you will automatically be granted 1-star Mariner status and should get an invite to the brunch. Edited February 12, 2020 by Bostonjetset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAN415 Posted February 12, 2020 #14 Share Posted February 12, 2020 4 hours ago, kazu said: If you just have a few, they do make great coasters. I have too many and need to make a tray or table with them. Sadly, they don’t fit the trays I have so I’m going to have to take some careful measurements and get creative. 😉 You could purchase some small tiles, maybe 1" by 1" and add a border design. You could also purchase a couple blue plates and break them up and use them as filler too. The building supply stores will sell the supplies you need. If you use broken plates, I have found that after securing the tiles with mastic, but prior to grout, add a layer of thin wood to raise the broken pottery to the correct height. Balsa wood can be cut with a razor knife. I have also used craft popsicle sticks raise pottery. I glued them with wood glue and just added pottery with the tile mastic on top of them. It is on a porch that is covered but not enclosed, and as far as I know is still fine after 3 years. You don't necessarily have or need to raise the mosaic level with the tiles, if you didn't want to, just an idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted February 12, 2020 #15 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Ours are stored in a cabinet in the downstairs living room and we have a ton of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atexsix Posted February 12, 2020 #16 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Coasters here too...just don't put them in the dishwasher, wipe them down by hand only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BSR Posted February 12, 2020 #17 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Mine are on a shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribbean Chris Posted February 13, 2020 #18 Share Posted February 13, 2020 9 hours ago, bennybear said: Me too! I just bought some other tiles to fill in the spaces. Only caution, it’s heavy! Beautiful job, Bennybear! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellieanne Posted February 13, 2020 #19 Share Posted February 13, 2020 15 hours ago, albingirl said: I'm planning on a bathroom renovation, and since I have about 40 tiles or more, they will make a nifty border in the shower stall. My parents used their tiles for a shower wall. But be careful, they are thinner & smaller than standard tiles, particularly when you take off the cork backing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wehwalt Posted February 13, 2020 #20 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I no longer take the tile. I find they are a little slippery and I have nicer coasters. The special larger one we were given on the final voyage of the old Statendam is on my shelf of cruise etc. memorabilia near my three plates from grand voyages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeniEncinitas Posted February 13, 2020 #21 Share Posted February 13, 2020 All of our tiles are stored away. We do use a few as coasters. Denise😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbunger Posted February 13, 2020 #22 Share Posted February 13, 2020 We give ours to someone on the ship, if we go to the lunch we usually give them to our table mates if they want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grest Posted February 13, 2020 #23 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I use them as coasters....however, iced drinks result in pooled water, glass adhering to the coaster...when I pick up the drink, along comes the coaster, which promptly crashes to the floor....thank goodness there is a somewhat regular flow of coasters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palolake Posted February 13, 2020 Author #24 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Thank you everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellbelle Posted February 13, 2020 #25 Share Posted February 13, 2020 We took four of our favorites to Hobby lobby and had them mounted in a shadowbox which we display in our half bath. It wasn’t cheap but the “hole” we needed to fill the size was perfect. As other stated they are smaller than normal tiles so you cannot frame them with tile frames nor are they all the same size. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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