Here they are! The much awaited, much anticipated (well maybe not) Christmas gifts handmade by yours truly.
Links to instructions are included so you can be crafty too, if you wish.
Links to instructions are included so you can be crafty too, if you wish.
These cutie pies were so easy! (No pun intended.) The jar of etching cream was kinda pricey, so now I want to etch everything just to get my money's worth! LOL (Can ya see it? It's a pie. Etched on a pie plate. I'm clever aren't I?)
Monkey loves Spiderman this year, and we're planning to redo his room in Spiderman before baby comes. To kick him off I made a couple of pillows for him. These were easy...I bought pillow fabric and zoomed through a couple of hems.
I made some modifications to this from the instructions for our godchild Lainey. I didn't scrap/decoupage the "L" but painted it instead, and I used a bulletin board with a frame so was able to tuck the excess fabric underneath for a clean line.
Fabric Covered Bulletin Board
Lainey also got a fun fringy scarf in her fave colors.
And she got some cutesy headbands to match, using the fabric remnant (actually it was vice versa; I bought the fabric for the headband and had enough to make the bulletin board!).
Several special ladies in our life received these coordinating cloth napkins. I always think they are more luxurious for everyday meals than paper napkins, don't you? I wish I would have made them a little bigger though. Next time!
My grandparents moved to Utah earlier this year, where it gets cold for a good part of the year. I thought these cute travel tissue holders would keep sniffles at bay. I had enough fabric and they were easy enough to make a couple extra for stocking stuffers.
These were just the cutest things ever, so I had to make them, even if they were just for us. But it turns out that they were just right for neighbor gifts! It took me forever to find Ball jars, and then when I did I ended up buying the wrong size. So I had to go back, return, and search for the proper size/shape etc. I actually still haven't made these since Monkey and I got sick this week, but hope to put them together before year end.
Remember these? I made a few more for other teachers, and some clips for Mom. So simple! (A tip: make sure these are super duper dry - like for a day - before you stack them on each other. I've got some red on the purple one I need to scrape off, and a redo of the layer over Monkey's picture.)
And what about these doozies? Thanks to a color copier at work I was able to have Monkey color one page and copy/reduce onto transparencies. Love it!
So that's it! I hope you enjoyed a peek at everything I've been working on over the past couple of months. I'm really proud of myself that I stuck to it (and actually added more things along the way) and completed everything with time to spare!!
I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of their gifts. I'll let you know!
