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Tag: presents
Last last last last last last minute DIY gift ideaโฆ
When I was a kid and?รกMotherโs Day or Valentineโs Day or Easter or a birthday orโฆ any holiday rolled around, I would break out the felt pens and paper and glue and scissors. I would make my family and friends little imitations of โreal worldโ honours, things like badges, crowns, and certificates. When I?รกgrew aโฆ
DIY Gift Idea: Bottlecap Magnets
Last Christmas one of my favorite gifts to receive was a set of handmade fridge-magnets. My pal made these with old bottlecaps (never throw them away again!), glue, magnets, images, and glitter. Remarkably simple, and completely fantastic. This link?รกprovides clear instructions on how to make them, but basically, you just need to apply those objectsโฆ
Wet-Felting Book + a tip for a fast, easy craft to do in the meantime!
A few months?รกago I taught felt-making and other craft techniques to a large group of students. The project was massive, and very rewarding for me to see what the kids could do. While working there I received a pretty neat book as a gift. If you are really motivated to learn a new craft rightโฆ
I gotta hand it to youโฆ DIY Hand Puppet!
Hand-puppetsโฆ they are fun, functional, and CUTE. Capital โcโ cute. Cute! They are easy to make, and you can combine your imagination with whatever materials that are available to make something pretty cool. To start, find some fabric that is big enough to fit your hand with fingers spread widely, twice. When I made myโฆ
DIY Decor Gloves Superb Giftee
I have a small, possibly boring (no! Donโt leave!) story to share. A couple of years back, I had a job in โThe Fashion Industryโ. One of the little perks theyโd give us was access to a mass Sample Sale twice a year. Leftovers from the stores, samples that were made and discarded, and assortedโฆ
Tiny Bubblesโฆ DIY felted soap, the gift that keeps on giving
Felted soap is a lovely and unique?รกgift that just takes a bit of patience, but anyone can do it! You need some wool roving, a soap of any type, a bit of bubble wrap (or a bamboo mat, or a texured waterproof surface), a towel, an old pair of nylons, and then some hot waterโฆ
DIY Gift Idea: wrist warmers
I have?รกjust started knitting?รกmy own first-ever?รกtube-shape.?รกLast winter my forearms and wrists would get much too cold, so Iโm making myself some wrist warmers. My gloves are warm and wonderful, my coat is a beautโฆ but the airflow up the arms of my coat lets in a chill. I find this to be?รกan easy project, asโฆ
DIY Sewn Cards
Are you the?รกcrafty type? Do you knit, sew, make unique things, break out the glitter-glue, modelling clay or paintbrushes?รกevery time you think about?รกpresenting presents to your loved ones? Maybe you would like to send something handmade to your friends and family who live afar. Perhaps this year you need or want to simplify gifts, butโฆ