25 Handmade Gifts Under $5. If your gift list is long and your budget is small here are some great Handmade Gifts that you can make.
Keep in mind that handmade items are not just beautiful but special… I love to give them and I love to receive them. In my opinion they are the best! Jersey Knit Bracelet Lovely! This would make a perfect gift for any of your girlfriends. You can choose the colors and recycle t-shirts that you have around the house. Cheap and cute! Tutorial. Vintage Paper Wreath with Hymnal Sheets. My newest crafty idea.
Plastic Bag Iron-ons! Here is a super cool project where you can use all those plastic bags that you always seem to end up with - homemade iron on decals!
You can use any kind of plastic bag or plastic table cloth with an image you like on it. Birthday party goody bags and storebags are great for this project. If you are super creative, you can even cut and design your own free form shapes. The decals should be permanent. Our first try at this peeled off by the end of the day. A Tisket, A Tasket, A Paper Plate Basket! We saw this project over the summer for making Paper Plate Baskets for fruit and stored it away for future crafting.
But, as usual, it got buried and forgotten about...until today! And though now may not be the right time to think about making fruit baskets, we think these simple and adorable baskets would be perfect for holding all yummy little goodies that we will be whipping up over the holidays! What You Need: Paper PlatePencilScissors and/or Pinking ShearsRubber BandPaper ClipsRibbon Using your pinking shears (or any decorative scissors) cut roughly a 1/4" from around the edge of your plate. Now flip your plate over and with a pencil draw out "tic-tac-toe lines" on the back, with the center square approximately in the middle of your plate. With your regular scissors, cut every other vertical line up to the edge of the center square. Fabric-Covered Bulletin Board. Always in need of organization, we had been wanting a bulletin board to post messages for a while.
We had seen a few out there and realized that it would be easy (not to mention cheap!) To make one ourselves. Unfortunately we didn't take step-by-step pictures because we pretty much made it up as we went along and weren't sure how it would turn out! Stencil with freezer paper (harry potter tee)... - StumbleUpon. Celebrate the boy tutorial: basic boys wallet - StumbleUpon. I first want to say thank you to Dana and Rae for hosting such an awesome event.
If you haven't been indulging in all the fun already, go check out both of their blogs for lots of great inspiration. There has already been so many great ideas! How to Make a Fabric L:id for a Basket. I like many of you – am in super organizing mode.
The New Year always deserves a fresh start and I am going through every room of my house purging all the clutter and organizing the rest. One way I try to tame what is left is to place the stuff into decorative baskets. I use them in my pantry, linen closet, office, and mud room. One of my favorite storage tips is basket lids. When I originally stacked the baskets they fell into each other and looked disheveled.
This photo is taken in my guest room. How to make an Outdoor Candle Lantern Inexpensively. Last week I made a candle chandelier for my deck.
It looks so pretty when lit, but the rest of my yard was looking kind of neglected. I was determined to find a way to spread some more candle light around the yard to balance the light and provide more ambiance. I used to have Tiki torches, but they unravel and have to be filled up with oil that makes a mess. I remember years ago seeing candle lanterns at a wedding that I thought were pretty clever and decided I could try to make them myself, but I needed to find some glass hurricanes.
A trip to the thrift store was in order yesterday. How to Use Paint Chip Samples to Personalize a Rolodex. I am a visual girl…I like to see things, pretty things, tactile things, organized things.
I love color, paint chip crafts, office supplies, stationery, and art supplies. Mason Jar Sewing Kit. Tinted Mason Jars in Rainbow. I love using mason jars for decorating and a seemingly endless supply of craft projects. But rainbow tinted mason jars, just like the vintage ones you can never find anymore? This one might be my favorite project with mason jars yet! Mason Jars Mod Podge in Gloss (buy it here) Food coloring Ramekins to mix colors Newspaper or paper bag Mix food coloring with a T or so of water into individual ramekins. You can do any color combination you like. Add a couple T of mod podge into your mason jar Add one ramekin of color into the jar and stir to incorporate it all together With a bowl underneath, carefully twist the jar around coating the whole inside with the mod podge/food coloring mixture.
Let dry upside down on the paper Do the same with the other colors. Place the jars face down on top of wax paper and a cookie sheet into an oven, set on warm. When they're ready, they'll look clear and the mixture should lose most of its streaks. Make a Personalized Room Plaque with your Child.#more-32366. <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered wpgb_shadowed"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><img class="enable-pib-img-under" src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon" data-recalc-dims="1"/></div>Thanks for coming by!
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You'll need about 80 in all. 19 Crochet & Knit Pillows To Make: {Free Patterns} Felt Baby Shoes - the purl bee - StumbleUpon. I think it’s lovely to welcome a little one into the world surrounded by thoughtful handmade gifts, and these itty-bitty boots are just the ticket for such a reception. Brimming over with the “awww” factor, everyone who sees these Felt Baby Shoes wants to pick them up and coo, almost as if they contained a chubby little baby foot already! Sometimes when I get on a roll with a fun and easy project like this, it’s hard to stop.
In this case, I ended up with a pile of eight pairs of shoes, all from one Purl Soho Wool Felt Bundle! Our gorgeous Autumn Bundle covers a beautiful spectrum of warm earth tones, just right for boys or girls. {tutorial: how to sew a zippered pouch} - StumbleUpon. 10 Free Tote Bag Patterns and Tutorials.
Totes make great handmade gifts. Simply Vintagegirl Blog & Blog Archive & Tutorial: How to Make Lovely Fabric Flowers - StumbleUpon. 29 May 2010 These elegant fabric flowers are very simple to make . . . and only take a few basic supplies. Haha.nu - the lifestyle blogzine - StumbleUpon. DIY: Banana Republic Braided Neck Tee Shirt.