december handmades

let's talk makin' gifts.

teenage boys. very challenging to make a gift for. inspired by the most recent stampin up inspiration catalog, i went with an altered bulletin board. stamped a background for each. the rock in roll chipboard is from cosmo cricket. (the rub-on failed to work for this board). the skateboarder is a clipart piece that i printed on cardstock and cut out. used some dimensional adhesive to give it some depth. i cut out the middle of the cork board and matted the cardstock underneath. then i attached a piece of foam board to the back of the cork, and placed hanging hardware towards the top.

i made these photo blocks several years back. my friend made a request for a tutorial on how to make them. so...

instead, i purchased the supplies and a paper mache box for them all to fit in. i will alter the box a bit to make it pretty, and print up a little tutorial for her, so then she will have all that she needs, sans paper and photos, to make her own blocks. hope she likes....




there is always a calendar or two on my requested list. i have several more to make. thankful for my photo printer as well as my bind it all for this project.



did you see the embellished tee tutorial on elizabether kartchner's blog a few weeks back? it was just adorable. i quickly put that on my list for my neice. i will probably make a few more flowers and make up some hair clips for her as well.

oh! and using some of heidi swapps fabulous flowers, i did just that. failed to get a photo. but i took her flowers, and some buttons sewed on to those, and hot glued them to quilt binding clips (also known as clippies in our house). perfect stocking stuffer.

another item i will be getting to is a gratitude calendar. ali e has a brush kit at designer digitals. i made several of these up last year. wonderful gifts. even if you don't have a bind-it-all, book rings would work just as well.

thanks for visiting!