This is a button ball/ornament I made my Mom. It's not finished in the pic. Once it was done, I made a loop of ribbon and pinned it at the top. She LOVED it! I used a styrofoam ball, tons of buttons and straight pins.
This is a photo holder I made for my Dad, and it's inside a pocket watch. I'm not totally thrilled with how it turned out, so I may re-do the picture part. I took the time piece out, and put pictures in. I used heat n bond to adhere the pictures to some fabric. And honestly, I think I could have totally skipped that step. It just made things bulky. I think Im going to use a ribbon, and modge podge picture to a ribbon. He liked it, though!
Tea cup bird feeder! These were fun to do. This one is my Mom's, and I made my Grandma one, too. I raided several goodwill stores and found a bunch of tea cups and saucers on the cheap. No effing silverware, though. Some of my own spoons had to make the ultimate sacrifice. All I did was glue the tea cup to the saucer, the spoon to the saucer, and then glue the pipe cap to the bottom of the saucer. The pipe is copper plumbing pipe. You can either fill the tea cup with bird food, or fill it with water and put food on the saucer. The spoon is a perch.
Button rings! These are also super easy. You can do them two ways. The simplest is to buy adjustable rings (Hobby Lobby and Michael's have them) and glue the buttons on, or you can wire the buttons together and make the ring out of the beading wire. For gifts, I do the glue version, since I don't know what size ring people wear. For my own, I do the wire version. Very easy, cheap, and they are super cute.
T-shirt scarves! Also easy. Another raid at the Goodwill, and I had a stack of XXL and XL shirts. You want all cotton for this. I cut the hem off the bottom, then cut the shirt into strips, horizontally from the bottom. They don't need to be neat or even. After you've cut the strips, they are in a nice big loop for you. Stretch it out a bit, and they curl up nicely. I gathered about 10 or so of the curled up loops, and tied them all together into an infinity scarf. You can wear it as one long scarf, double up in the picture, etc. I then cut flowers out of a white t-shirt, put a button in the middle and put it on an alligator clip. It can be added you your scarf, worn in your hair or whatever else you can come up with.
I really, REALLY wish I had gotten a pic of these complete. They had button eyes, and orange noses. I cut the tips off of wooden skewers, dipped in orange paint, and glued them on. They were adorable! And the snowmen are made out of white tube socks filled with rice, and the hat and sweater are made from a christmas sock. Very easy, and totally adorable. This was part of a gift for Carson's preschool teachers.
This was the second part of the preschool teacher gifts! Peppermint sugar scrub. SO easy and cheap! White sugar, some sort of oil (I used olive, but you could use whatever), and scented extract, and food coloring. Since it was for a Christmas gift, AND because I love peppermint, that's what I used. Carson helped make the whole thing! I didn't measure at all. I dumped sugar in a bowl, then poured oil in, until it was the consistency I wanted. Added food coloring and extract, and stirred. I did happen to have Vitamin E oil on hand, so I used some of that, too. I got the jars at Hobby Lobby for $1.99. I made sure to keep one for myself! I ended up making more, and gave them to my Mom and Grandma, too.
I snagged these canvases on clearance at a local craft store for $1.69 or something ridiculous. They are 10x10. Then I bought some Christmas-ish fabric scraps. I just stapled the fabric on (aka, the back looks like a hot mess), printed some pictures, and hot glued some ribbon trim down. Nothing to it. They don't look breathtaking, but grouped together they are a fun holiday display on the cheap.
Mini tool box! I was so excited about this one! My Dad is a VERY handy guy, so this just looked perfect for him. What you need: Altoid tins (as many as you want to do), primer, red paint, glue and stainless steel eye strap with some tiny screws. The eye straps were the only tricky part. The dude at Home Depot looked at me like I had 3 heads when I asked for them. So? I ordered from Amazon. They are some boat supply part. The tutorial I saw for this actually used beading wire, punched holes in the tins and wired them together. Yeaaaah. I used glue. It worked just fine. You are welcome. They can be used to hold business cards, tiny nails and screws, paperclips, whatever!
This is about as far as the DIY kitchen ever got. This would be the project from hell that almost ended in a divorce. We shall never speak of it again.
So, there you have it. A Merry Pinterest Christmas. I've moved on, and am ready to tackle some more projects. Right now I'm working on turning an old dresser into a dress up wardrobe for C. He has a lot of dress up costumes, so I thought this would be fun. Once it's finished, I'll post about it.
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