DIY Gift Giving
>> Friday, January 23, 2009
I've been meaning to share a few of the gifts that Ryan and I collaborated on for Christmas. But, for some reason, it took a month for me to get my act together.
When we saw photo frames at a local craft show, Ryan and I decided these would make great gifts. Plus - we were sure we could make them ourselves.
So, we did. Here are a few of the outcomes (please forgive the terrible photographs)...
For brother and sister-in-law:
For a work friend, taken from her favorite movie:
For a good friend:
For mom and dad:
How we did it:Ryan cut out the frames and used a miter saw for the edges. He primed them in black. Then, I painted them black and ordered vinyl lettering from a friend. I attached the photos with photo corners, so they can be exchanged in the future.
It definiitely got us hooked on looking for gifts we can make ourselves. Not only did we save a little dough, the gift was something personal that we hope people enjoy as much as we enjoyed making them.
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I love it!! Awesome job on the frames!!
Oh neat!!! I love that you are creative like this, if you were closer I would ask for personal lessons!
They look great! Very creative and personal. They look professional.
So cute!!
These turned out great! I was even considering borrowing the idea but I hadn't thought of using photo corners so the photos could be swapped out - good idea!
Thanks a ton for the generous plug, I greatly appreciate it! (P.S. I am glad you linked the etsy shop...if you haven't noticed my business website is out of commission for awhile as I make my feeble attempt to revamp it with my next-to-non-existent free time now that school is back in session.)
Those look really cool. I might have to try that.
These look great!
I really enjoyed mine!!
Ali
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