And because I didn't want to spend money on boxes, I made my own boxes out of old Christmas cards (which you can make yourself if you follow this link).
Friday, February 4, 2011
Handmade Presents: Earrings and Christmas Card Gift boxes
A very easy present to make if you have the right tools, is jewelry. With a couple of needle nosed pliers and cutters especially sized for jewelry plus some beads, hooks, and wires, you can easily make a very nice looking pair of earrings! I dabble in amateur jewelry along with sewing, knitting, and other crafting, so I have a lot of jewelry making supplies. Since jewelry is easy to make, I decided I'd make some for aunts, cousins, and my step-mother-in-law
And because I didn't want to spend money on boxes, I made my own boxes out of old Christmas cards (which you can make yourself if you follow this link).
Mostly, I just made the earrings based on the colors I had and then decided which relative would like that set, but for my sister-in-law...
...I made special Steelers colored earrings because she's obsessed. It was hard for me to do since I'm an Eagles fan, but love breaks through football boundaries.
And because I didn't want to spend money on boxes, I made my own boxes out of old Christmas cards (which you can make yourself if you follow this link).
Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love the "love breaks through football boundaries" :)
How do you do all you do??? I'm so impressed. These are amazing!!!! Thanks for the link to the box instructions. A family friend showed me how to do that a LONG time ago and I'd been wanting to learn again!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to make boxes for Lydia to play with from all our cards that I don't want to just throw out!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteP.S. LOVE the new dipes...one of these day's I'm going to order some...once I can justify spending a little money on dipes lol!!!
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