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‘Arts, Crafts & Hobbies’ Posts
I absolutely love making personalized gifts for friends and family members. I think making something is so much more enjoyable and meaningful not only for the giver, but also for the recipient. Throughout the years I have made calendars, t-shirts, mouse pads, aprons, photo albums, super hero capes, and others I can’t think of right now. All in all, they have been so much fun to make and well received. However, I do get bored of making the same things over and over again, so I am always on the look out for something new to try.
Ever Since I received a digital camera, I have had a hard time remembering and making time to go to a store to print all my pictures. I usually empty my camera onto my computer, post them on facebook and then forget about them. My poor grandparents and other friends, who are not facebook savvy, never get to see those pictures. There are also viruses and computer errors that occur that could wipe out years of memories. And I don’t have much time to dedicate to scrapbooking with fancy paper and cute cutouts, especially when I might have to duplicate that work for mom and mom-in-law. I need an attractive, safe, easy, affordable way to preserve my photos that will allow me to share with family and friends both digitally and in print.
Christmas is over and you have bags and bags of torn and crumpled Christmas paper. If you’re like me, you hate to throw it away, especially because wrapping paper is getting to be so expensive! At least a quarter of my gift budget for Christmas, birthdays, wedding showers, etc goes to wrapping paper, tissue, bows, and all the trims! Most often I wish I could save that money and use it to buy a nicer gift.
In my search for a way to reuse this paper I came across these ideas:
Ok, so the holidays are over, now what? Did you do your due diligence by taking a bazillion pictures of your friends, family, crazy relatives or kids? I didn’t take as many as I usually do, but I did get a few really great ones. Now comes the question of what to do with them. I send out a group of pics every month to family and friends that live around the country, but I rarely do anything else with them. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find a way to display them in an artistic way that doesn’t break the bank?
Awesome Holiday Scrap Book Pages
I am a mother of a beautiful 5 year old girl and have loved every minute I’ve had with her. The older she gets, the more I realize how much fun it has been to see her grow from stage to stage. One of my favorite things has been to document everything about her life. With the digital age in full swing, I have been able to take thousands of pictures of her and there’s no end in sight. I just don’t want to miss anything! I love capturing the every day moments, but I especially love pictures from holidays and special events.
I was busy doing my buzzguide stuff and downloaded some new promotions for Musician’s Friend. I have been watching this site over the months that I’ve been doing work for couponbuzz.com and am really 
impressed with their prices. The best thing of all is their clearance section. Right now they are offering up to 91% off on clearance items, including some scratch and dents. And, we’re not just talking like rock band stuff. They sell concert band, marching band, and orchestra/string instruments as well as sheet music, learn how to books, and recording and DJ software and equipment. Anything and everything to do with music, instruments, and accessories, they have it.
Fun Personalized Stationary
I am very big on making my own gifts. I think creating a gift for someone allows you to be imaginative, share a little bit more of yourself and shows that you really care. This past year I made calendars for all the grandparents and great grandparents as Christmas gifts and they loved them. I also made a quilt, super hero cape and homemade paper dolls for my daughter. The best part is that she saw me making all of them but didn’t know they were for her until she opened them Christmas morning. My daughter helped me make a butterfly coloring book for her four year old cousin and I made a cute wall hanging for my nephew that showed him making a “mean” face on a “wanted” outlaw poster for his bedroom. I know some of the gifts were silly, but they were thoughtful and personal. Today I found some other great options for homemade gifts I can use in the future.
Awesome Photobooks
Every time I hear the word “scrapbook” I want to cringe and run the other way. I detest the idea of buying all the specific pages, stickers, buttons, stamps and who knows what other items I would need to create just one scrap booking page. I would hate to spend an hour or so finding the exact way to place the pictures on the page and arrange the other decorative stuff just right. I also really dislike how huge scrapbooks are to store and lug around. The one and only thing I like about them is seeing the pictures of people I care about. The rest of it is all just fluff to me. My mom did a pretty good job at taking pictures of us kids and putting them all in albums. I am in the process of scanning in those albums and making digital images for me and my siblings. Because I have those pictures, I do appreciate the family history that goes along with them. I have been very vigilant at taking tons of pictures of my daughters. However, I refuse to create scrapbooks by hand. There is a better way…
Stained Glass Flowers
One of the things I like most about my job is finding new and interesting websites I never knew existed. Not only do I learn about all the special deals and sales doing on online, I also get to read about different stores and companies that I never would have found on my own. My most recent find is a store called Dick Blick Art Materials. At first glance it seems like a place where serious artists find their high quality art supplies, but I recently looked a little further and found something really cool.
Being a stay at home mom with two busy boys, I am always on the look out for things to do with my kiddos on
any holiday. Also as a member of a local MOMS Club chapter, we usually like to have a craft day around each holiday. I am not overly crafty so am always on the look out for easy craft ideas. I guess trying to make myself get a bit more creative, I decided to host one of these craft days this month. When I was doing updates for Joann’s, I noticed they had a whole list of free craft ideas. I investigated and found tons of simple, cute ideas for every holiday, of course, including Valentine’s Day! I can’t wait to try some out with my friends and their kids. Their ideas weren’t limited to just holidays either. There are all kinds of craft ideas on the Joann’s site, including cakes, scrapbooking, wedding, floral, and card making. I really am going to use this site quite a bit.
