It is hard to believe that Christmas is next week y'all! It is flying by so quickly and as always it slips away from me. Today I spent 98% of my day working on gifts for the kiddos teachers.
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| Here is a lil' view of the mess AFTER I tidied up a bit! Ha! Picture it 100 X worse and all over the table. It was so bad that we had a picnic in the living room for dinner!:) I thought I was never going to finish. I had three teachers to make things for and Oldest had put in his request of exactly what he wanted. |
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| This is a lil' set of two mini frames that I made into magnet frames. Oldest had taken mine in to share while the class was learning abt magnets and said his teacher asked where I had gotten them. So Oldest decided he wanted me to make her some too!:) Easy enough I said. Well then he added that he wanted me to make her a Christmas frame like I made his teacher last year as well as a key fob and to get her something pretty! Wow what a list! I wills how ya the frame for her in a moment. |
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| Here is one of the frames I made for Littliest to give to one of his two teachers. Last year I just used dimensional mini Christmas cards I had found at HomeGoods. I started out with that this year but then mid way changed my mind and decided I wanted to be a tad more elaborate this year. Boy did it engulf most of my day! Once I figured out each frame the actual construction was not bad. |
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| Here is the other frame for Littliest's other teach. Sorry it is blurry. |
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| Here is an up close look at it. I love the jingle bells! |
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| Last year I stocked up on Christmas chip board thingys. I fell in love with the vintage feel of them and so I purchased two boxes when they were on sale. I also LOVED the darling little box they came in. While I was pondering design it dawned on me to use one of the lids to make a frame for Oldest's teacher. |
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| I searched thru all of my chip board pieces and came up with pieces that actually covered up the original wording on the box lid. I cut the sides of the box so that it laid flat. I then took one of those vintage mini Christmas cards from last year and cut it down so it looked like you were peering thru the window. |
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| I LOVE how it turned out!! To cover up the wording at the top and the bottom I just used a white chalk pen and made it look like two dimensional snow. |
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| And here is the finale! I just love these Grinch bags! I found them in the $1 section at Target a few weeks back and knew I had to use them. Now I am wishing I had bought an extra one!:( Are you giving any home made gifts this year? If so I would love to hear all about them! If ya wanna see the frames I made last year click here. Have a good one y'all! It is after 11pm but I still need to clean up my mess on the kitchen table and then fold laundry. I won't even mention the fact that I have yet to finish decorating the dining room nor get our cards ready to sent out! Busy weekend ahead I am afraid. I also have to finish painting the boys room and get their tree out....oh shoot I just need to stop or I will be here all night! Chat soon!:) |
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