I love giving personalized stuff as gifts
As soon as my exams are done I will be making a lot of gifts (which i will only spend a day on before I move on to bigger things like studying for my DAT) and I will hopefully be posting them up here.
Also I will post a few ideas on what to give as christmas/birthday/engagement/kids ...the whole works
Here is something I made a while ago but its TOTALLY cute and super affordable and would make a great stocking stuffer. You make tons of these for all your friends
Door Hanger
Materials you will need
1. Wooden door hanger - you can find at AC Moore or Michaels for ~ $0.99- 1.99
2. Acrylic paint - Some bottles are on sale at your local crafts store $0.99-4.99.
I used one with a metallic finish in Red.
3. Paintbrushes
4. All purpose glue
5. Ribbon
6. Glitter paint
7. Rhinestones of different sizes ~ $3.00-5.00 Depending how many are in the packet you buy
8. Finishing spray. I used a high gloss one.
Optional: Black paint pen
How to
1. Paint with two coats with base color. I used a metallic red. I used sponge brushes
2. Once dry, use a thin paintbrush to outline the door hanger with glitter paint
3. Using a paint pen (I did not), or a steady hand, write the person's name vertically along the door hanger. Feel free to use a stencil and pencil prior to the paint pen to avoid a big mess.
In essence of time I sort of just winged it and drew free hand. I used black acrylic paint and a thin paint brush
4. Place the rhinestone and use wood glue or an all purpose glue. Randomly lay the rhinestones in different sizes across the door hanger.
5. Using a thin paintbrush and white paint or a light colored pain, draw zebra print pattern alone the top of the door hanger.
6. Allow to dry over night
7. measure about 12cm of black ribbon and knot around the door hanger. use fabric glue/ a needle and thread to secure the ribbon.
8. Using fabric glue or all purpose glue, place a rhinestone on the ribbon
9. Use finishing spray (USE IT OUTSIDE)
TA-DA ALL DONE & you have a beautiful door hanger.
