pics to accompany video #5
[Watch Monday's video (#5) for further explanation on these 2 pictures.]
Here's a fun way to use the chipboard gift tags that come in the November KOTM (there are 20 gift tags included as a bonus). Tie some ribbon around a plate of treats, attach a cute tag and you're done.
If you're just joining us, click here for more information on that kit. As of right now, the Christmas card kits are going fast but they're not gone yet.Okay, this next picture is a simple ornament idea. Got the wooden blocks at the craft store, painted each side, printed small pictures of the kids, placed a circle page pebble on top of each picture, cut around the page pebble and then adhered a picture/pebble to each side of the block. Finishing touch: Screwed some eyelet screws in the top & tied some ribbon on.
For Porter's 1st birthday (2003), all of his little friends were too young for games & structured activities so WE (the moms/my BF's) made a craft - these ornaments.
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20 Comments:
What great ideas!!! It's great to have such creative people out there like you to inspire and help the rest of us get going! I am so excited for my cards to come, my mom also had to get one!!! I love the colors too they are fun! Thanks for sharing your creative gift with us all!
Becky, you are a doll! Thank you for mentioning me and I'm glad you got the goody package. I think your kit is wonderful and your videos are so fun, what a good idea!
Love the videos and the fun ideas. Thanks so much for sharing all of these with us. So excited to receive my card kit and get started!
Thanks Becky for sharing the block ornaments. Makes me want to go buy some pebbles and blocks to make my own!
I love the blocks idea! I'm going to try that one.
wow! you have totally been reading my mind about photo christmas ornaments. my in-laws live out of town and i was going to make them some clear glass ornaments but i was afraid of shipping them but with your creative ideas i can ship them with the greatest of ease. how awesome are you?
i did i have one question, the wooden circles you showed look thick. i have only seen the real thin ones at craft stores like hobby lobby. could you post a link to the thicker ones on your blog?
thanks becky for your creative ideas and for stirring the christmas spirit inside of everyone.
Another great idea; thanks for sharing!
Wow! Those ornaments are awesome! I may have to start that as a tradition for my parents and inlaws. Real quick question....where would I get those pebbles?
Heidi
Sahuarita, AZ
love the videos! the blocks are so cute - thanks for the tips, instructions! :)
What GREAT ideas!!!! Thanks Becky. I am going to head to the craft store for some blocks today. Great idea for stocking stuffers and adding to the top of gifts.
These are fabulous ornaments - I love the craft cube ornament - very versatile.....I did a version last year where I printed my photos the same size (2X2) as the cube, sanded the edge of the photos, attached them to the cube and used the same tan paint I had painted the cube and touched around the edges of all the photos - It gave a great old look/quality (which is what i wanted).....TFS Emily
Becky, these ornaments were such a hit with my husbands family (http://thecandlands.blogspot.com/2006/11/thanksgiving.html). I changed it up a little. I asked each family member to send me 4 photos of themselves throughout their lives (i.e. baby, kid, teen, adult) and after cropping them into 1 inch circles in Photoshop, I used the cheap page pebbles they had at Walmart ($1.20 for 16). I painted all the girls red and all the boys green, then I made my husband put in the eyelet screws. I then used green ribbon on the girls and red ribbon on the boys to hang them. We surprised my inlaws with what we called a "Legacy Tree" and then with the photos I made a video to the song "Legacy" by Nicole Nordeman. Thanks for this idea! It was a total hit. And I bought TONZ of extra page pebbles to copy (again) your birthday cards last year (see #19 on this post http://thecandlands.blogspot.com/2007/06/25-random-things-about-me.html). Thanks for all the million and one ideas as always!
Fabulous idea Becky! Thanks!
Hi Becky!
Love those ornaments! They are just so cute!
Thanks for the great ideas!
Cindy
Becky - love your videos! Also - hope you don't mind ... but I've tagged you on my blog! I hope you'll play along - would love to see your answers.
Details are on my blog:
http://www.rachelgreig.typepad.com/
Rach xxx
Hi Becky - I LOVE the ornaments. What happened to Tuesday's video? I saw it up there, but I couldn't get it to play...now it's gone...boo! hoo!! I miss ya yesterday!
You are so CLEVER...I wanted to make something for each classmate in my sons MDO program and these are perfect. We are having a Thanksgiving feast next week and I can get pics of all the kids..I plan on putting one picture and the other 3 dots I will put their name, church and the name of their class...what a great memory!
I LOVE the square ornament idea!! We are definitely making something like that this year. Your videos are awesome! Thanks for all the great ideas.
Thank you! Thank you! You have some amazing ideas. I just finished making magnets using the Glass Pebble idea. They are awesome. will have to give your soup a try. Thanks Again.
Yeah my kids faces made it on your blog!!! Even if they are only teeny, tiny!...love it! =)
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