So this is the last installment in the Handmade Gifts for Christmas this year! If you’ve missed the first two – click here and here.
I made a lot more gifts this year than normal and I had such a great time doing it. Elizabeth inspired me. ;)
Though the last two weeks leading up till Christmas were a flurry of sewing, glue gun burns, and a seriously messy dining craft room. Fortunately my family knew Christmas Dinner was coming so I’d have to clear the table off eventually.
I had quite a few little girls on my Christmas list this year – so I made an abundance of headbands.
These are pretty standard – rolled rosettes or circles glued to wrapped headbands. They came out cute though.
These are for the sweetest twin girls – so I made them similar but different haha.
For another family friend I made these headbands –
Love this one – made from wool that I had left over from the Highland Hot Air Balloon Ornament.
This one is foofy – with a black rosette and pink tulle gathered around it. So girly. :)
This one was made with folded circles of T-shirt fabric, then gluing them onto felt circles, and gluing that to the black headband.
Mmmmm. So cute!
We also gave some gift cards this year – and I wanted to dress them up just a bit.
So I made up a little design and printed it out onto fabric – (Instructions here for printing on fabric if you need them)
I cut the rectangles out and then cut a little scoop out of one side of the front. Then I cut out two more pieces the size of the front and back out of the same fabric. Sewed the front together, then the back, turned them right side out and sewed them together.
(That was possibly the worst tutorial ever written right there. ;)
Slip the cards in and ta-da! Snazzy Gift Card holder. Or two.
Here are the images for the Gift Card Holders if you’d like to download them – they’d be great for birthday gifts too!
And the last thing I have to share with you is this sweet Chandelier Pillow!
The sweetie this was for just had her room redecorated in Black and White and Bright Pink – so I thought a little bling would be fun!
I used white fabric for the front with an iron-on chandelier – and decorated it up with some rhinestones and glitter.
Here’s the fabric on the back:
And a close up of the glitter and stones on the front.
The ruffle was gathered tulle and I sewed pink boa trim around the inside of the ruffle.
I love it! If you love it too, you can download the chandelier image here.
I put it on a 14″ pillow – and the chain for the chandelier is a separate piece – just trim the pieces close to the image, and place the chain piece above the chandelier.
As a quick side note – I’m over at Or So She Says today sharing the tutorial for my Anthro Recipe Binder. It would be a great way to organize all your printed recipes!
If you haven’t visited Or So She Says before – you should stop by!! Mariel has a great blog and she has lots of fun guest posters!!
Yay!! Thanks for letting me share my gifts this year – I would love to hear about yours! What did you make this year? Did you receive any handmade gifts this year?
Love these, Bev! Oh how I wish I had more girls to craft for. Everyone is either too old or the wrong gender. ;) That pillow is super spunky!
I love, love, love everything you made! You are so very talented! Thanks for sharing with us and inspiring us to create as well. Happy 2011!
WOW! That’s all I can say…LOVE everything!!
Thanks for the chandelier link! Will def need to use it soon! Thanks Bev such cute items. I’m sure that the recipients loved these gifties!
Wow! You were busy! Fabulous projects!!
You’re the best AND sooooo talented! Where do you find the time??
Just saw your tutorial for the recipe binder at “Or So She Says”. It is very creative. I love it. I also have a stack of recipes to organize. It’s on my 2011 list to do. Thanks for the idea. Susan
I love the handmade gift card holders. Darling. Nice work, too.
Take care, Linda
Love the headbands and that pillow is fabulous!!!!
What awesome projects. Love the headbands. Stealing the date night idea. And the pillow–wow! I’ll be back to look for more of your projects.
love the gift tag holders! i was thinking of making some like that for the holidays next year! stopping by from the fun to craft party. happy friday!
kimberly
make that.. gift card holders!
Wow! Everything looks great! Thanks for linking to Fantabulous Friday!
I LOVE that pillow! It is soooo adorable. And the headbands, too! I love it all!
I love the tulle in the headband! So cute!
I LOVE the chandelier. Please tell me how you got that as an iron on? My baby’s girl room is going to be pink, black and white with chandeliers and such. I would love to add this detail to the rocking chair.
Thank you and thank you for the download!!
Love the date night cards and the pillow!!!
These are all super cute ideas!
Wow…super cute gift card holders…and I LOVE the pillow!
Very cute headbands. I made similar rosettes and put them on bobby pins and gave them as stocking stuffers.
Here’s the link if you want to take a peek http://eyespydiy.blogspot.com/2010/12/diy-rosette-hair-pins.html
Also, I love the date night gift card holders what a great gift idea!
The chandy pillow is fabulous – my daughter is gaga for the whole chandy thing. Thanks so much for sharing how.
:)
ButterYum
Love the pillow! Thanks so much for providing the download of the image so I can beg my aunt to make a pillow for me. LOL
Love the headbands, but the pillow is dyn-o-mite! The bright pink is knock-out. Come link up at I Made It! Monday on Ninth Street Notions sometime.
I love all your projects!!! The pillow is fabulous!! And I ADORE those little gift card holders! :)
I can’t decide which I love more: the date night card holders or the chandelier pillow. Okay, both! =)
Jeanine
This pillow is so stinkin’ cute! Loving the image and of course, the colors! Love love love!
Cute idea to embellish with the rhinestones! Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday:)
I LOVE the chandelier pillow! Great way to add some glitz to the room.
So fun! You go girl!
Blessings,
Holly
http://hallelujahsbyholly.blogspot.com
I love all the things you’ve made! Those gift card holders are an awesome idea. And I wish I had one of those headbands. Really nice pillow! Everything is just fabulous. :-)
I LOVE the chandelier pillow! My bed NEEDS one! It’s going on my to-do list!
i wish i had seen this post before the holidays! such great ideas. i love homemade gifts – i did a lot of baking this year for loved ones : )
http://www.cailenascher.blogspot.com
It is all marvelous. I did not do as many handmade gifts this year as I did last year, but Rook and I are hoping to start in February and be ready by Christmas 2011.
Thank you for joining us at A Crafty Soiree. While you say those headbands are pretty standard, they are so fun they never get old. I really love the black and grey one. Fun way to present gift cards too, I like to make paper holders but I’ve never tried making a fabric one. How neat!
Love the chandelier pillow sooo much! very cute and very very creative. Well done!
what fun gifts!!! I love all the headbands, they turned out great!!! I’ve got to try making some of those rolled flowers! Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday’s!
Bev, you simply don’t do schlocky or half-ass do ya? Everything you do is with such style, precision, grace, and beauty! Always an inspiration! I’m particularly enamored with the date night card holder. Worst tutorial? Nah…just short, sweet, and to the point. Perfect! Thank you so much for linking up to “A Little Birdie Told Me…”. You’re raising the bar, gal!
Look at that… I’m even your first comment on this post. HOW DID I MISS THE GIFT CARD HOLDERS??? lol!
Pinning them! :)