Today I have an easy but massively impressive Christmas DIY for you. I’m a strong believer in the fact that first impressions count and that this also applies for gifts. If you’re giving someone an amazing, thoughtful gift, you don’t want to give them it in tatty wrapping do you? Well if you have a film or photography fan that you’re buying for, pop on of these bows on the wrapping and I guarantee that they will absolutely love it.
You will need:
- Some film – I have here a 35mm clip reel that we had going spare at work but you can also use 35mm photo negatives. You can often find these are car boot sales.
- A mini stapler
- Scissors
- Sharpie
Cut the film into the above shapes. Use the sharpie to draw out the shapes. Don’t worry too much about being exact, the nature of the film hides slight imperfections.
Grab the top shape and fold both ends into the middle.
Hold the middle shape onto the back of the first.
Wrap the small strip around the middle.
Staple all together. You must staple all layers in one go and make sure the flat side is on the top of the bow. Colour the staple in with the black Sharpie to disguise.
TA DA!
I love these, they look awesome. I can’t wait for my film-fan pals to see them atop their gifts. One lucky person will even be getting a Ryan Gosling film bow treat. I found the shape to use on this website which used paper but make sure you check it out too.
What do you think of my film bows? Do you agree with me that there’s something special about a well wrapped present?
Today I’m sharing another home project inspired by Pinterest. I pinned a blue frame like this ages ago but I could never find one in any stores that was big enough but for a reasonable price. So you can imagine how happy I was to stumble across one in TX Maxx for £24.99.
I bought the Instagram Polaroids from Instapol who I really recommend. They are really high quality and prices start from £12.99, although I got a set through a deal on Groupon so look out for them there. The mini pegs I bought from an Amazon seller here, and the string from an Amazon seller here.
To attach the string to the frame I simply stuck drawing pins in the back and wrapped the string tightly around, making sure that the pins were pushed in enough to not cause the frame to stand out from the wall any more than it already did. I just did this by eye, no measuring involved. A more permanent, secure option would be to glue the string to the back using a hot glue gun but I wanted to be able to remove them in case I wanted to put them closer together or switch the frame to portrait.
How cute are the mini pegs? I chose plain ones as I knew that a big bag of, say green ones, would restrict their use elsewhere. These can be easily painted with a spot of acrylic paint if you wanted to jazz them up. I am enjoying the natural look at the moment, but that’s not to say that I won’t paint a few of the leftovers to use for a change. Once I start collecting more pictures I could even do themed frames – black pegs for Halloween with lots of costume pics for example.
I’m really happy with the end result! I love that I am able to rescue some of my favourite snaps from within the depths of my laptop and I can’t wait to print more.
Today I have an easy peasy DIY for you. Inspired by a Pinterest image (isn’t everything?) by Callaloo Soup I picked colours to match my newly painted room and jazz up my desk area.
All you need is a selection of tape, a plain clipboard, and a pair of scissors. I have a mixture of traditional, paper, washi tape, fabric tape, and plastic tape.
Easy right? I will have a Pinterest worthy bedroom, it’s the dream.
This little guy is my favourite.
Feels like I haven’t done anything crafty in ages! And that’s because I haven’t. This is an old project but I realised I have never posted it and wanted to share with you today.
The Big Bang Theory is one mine and the bf’s favourite shows so I made him this for Christmas. It is based on a pattern which I got from WeeLittleStitch on Craftsy, who have so many amazing designs. The pattern was for cross stitching but I went for Hama Beads because I’m lazy and it’s so much easier!
You need a pair of shoes. These are from New Look and are far past their best unfortunately. I also used PVA glue and a fine white glitter from Hobbycraft, a dish to decant the glue into and, of course, a glue spreader.
