Christmas Cards

Hey Guys!

I am so sorry about the late blog post! I have been extremely busy with work, packing and a few of my girlfriends have been visiting for the past week that I haven’t had the time to do any crafts except my Christmas cards. This year I decided to spice up my Christmas cards by adding a little Christmas touch to them. I used crayons and some Christmas stencils that I made myself. These cards turned out a little cheesy and playful, but I’m sure my receiver’s will appreciate my Christmas touch.

Items I used to make these Christmas Cards:

Christmas Cards purchased from Target

Crayons

Black Sharpie

Transfer Paper

Printed Stencils

**Majority of these items should be laying around the house! If not, they can be purchased from the dollar store. 

Step 1: Once you have purchased your Christmas Cards its time to spice up the envelopes. I printed 3 different types of Christmas images off the Internet and then used my transfer paper and traced the images onto the envelopes. I did each card differently depending on their names and addresses. I used red and green crayons and a black sharpie to color and bold the envelope. This craft is really fun and easy to do; it’s a great starter craft for the holidays!

Hope you guys enjoyed, and more Christmas crafts to come!

Christmas images I used for my cards

JackLeatherware

JackLeatherware Keychains

Hey guys,

Check out these really cool handmade leather keychains. They’re personally made by a local Vancouverite, named Nat Sabourin.

These vintage looking keychains consist of black leather that’s imported from Italy, with a silver snap and a Chicago screw that holds the key ring. These trendy keychains are also available in cognac leather with brass hardware. Order yours today for only $20!

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But first, coffee.

DIY Personalized Mugs!

This is a simple, affordable and easy craft to do! Personalized mugs can be a perfect gift for a friend who’s battling a cold, or for those coffee and tea lovers as a great Christmas stocking stuffer, or can even be used as adorable wedding favors.

To put together your own personalized mug, you’re going to need the following:

Oven Safe Mug

Sharpie Marker

Baking Oven

**Oven Safe Mugs and Sharpie Markers can be purchased at a dollar or craft store.

Step 1: First Pre-heat your oven to 350 F. Now take your mug and sharpie, and start drawing on quotes, designs, messages, or you can even do themed mugs such as, birthday’s or Christmas! Once you’re done designing your mug its time to seal the design on by putting the mugs into the oven for 30 minutes. I placed my mugs on a baking sheet while they baked,  just to be extra caution. Once the 30 minutes are up, take your mugs out of the oven and let them sit for about 10 minutes until the mugs have cooled down. Once your mugs are cool, the design is sealed on, and your mugs are ready to be used! 

**If for some reason you don’t like your design and you would like to redo it, but can’t get the Sharpie marks off, you can use a cotton ball and nail polish remover. Dab the nail polish remover on your design. The nail polish will completely remove your pervious design.

**HANDWASH MUGS ONLY.

Enjoy!

Vintage Book iPhone Charging Dock

Hey Guys,

Now that the Halloween Season is finally over... it felt like it lasted forever! It’s time to prepare for Christmas. This iPhone Charging Dock can be a great gift for a teenager’s bedroom or dorm room.

This iPhone charger is cleverly placed in between stacked, vintage, books. You can simply slip your iPhone into the upright portal and your iPhone will instantly charge!

Items you will need to create this Vintage Book iPhone Charging Dock:

·      4 Vintage Books

·      5 ft. iPhone Charger Cord

·      iPhone Portal

·      Box Cutter Knife

·      Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks

·      Ruler

**Vintage books can be purchased at a thrift store, and the iPhone portal can be purchased at an electronic store or I just used the piece that came in my beats iPhone dock.

Step 1: Once you have all your materials and tools, take a ruler and measure the top piece of the iPhone charger that connects to the phone. Once measured, draw those measurements on top of the book you would like to be your top book.

Step 2: Take your box cutter knife and cut out that little rectangle you just traced on the cover of top first book. Make sure that the rectangle is a little smaller than the iPhone cord so that it fits in there snug.

Step 3: Now that the cover layer is cut, the charger needs to fit flush into the book. So you’re going to have to cut the same rectangle into all of the pages of the first book until the charger is sitting flush. In the second book you’re going to have to cut the same rectangle as the first, although you’re also going to have to cut a straight line all the way to the back of the book, big enough so that the iPhone cord can fit flush into the pages. You’re probably only going to have to cut through the first 2 books but if your cord still isn’t sitting flush in the pages then cut the third book.

Step 4: Once the iPhone charger and cord are sitting flush into the books, take your portal piece and push it into the rectangle cutout on top of the first book. You might need to cut the rectangle piece a little bigger so that the portal piece fits nicely into the hole. Make sure that the iPhone charger piece fits through the portal and sits nicely so an iPhone can sit sturdy, upright on the book. Now glue the iPhone charger onto the portal and the portal down into the books.

Step 5: Now that portal and the cord are glued onto the books, stack the remainder 2 books underneath the other 2 books and use your hot glue gun and glue each book together. Once all the books are glued together you can now start charging your phone!

Enjoy Guys!

(The black piece is the iPhone Portal Piece)