Easy Gift Signage

Hi Beauties,

I hoped everyone had a fantastic Christmas and a wonderful New Year! I also hope that everyone was able to spend majority of their holidays with family and friends. I for one had an amazing Christmas with my family, and was able to do majority of the crafts that I wanted to do in a short period of time. That being said, I have some signs that I painted over the holidays that my family absolutely loved and now I’m going to share them with you.

Here are the signs I painted for some of my family members. The tutorial for these signs are the exact same as my pervious sign tutorials. Click HERE for the tutorial.

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) 

Easy Signage and Wall Decor

Hey Guys!

These are the crafts that I have been doing over the Christmas holidays. Majority of these crafts are signs, which I made for Christmas presents and for holiday decorating. All of these signs consist of the same steps just different fonts and paint colors.

Items you’ll need:

Board/Piece of wood

Paint/Woodstain

Paintbrush

Sander

Varnish
Hammer

Hanging hooks

Step 1: Find a piece of wood that you would like to paint a quote onto. Now sand the board down until the surface and edges are smooth.

Step 2: Paint or stain the background of your sign. Choose a color or stain that will best fit the theme of your quote.

Step 3: Once the background paint has completely dried, it’s quote time. First you need to print out a quote, I use Microsoft word to design quotes at the exact font and size that I wish. Once the font is printed out, tape the paper with the quote printed onto, and place it where you would like it to be painted on your sign. Now use transfer paper that can be bought at any craft store, and put the transfer paper under the quote.  Use a pencil to trace the quote, the transfer paper allows the quote to transfer onto the sign! Once the quote is on, use a thin paintbrush and start painting on the quote. Usually do 2-3 coats of paint until the quote looks bold. 

Step 4: Once your quote is painted and dried, paint or spray varnish your sign. The varnish seals the paint onto the board and gives the sign a shiny look. 

Step 5: Lastly, use a hammer and nail some hanging hooks onto the back of your sign.

Thanks guys, hope enjoy making your own signs!