My housemates and I had our Christmas dinner together at the end of last week. We decided to be incredibly lazy and go out for food rather than make it ourselves as there wasn't a time during a weekend when we'd all be here together during December and quite frankly I'm not sure who can be bothered to cook a roast with all the trimmings after a long day at work! Instead, we ended up in Wetherspoons, and considering I only spent just over a tenner I managed to stuff myself full with two courses plus a big glass of wine! The perfect arrangement really!
We decided that house Christmas would be the perfect opportunity to swap our Secret Santa presents (although if you've ever managed to keep Secret Santa a secret when there's only three people involved you clearly haven't thought hard enough about the logic behind it!). Our limit was only £5, and I had loads of ideas for presents, but very few ideas that wouldn't break the budget. I ended up having a crafty brainwave and nipped to Leeds Markets for some pretty fabric to set me on my way with making some pictures for my friend's wall. I thought I'd share my idea with you as its incredibly simple and a great way to give somebody a pretty little personalised present without too much trouble!
To make some similar wall art then all you need to do is follow these few instructions and you'll have a present sorted in no time!
You will need:
Two patterns of fabric (I bought 1/2 a metre of each but you actually only need about 1/4m really!)
Two canvases (I used these mega cheap canvases from Wilkinson's because I knew I could cover up the picture!)
Pinking Shears
Scissors,
Wall staple gun (working in education means I have pretty easy access to these, if you're not as lucky, super glue would do the trick too!)
Super Glue
Letter templates
Instructions:
Measure your fabric out around the canvases you are covering, making sure you have enough to cover the sides properly.
Staple/glue the fabric to the canvas.
Print off a template of the letters you'd like to use on the canvas- I made mine to fill an A4 Word Document.
Pin the template to the fabric and cut out the letters using the pinking shears.
Seriously, its that simple! What are you waiting for?
Let me know if you give it a try yourself!
(Not the most traditional of festive songs but its a great guilty pleasure!)
These look great! A lovely handmade gift idea. Can't beat it :) xx
ReplyDeleteThey look lovely, it's such a great idea for a pressie! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a good idea and so much more personalised than simply buying a present :) x
ReplyDeletewhat a fantastic idea! :) I'm totally giving these a go! :) xxxx
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