DIY Gift Ideas

The past few days I have accumulated quite a collection of really neat-o

"pins" {from Pinterest, of course!} of easy and fun DIY gift ideas for

many different occasions. Most of these also include step by step

tutorials to guide you along the way. Here are some of my most 

favorite ideas that I plan on trying very soon. In case you didn't know, 

there are only 111 days until that bearded white-haired man in the

infamous velvety red suit comes to visit! Hope you find some

inspiration as well... homemade gifts are always the best!! 

1. Homemade Sugar Scrub- Whip up some homemade sugar scrub and pack it 

into cute little decorated jars. Find tutorials and recipes for making this

heavenly stuff as well as the cutesy jar labels here.

2. Cowgirl Cookies In A Jar- courtesy of Bakerella. Traditional oats, chocolate 

chips and pecans with some added pink m&m’s to make them more girly.

3.  Welcome to the new world of chalkboard paint!! You can do almost

anything with this stuff! You have gotta check out this tutorial on making

these cute {and very functional} wine glasses. You know... when you host

that girls night complete with several bottles of wine and we all walk around

all night going "whose glass is this??" Perfect.

4. Etched glass anything!! But especially casserole dishes. What a great 

idea for covered dish dinner night at church! Never loose another dish...

or maybe not. I have etched a few glass pieces, and as intimidating as it

was at first, it's really not that hard or complicated. The only negative to this

project is that glass etching materials can be a bit pricey. Tip: Get this at your 

local Michael's Arts & Crafts and use a weekly coupon and you could

save up to 50% off.

5. Homemade tile coasters made with scrapbooking paper. Oh the

design possibilities are endless. If you ever visited the scrapbook paper 

section at any crafts store, you know this already!  What an easy idea!!

6. This one hits my "cupcake love" hotspot!! Love, love love!! Very

simple and you can even let the kiddos help you with this one.

7. Ok so, I know you've seen all those cute {all-seasonal} scarves on

everyone's neck here lately. And guess what... you can make these on

your own with supplies you probably already have on hand... minus a hefty

price tag! Fun, flirty and fashionable! I'll take one in every color! Check

out this site for this easy t-shirt scarf tutorial.

8. This is probably #1 on my list. I am in love! These were created as a

bridesmaid survival kit, but you could use this idea for so many other

themes as well! These are mini suitcases filled with fun things such as safety 

pins, a small sewing kit, kleenex, mints, chewing gum..... all the things

that a bride... or maid... may need on the BIG DAY!