Gift ideas that you can make or buy with a focus on items you can sew, build, or craft.
How to make a spa wrap as a gift or for yourself. This spa wrap was made easily from a remnant of terrycloth that I found at the store. I made spa wraps from towels as gifts for Christmas last year, but wanted to make one for myself. When I found the PERFECT size remnant … Read more
I have a wedding shower for a coworker coming up in a couple weeks at work and I wanted to get something personalized. I contemplated ways to make a book myself, but found that the books they sold in the store or on Amazon were just more reasonably priced and didn’t have the margin of … Read more
I found this tutorial on Pinterest while I was looking for some good Mother’s Day gift ideas and decided to go for it. I have a ton of scrapbook paper that I keep for purposes like this. I also wanted to test out my new printer and printed a bunch of 4×6 photos for this. I … Read more
I don’t really like recipe books very much anymore because they’re just not as interactive as the web (less photos, no reviews), but I do like to keep recipes I’ve used and like on hand and off line. I usually find recipes to try on allrecipes.com or off Pinterest, follow them via the website, then … Read more
{Car Trash Bags} Last, but not least… I made these for the guys seeing they’re harder to sew for. The tutorial I used was here. Super simple and it used up some of my lower quality, but much thicker (which is good!) Pul fabric that I had on hand. They came out cute and they … Read more