Color Series: Red

 

 

I wanted to finish up this fun holiday month with the color red! Red is such a strong color and makes such a dramatic effect in a space. It may be a bit vibrant for some but I love it! You can also use it in small doses for a splash of color in your space.

 

Design is Mine

Design Hunter

House Beautiful

 

HGTV

 

Minimalisti

 

Design Hunter

 

Stephanie Gracie

 

When searching for cool red interiors, I found a popular trend, red in kitchens and bathrooms!

DIY Girls Gift Exchange

 

 

My friends and I had another DIY gift exchange. The rules, you must make it and it must be under $10. You bring the number of gifts for the number of people that will be there, so in the end you get around 8 gifts if there were 8 people there. We did this last year and it was so fun seeing everyone's creativity! If you are looking for some quick inexpensive gifts to make, here’s some inspiration!

 

1. Vanilla extract

Made with vodka and vanilla beans

 

2. Chalkboard frame

Painted back of frame with chalkboard paint

 

3. Seashell airplant magnet

Hot glued a magnet on seashell, added airplant

 

4. Mini canvas flower art

Painted canvas, applied button and pieces of paper in flower design

 

5. Carmel corn in cute jar

Made carmel corn, attached recipe and added gingerbread man

 

6. Natural potpourri

This has orange, cranberry, and cinnamon to add to stove and simmer on Christmas morning

 

7. Infinity scarf

Sewed an infinity scarf! I’m in love with this!

 

8. Burlap mason jar candle holder

This is what I made for my friends and I will give you a quick tutorial.

• Clean out old jar, remove label, and if the expiration date is on the glass use a copper dish scrubber  and hot water to scrub off the numbers
• Cut burlap to fit around the jar
• Cut lace to fit around jar on top of burlap
• Hot glue burlap and lace onto jar, be careful since burlap and lace has an open weave the glue easily comes through and can burn your fingers
• Cut a piece of twine and tie it around the jar in a bow
• Put a candle in the jar and you are done!

 

Hope this gives you some creative ideas for those last minute gifts!

Peterson’s Perspective DIY Holiday Roundup

 

 

Check out all my past posts on things to make for holiday gifts, cards, tags and decorating ideas.

Reindeer Beer

 

Christmas card display

 

Make your own holiday wreath

 

DIY ornament wreath

 

Christmas printable art

 

Gold glitter deer artwork

 

Easy holiday cards

                         

 

DIY gift bags, tags and cards

 

Handmade coasters

 

Customized Candles

 

Customized liquid hand soap and bath fizzies

 

Make your own soap

                      

 

DIY gift tag roundup

 

DIY washi tape gift tags

 

DIY gold polka dot vase

 

I hope this gives you guys some last minute ideas! I love making gifts for people, I always have fun and it creates such a thoughtful gift. Happy holidays!

DIY Ornament Wreath

I got invited to a pinterest party last week and we made the cutest ornament wreaths! The host picked up all the supplies, had delicious drinks and snacks and even an adorable nail polish to take home. We didn't really follow specific instructions on how to make this wreath, we just figured it out and helped one another. You basically start with a foam wreath, remove the hanger type piece from the ornament and sort of dig the ornament top piece into the foam. Then you take hot glue and put it at that location on the wreath and apply the ornament and hold until the glue dries. It gets harder the fuller the wreath gets but you want to have your colors and textures evenly spaced, your ornaments positioned at different angles, and you want to create different layers using different sized ornaments. It was really fun because we had such a variety of ornaments to choose from and everyone created something different. We all agreed that they all looked amazing! It takes some time but it’s really easy to do!




                          



Here are some more photos of my wreath when I was at home.

DIY Gift Tag Roundup

 

I have seen so many cute printable gift tags around the blog and pinterest world! Click the links below to download and print these super cute tags!

World Label

 

Creature Comforts Blog

 

Sass and Peril

 

Kelli Murray

 

In case you list my last post, here are my cute gift tags I made!

DIY Gift Tags

 

I had a blast making these easy, inexpensive and adorable gift tags! I picked up some supplies at the craft store and gathered some existing craft stuff I had and went to work. These gift tags add such a personal touch on your presents and look 10 times cooler than traditional tags. I used two kinds of washi tape, stamps, glitter snowflakes, blank gift tags, and bakers twine. That’s all you need! With the Christmas stamps I had, I was able to mix it up and create different looks on the back of the gift tags.

 

Stay tuned for the gift tag round up I will be posting soon!