Just a quick note to say Happy Father’s Day! There’s still time before tonight’s barbecue to make a handmade stitched Father’s Day card like the one below from Make and Takes.
Or maybe you’ve already sent one of the animal-themed Father’s Day cards and made one of the DIY gifts I suggested?! If not, hopefully you found one of these other sweet-as-can-be Father’s Day cards :)
{Sources: Flora and Fauna, Wit & Whistle, Rifle Paper Co., Red Cap Cards}
Hope you have a great day!
-Charlie
As I was looking for DIY Father’s Day gifts for yesterday’s post, I came across a TON of cute photo ideas. Check out the sweet photos below — perfect as framed gifts for Dad!
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What I DIDN’T find were any Father’s Day photos from pets! I thought a picture of me with a “Happy Father’s Day” banner would be a perfect gift for Tom, so Liz helped me whip this up! All she needed was a used cardboard cylinder (she used an empty roll from a pack of drawer liner), some cute wrapping paper (to wrap around the cardboard), twine…
And the “Happy Father’s Day” printed letters. Liz used the same font from the header of this blog — “MTF Skinny Jeans” available for download from Miss Tiina. I just love Miss Tiina and all of her amazing fonts!
Liz cut out each of the letters…
Used an X-acto knife to cut two little slits at the top of each letter…
And used the twine to string the letters together!
She tied the twine to the wrapped cardboard tube, and the DIY Father’s Day banner was ready to go!
I may be a partial judge, but I think the picture turned out perfect :)
Hope you had a good day!
-Charlie
I thought I’d take this week’s Top Ten Tuesday to share some of my favorite DIY Father’s Day gifts. I can’t believe Father’s Day is only a few days away! Luckily, a lot of these projects seem pretty straightforward, so you still have time to put together a great handmade gift for Dad! Just click on the link below the pictures to access the tutorials :)
10.) Argyle Sock Vase. We’ll start with the usual suspects… Dad might be used to getting socks for Father’s Day, but he’s probably never received sock vases (with some manly flowers, of course). I really like this idea — the only reason it’s not higher on my list is because I’m not a huge fan of argyle!
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9.) Handmade Ties. You can’t go wrong with a nice necktie, but a HANDMADE necktie will definitely earn you bonus points.
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8.) Hand Hemstitched Linen Handkerchief. I have a soft spot for handkerchiefs, and this tutorial for handmade handkerchiefs is awesome.
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7.) Custom Painted Coffee Mugs. These are so sweet and simple, and what dad doesn’t like coffee?!
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6.) Retro Lego Cufflinks. So. Stinking. Amazing.
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5.) Framed Father’s Day Questionnaire. This is SUCH a cute idea from a young child… As a modified version for older kids, you could find a piece of artwork or poetry from when they were younger and frame it (luckily Liz is a pat-rack and has tons of old stuff from when she was younger).
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4.) Toiletry Bag. Especially fitting for the travelin’ dad!
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3.) Mini Mint Toolboxes. Made out of used Altoids tins! Okay, so they might not be the most functional toolboxes, but they would DEFINITELY be helpful in storing the odds and ends nuts and bolts.
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2.) Classic Leather Notebook. Everything about this completely handmade notebook is perfect. Anyone ever tried bookbinding before? It scares Liz and Tom, but it can’t be THAT difficult!
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1.) Wood Clock. I love this clock. I love the wood piece. I love the hand-written number twelve. And I love the charming red hands. Ack, too much to have one in every room?
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Alright, time to go work on my DIY Father’s Day gift to Tom. Hopefully it’ll be done by tomorrow so I can share :)
-Charlie