Scrapbook Frames

When one of my good friends sent me the very first (ultrasound) pic of her baby, I wanted to make her a frame to capture the little miracle.

Off to the Dollar Tree I went and I found this thing:

I cut off the string that is on it and then trimmed some scrapbook paper that I could wrap and glue around it. I used three different patterns.

I put a new ribbon through the old holes and cut a piece of white paper to fit on the back to "hide" where I wrapped the scrapbook paper. I hot glued on.

On the front, I hot glued a bull dog clip. I am not sure if there is another name for these, but you can buy them at office supply stores and even grocery stores. Mine happened to have a magnet (the round part of it), but I would have preferred to have one without - there is no need for the magnet part.

I took a piece of glass from the 4X6 Dollar Tree frame like this one:

And put it under the clip with the ultrasound picture. I also cut out the words "ultra cute" and put at the bottom of the frame.

I cut out an initial to cover the clip. You could also use a button or something else to spruce it up.

Here is the finished product (with baby's named blacked out, just in case the cat isn't totally out of the bag yet):

I like it so much that I made one for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day. She loves to take pictures, so I knew she would have just the right one for this frame:

This time I added a button on the clip for a little added pizzaz!

I will be posting to these cool parties!

Blog Swap with Scraps and Scribbles

Hey All! I have an exciting treat for you today, it's a blog swap with Courtney from Scraps and Scribbles!! Check out her adorable tutorial below and show her some love by visiting her adorable blog. Who knows, you just might run into me over there... :o)

Hello and happy Wednesday to all of you lovely Red Heads Craft More Fun readers. I'm Courtney from Scraps and Scribbles and I'm tickled pink to be guest blogging over at Red Heads today. This is my very first blog swap and what a better place to start than here on Courtney's blog. Isn't she just amazing?! And I love her name ; ) Just a bit about me: I'm a stay-at-home mom to one wonderful little boy. He's almost 18 months and keeps me very busy. When I'm not chasing him around the house, I like to craft, cook, sew and take photographs. I've been married to my sweet husband for close to 4 1/2 years and it's been great! He is truly the love of my life. We love spending our weekends exploring the great outdoors or having a nice lazy day at the beach here in Florida. If you're really curious, you can found out more about me on my blog : )

Silverware Garden Markers

Today I'm sharing with you how to make your very own garden markers from old silverware. I've been seeing these popping up everywhere and decided to put my own spin on them. It's a cheap, easy and fast way to dress up any garden! To make yours, you'll need:

Various assorted silverware

Drawing paper

Fine-tip permanent marker

Mod podge and brush

Glue stick

I found a whole bunch of silverware at Goodwill for $1 a bundle and I got 4 HUGE bundles (I've got some other silverware-related projects I'd like to do so I stocked up.) I started by going through my silverware and choosing the ones I thought would work best. I used 4 spoons and 4 forks.

Then, I traced around the top part of one of the spoons on the drawing paper

to give myself a rough idea of how big the labels should be.

Then I wrote out the label (I actually ended up not using this one, so if you don't see it and get confused, you know why.) Then I tore the paper around the word, leaving a small border and glued it onto the spoon.

Or in this case, fork. See I left enough around the word so if I needed to trim it down a little bit more, I could. I then painted on a thin layer of Mod Podge. This seals it and keeps water from ruining the paper.

Let the Mod Podge dry completely, which should take about 20 minutes.

Then stick them in your garden! And that's it! They're really fast and easy-which is how I like things. This is my little herb garden that I've got going on our balcony.

Hope you've enjoyed this tutorial! It's been a pleasure visiting and I hope you come by and see me over at Scraps and Scribbles!

Love, Courtney

Thanks for the adorable idea! You have inspired me to unleash my inner green thumb!