If you're like me, you've walked into department stores and craft stores recently and thought, wait, wait, wait!!! It's barely even fall yet, and they're displaying Christmas stuff?!? Well, friends, this year, I've jumped on the crazy train too and started preparing early!!! The holidays will be so much less stressful if all the gifts are already taken care of!
With my new finish-the-shopping-early theory in mind, I was super excited when Havalah from Sisters, What! asked if I wanted to create a holiday gift for a blog hop with fourteen other bloggers! Handmade gifts? Can it get any better?! It's only September, so you've got plenty of time to explore DIY gift ideas and get your craft on!! These are some talented ladies, so you're sure to find plenty of ideas! Links to all of the above projects are at the bottom of this post!
I wanted to create something that had a Christmas theme to it and something that anyone could use. I also wanted it to be an affordable gift that was easy enough for anyone to make! I created these simple holiday tea towels quickly and easily! The best part is that they can easily be customized to any design you want and can work for any occasion!
- Wash, dry, and iron a set of plain flour sack tea towels.
- Choose wording and fonts. Print your design and cut out each word. The font I used is "Quickier."
- Arrange your design on the tea towel, and then slip it underneath the tea towel so that you can see the text through the towel.
- Trace the text with fabric markers in your choice of color.
- You could even add embellishments such as ribbon or lace!
What a perfect gift, Nicole these are so cute!
ReplyDeletethose are great gifts and seem super easy to make.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about going to homemade route this year. These are so cute and would make great gifts! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThese towels are beautiful! Great idea to trace them (my handwriting is pretty scary)!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute dish towels! I was just thinking the other day that I am in need of some new ones. Now it looks like I can just make my own!! Thanks
ReplyDeleteGorgeous font choice! Tea towels are such a fun gift idea - you're right, I would always be happy to receive them as a gift :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea, very versatile too - favourite lines from festive songs would be fun. And not just Christmas ideas! (now my mind is whirring with possibilities, thanks!)
ReplyDeleteThese towels are fabulous, Nicole! They look so pretty and festive hanging on the stove. I was so excited that we both got to participate in this blog hop!!
ReplyDeleteI love gifts like this! Such a great idea, Nicole! They came out beautifully. Very Pottery Barn-esque!
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