Personalised Photo Frames

Hi All,

Today I thought I would share with you another gift idea which I enjoy making for my friends and family... personalised photo frames!

Again, I think they are another lovely thoughtful decoration for the home and I thought I would share a photo of a frame I made for my best friends wedding last June.

The frame and words are by 'Beyond the page' and arrive in there plain brown mdf form.  Once they arrived in my eager crafty hands I painted the frame black (which I think allows the white and purple colour to pop)  and the words in white.  I then selected different elements from a collection of Wedding themed Kaisercraft papers which I then placed within the frame with my favourite photos.

To add an extra touch I adjusted the colour my photoshop elements software to allow me to keep the photos black and white and only show the purple colour in the flowers.  I also personalised one of the papers (in the bottom right corner) with their names and date of their wedding by using Dry rub off paper by Craftycomputerpaper.co.uk

All the final little details such as the flowers and pearls I purchased from my local hobby craft store.

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and enjoy making some lovely personalised gifts of your own, as much as I do!

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Bird Cage Gift Baskets

Hi All,

I have always been really into making gift baskets for family and friends and enjoy taking the time to think of different ways in which to present them and varying themes etc. 

I have recently created some gift baskets in the form of bird cages, as it is a lovely way to present the gift but the cage can also be used again for decoration around the home, some of my friends have used their's with candles inside for added decoration.

To make the baskets I purchased the bird cages from a local home store along with some decorative plastic flowers which I cut into individual strands and weaved through the cage, securing with some beading wire.  The contents includes a variety of smellies, purchased according to the reciepents taste. 

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