New Projects

My latest craft projects have been for gifts. This first picture is a frame for a friend's new baby, due in October. 

For Gavin's birthday I surprised him with a new craft project. I found a super cute cross stitch pattern through Etsy of the Walking Dead. We are both big fans so I figured it was something he could hang up in Houston and it would also be allowed on the walls that we share again :) 

It took a while, of course I picked one with a lot of people in it, but it was something fun to work on in the evenings post-wedding planning.

Craft Update

So apparently planning a wedding and having a fiance/husband live states away has taken up a lot of my time. I haven't done too many crafts in that time but hopefully I can catch up on what I have done.

Wedding Party Gifts

I made this mugs for my bridal party. Since each was from a different state they received a mug with their state's outline and a mug of Tennessee. 

Christmas Gifts: Embroidered Initial Necklaces

For Christmas this year I wanted to try my embroidery skills. I was inspired by ones I had seen on Etsy so I ordered some supplies and practiced my stitches! 

Picture Frame:

 Another picture frame for a new UT baby!

Headbands

As a gift for Valentine's day for my niece, I decided to use ribbon and flowers, most I had already had from making the bows for her baby sister, and added them to simple headbands. I think they turned out pretty cute!

 

Frames and Bookmarks

I neglected to post a couple of other gifts I have made a while ago. Below is another picture frame for a baby gift. This one was for a "future Vol" if you couldn't tell from all of the orange and white!

These are some little bookmarks I made with ribbon and paperclips. A little more difficult than they looked in the pictures in Pinterest, but still turned out cute.

 

In a Jar

For Christmas gifts this year I was inspired by a blogger who put together "Everything in a Jar" gifts. I went through my gift list and tailored jars to fit. It was fun to go with the themes and try to find things small enough to fit in jars.


Here are the jars I ended up creating:

Pampering in a Jar

Refreshment in a Jar

Golf in a Jar

Outdoors in a Jar

Winter in a Jar

Summer in a Jar

My Favorite Things in a Jar

Christmas Frames

One of my winter crafts involved putting together some holiday picture frames. The theme was 1950s and pink, so this is what I came up with.

New Picture Frame

I feel like it's been forever since I have actually been crafty. However, I have had some projects here and there and am finally getting around to posting again. 

Recently, a co-worker and friend moved back to Nebraska. In honor of her time at UT and the University of Nebraska, I made this frame for her. 

I think it turned out pretty cute and hope she can look at us and fondly remember her time at UT (or be glad she's gone). Either way!

I have more frames in the works so I will have more to post soon!