Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Name Game

I wanted to make each of my grandchildren a special gift for Christmas. 

I decided to give them each a special name picture that was just theirs and no one else would have.

Went to Hobby Lobby and bought scrapbook paper trying to match each personality. I wanted it to be fun and colorful.  My one grandson loves Star Wars so I went to a speciality scrap book store to get the licensed Star Wars paper. Luke Skywalker is crouched next to the M in his name.  My other grandson loves baseball so I used a baseball to dot his i, the background looks like the cover of a baseball, stitching and all.

The girls pictures are fun and colorful.

I wanted the frame to have glass but didn't want to spend a lot of money.  Found just what I wanted at A.C. Moore, just the right size for $9.99 a piece.

My neighbor found out about the project and said that she had a Cricut cutting machine and I was welcome to use it. I took all of the supplies over to her house and we spent the afternoon being creative and having fun. Used Hodge Podge to glue the letters and fun shapes to the background.

Grandpa attached the hanging wire to the back of each one and taped the hanging hardware on the back so that Mom or Dad could hang them up.

The kids loved them and they have a special gift from Grandma.