Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Home made Birthday gift

A good friend celebrated her birthday on Sunday so I wanted to give her a homemade gift. I already had the home made soaps, but that wasn't enough so I set about creating a button 'picture' for her.
I already had a small canvas, which I painted with a tester pot given to me by another friend who is having her entire house redecorated after a terrible flood (from her water tank rather than river). The colour is described as 'port' - I needed a dark background as I had a bag of white buttons.
Then I drew out a heart shape template which I transferred onto the canvas in pencil. I was going to use my newly acquired glue gun, but it didn't come with any glue sticks, so I reverted to my trusty PVA. Carefully and painstakingly, I positioned the buttons as randomly as I could, varying sizes and opacity (or indeed transparency!) and glued them in place with a dab of PVA applied with a small tip brush.
Once I was happy with the design, I did a quick touch up of the background colour as, inevitably, there where some small traces of glue on the outside of the heart shape.
Left to dry and I'm quite pleased with the result. I guess you could customise the background colour according to the colour scheme of the room...



On a totally different note, but still a 'gift', my youngest decided to have a lot of hair cut off this weekend (12 inches to be precise). Rather than throw it away, she has decided to donate it to a charity that uses human hair to make real wigs. All her own idea, bless her! It sits very well with my way of thinking too and I'm very proud of her for researching it and following it through :) 



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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 March 2015 at 08:17

    Thats a lovely gift and card, I bet you enjoyed making it x

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    1. Happeninguponhappiness3 March 2015 at 08:43

      Yes i did. I like crafts that are simple but have impact, so sticking buttons on is just up my street!!

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  2. Anonymous3 March 2015 at 14:09

    Your home made picture is gorgeous. I saw something similar for sale in a craft shop recently and it was priced at £30.
    That's a lot of hair your daughter's had chopped off. Lovely that it's going to a really good cause, just hope she likes her new "do". (Mrs LH)

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    1. Happeninguponhappiness3 March 2015 at 15:12

      Blimey! I'd really like to find a small café or somewhere that might sell a few for me I think. Wasn't imagining they'd fetch that much mind! She's very happy with her hair thanks :)

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    2. Anonymous3 March 2015 at 17:47

      Yes, it was v.similar to your design. I was looking for something for a baby girl but the buttons and frame were more blue and boy related. If it had been for a girl I would have bought it. There's money to be made there!!!

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  3. Chickpea3 March 2015 at 20:27

    What a lovely present, lucky friend! How wonderful of your daughter to donate her hair.

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  4. Sue5 March 2015 at 17:22

    Love the heart picture, and how lovely is your daughter to think of doing that with her beautiful hair. Well done to her, I bet her new shorter cut is fantastic. xx

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