Part 3

Below are some more of the homemade gifts that I did but didn't take any pictures of while I was making them....I promise i'll be better next year : )

These are "travel-while-its-hot" hair straightener holders.

All you do is simply buy a pot holder, fold it in half so the sides are together and then sew it along the side and bottom, leaving the top open so you can slide your straightener in!

These are earrings made out of string and paper clips!

It's literally as easy as 1, 2, 3 (4, 5, 6)! 

All you have to do is open up the paper clip and bend it to form a triangle. I, then used hot glue to connect it together so it would hold it's shape while I worked with the string. Then, you wrap the string all the way around the outside of the shape (be patient, this takes time and your fingers will feel it). Then, you have two options (unfortunately I don't have pictures of them). You can either run the string horizontally from the bottom of the paper clip to the top, covering up the middle of it so that it's a neat pattern; or you can do a "messy" pattern and just string it around a bunch of different ways until it's as filled up as you want it to be. Hopefully the pictures below will help you get somewhat of an idea, although i don't have a picture of the 'neat' way - hopefully you understand what I described. Then, when you're all done with the string, I again used a tiny bit of hot glue to secure the end of the string. Then you just need to get some earring hooks (I got a pack of 100 for like $0.30 on amazon!) and you're all set!

This gift was a "back rub for life"! It was pretty confusing for the recipient LOL - so the idea is that you wear the shirt and then your kids run their cars around on it and you get a free back rub!

All you need to do is buy a white t- shirt, go here to print out the pattern, stick it inside the shirt and trace it with fabric markers! Ta-da! : )

Although they were a pain in the butt and a headache - I really enjoyed giving so many homemade gifts this year and I look forward to doing it again next year : ) 

I hope i've (pin)spired you!