DIY Mother’s Day Gifts

Courtney Carmean — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:12:22 +0000

Mother’s Day is quickly approaching. Year after year so many of us struggle to find just the perfect gift for our moms, mother in laws, and other moms we love. Let’s face it, at the end of the day nothing says “I love you” more than a gift made with our own hands. Especially for moms.

So I decided to round up some of my DIY projects that would be perfect Mother’s Day Gifts for those special moms on your list!!!!

For the nature loving mom….

DIY Photo Flower Pot

Moss Birdhouse

For the photo loving mom…..

Wood Photo Holder

DIY Photo Tile Coasters

A mom who sews….

DIY Framed Pin Cushion

Sewing Subway Art

A wine loving mom…..

Wine Cork Topiary

Wine Subway Art & Wine Bottle Hurricanes

A mom who loves to cook….

Recipe & Photo Holder

Subway Art Kitchen Jar

So there is just a few ideas for some great DIY Mother’s Day Gifts. Hopefully my little list at least sparked some ideas for you. Feel free to keep looking around the blog for more inspiration if you need it!

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Mother’s Day Photo Flower Pot

Courtney Carmean — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in projects, working on projects, blogging about projects, planning for projects, making projects to sell…..that I forget to make things for the people I love and care about. This year I tried to be on the ball and get some Mother’s Day projects made.

I decided I wanted to make a Photo Flower Pot for my Mother In Law. I started out with a plastic flower pot from the dollar store. I decided to go with plastic so it would be nice and light to ship across the country. I wasn’t really feeling the green color of the pot though and decided to paint it with a glossy black spray paint.

Once the pot was painted black it was time to add the photos. I gathered up a bunch of pictures I had taken recently of the kiddos. I used some outdoor Mod Podge to attach photos that I printed out on my printer.

I gave the whole thing a few shots of Mod Podge Acrylic spray. I did my best to prevent water damage from happening.

As I added the photos around the pot they didn’t line up completely because the pot is obviously rounded. To hide the unevenness, I added some ribbon to the top and bottom of the photos. Then I finished things off with some sweet little bows.

Awe aren’t they precious? Ok, I may be biased!

Again, because I need to ship this across the country I couldn’t add a real plant. So I decided to include some gardening gloves and seed packets inside the flower pot.

I love how it turned out and it should be arriving at my Mother In Law’s house in a couple days. I hope she loves it as much as I do!

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