Homemade Christmas Gifts - The Scrap Shoppe

Welcome to a Homemade Christmas
with The Scrap Shoppe!

Link up your projects at the bottom of this post.

This week we're showing of our homemade Christmas gifts!

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I'm going to get the party started with an easy grandparent gift
that cost me $1.50 (plus paint).

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I purchased two frames and letters from the unfinished wood section of Hobby Lobby. Everything was half off that week so each set cost a whopping $1.50!

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I had some black Krylon paint on hand and purchased some Krylon Antique Brass to paint my wood pieces.

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I painted the letters with the Antique Brass.

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And painted the frames with the Krylon Black Satin.

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I also lightly sanded all of the edges of the frame to give it a slightly distressed look.

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The "g" I purchased is the start of the word "grandparent." So not to be redundant, I printed out my phrase without the g onto some coordinating cardstock.

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Click on the image above to download your own phrase if you want to make this gift for your grandparents!
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I glued the g to the front of the frame, added my printed phrase, and photos of the great grandkids (these set of frames are actually for my and my husband's grandparents, so the great grandparents of our son!). I inlcuded my son Gavin's latest daycare photo and little Caleb is represented by his latest ultrasound image.
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I love the phrase and, the photos can easily be changed year to year as the children grow!
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We all want to see what you're making, too, so be sure to link your homemade Christmas gifts to the party below!
The link party will be open until December 19th then I will pick some from the list to show off!
Please link only homemade gift ideas!
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22 Comments

  1. i have seriously been looking for a grandparent frame that i LOVED since my son was born 3 years ago!!! this is by far the best... must get to hobby lobby asap! 🙂
    thank you!!

  2. Love it! I am wondering if I could do this with a chipboard letter...hmmm....

    Stop by and see me sometime over at Free 2 Be Frugal! I made glittery monogram ornaments this week.

  3. What a fun project, I love it!!

    Thanks for stopping by WhipperBerry and leaving a sweet comment. I've linked up with your fun party!!

    Kisses
    Heather from WhipperBerry

  4. WOW! I am super duper behind with blog-reading, but Michele, my dear, this is sensational! I love that gigantic "g", and this would be a grandparent-pleaser for sure!! Well done!

  5. I love your frame idea 😉 I saw those swirly letters and fell in love but they only had one of three of the letters I needed for my project so I decided to do something different. Anyway, this is a great gift idea!

  6. This is so cute! I love the "G" on the outside of the frame. I think it adds so much! What a great idea. 🙂

  7. That is totally cute and so doable! Mema and Papa would love it! Can't wait to get this party started!

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