Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Photo Sewing

Time for another tutorial! Sewing on photos is a fun and unique way to embellish your favorite pictures. Plus it's really easy. Follow the instructions below to make your own!




Ready? Begin...

1. After you have your photo, draw your design or words onto the photo with a hard pencil. This will put enough of a dent onto the photo so that you can see it.


2. Now some may say that you need to use a foam board for this next step but we all have couches, right? Poke holes along your design using a needle. Place closer holes around curved edges.


3. The stitch that I used for my projects is a back stitch. To start, insert your threaded needle from the back of the picture in the second hole into your design. Pull the thread through, making sure to keep a short tail left at the back.


4. Then, go back down through the front of the picture through the first hole in your design. 


5. You have your first stitch! 



6. Continue in this way, coming up through the next empty hole, and going back down back through the hole before it. This is why it's called a backstitch!


You can create lots of unique designs onto your photos. Words, shapes, designs, what have you!


Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Have a good weekend!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Personalized Photo Letters


Ready for something new? Well I've got another tutorial for lil' old...
Letter photos are all the craze! They're perfect for wedding gifts, baby showers, etc. But rather than using photos that other people take, why not make it a bit more personal? Find letters from a couple's Alma Mater, a friend's hometown or your favorite vacation spot. Be the artist yourself! You can do this!  Once you start looking for letters you will see them everywhere. So start a letter scavenger hunt and then read my tutorial on how to use Picnik to go from a snapshot to a piece of letter art!

Get instructions after the break....