diy gifts

this Christmas i ended up doing quite a few DIY gifts

not all by choice ;)

Dave's family decided that each couple would make a gift for the other couples

we thought about it awhile, and finally decided to make hand painted wooden signs

i'd seen quite a few that i liked on interest, and took my inspiration from there

here's what we came up w/

it was a team effort

Dave bought a piece of shelving board and cut it into 4 pieces

he then painted/stained them all according to what i described to him and showed him in pics

they turned out so good!

i was so thankful for his help on that part because i would have been at a loss

i used InDesign to design the layout/lettering for each of them

i then printed them out on the printer, taped them together, and then used carbon copy paper to trace them onto the boards. Dave also helped w/ that.

painting the letters was the tedious part. it took much much longer than i ever expected it to

but we got them all done, and i think they were well liked by those who received them :)

the other diy gift i made this year was also inspired by pinterest

this one was from me to dave 

the easiest/funnest part about this gift was coming up w/ the 52 reasons!!!!