Thursday, July 10, 2008

For Dad...





This is an altered tin (Altoid type) that I made for my dad. It holds pics of me, my dh and my kiddos. I also included some random gift cards of places he likes to eat and have coffee. I tried to keep it as foo-foo free as possible.
oh...and yes, it says "Love, Fred" - that's what he called me when I was little. =]


And since I am showing you something I recently made, here is something else that I did recently. I teach a Jr. High and High School girls Sunday School class at church. We are going to be starting on a new devotional book. The book encourages us to keep a journal as we go through the lessons are encouraged to meditate on God's Word and issues that are so important.
So, I went to Staples and bought these recycled, sugar-cane made spiral notebooks (less than $1.50 each). I gave one to each girl and then let them have at my collection of supplies (they love it when they walk in and see all my stuff there!). We took a heavy patterned cardstock, cut it to fit the front cover, and then applied it with a thin layer of mod podge. From there you can go as wild as you want. Add ribbon, chipboard shapes and letters, flowers, glitter...whatever! Hannah did the black one and I did the other one. Actually, I did most of it. Hannah added a bunch more ribbon to it for me.
The girls were instructed to bring it back every week for class. I hope they're as excited as I am about it!

4 comments:

Lee said...

Gorgeous! I have to start doing that kind of thing ... my girls would love to do the books. Thanks for the great ideas :)

~~Carrie Ann said...

That is a gorgeous gift for your dad! I love the idea! How did you hold the cards together? I love it, Sherry! :)

shirley said...

LOVE the altered tin and notebooks. I am inspired!

Kaye said...

Oh, I love that altered tin! You did a great job!! I love the notebooks, too.