Southern Scraps

The days and holidays are flying by. In about three short weeks, it will be Father's Day. Here are 10 DIY gifts (and gift wraps) for celebrating Dad. Altoid mini toolbox     Mason jar bird feeder   *Include the bird seed in a gift jar. Swap out the ribbon for some twine or a burlap bow to make it a little more masculine.     Bird Seed gift jar     Bow tie gift bag   Stache jar       His favorite nuts with a "Nuts About you" printable     Hot rod gift bag   *Honor Dad's best friend with a altered photo frame     Man's best friend frame     Stamped washer key chains   Leather wrapped journal

After falling in love with sisal rope projects and the nautical flair they can add to coastal decor, I decided to try my hand at making my own rope picture frame. This mirror was my inspiration piece: source It's really quite easy. All you need is a frame, sisal rope, and a hot glue gun (with glue of course.) I started with this frame from Michael's. It had a flat surface, the original color would not look bad if any showed through, and it was on clearance. The rope came from Wal-mart. I just started gluing around and around until I couldn't glue any more rope on. You may have noticed the inspiration piece left the corners exposed but I wanted to cover mine, so I cut short pieces of rope and filled in the corners. When I was done, I ran one long piece of rope all the way around the outer edges. Here it is finished: I decided later that it needed something else, so I added a starfish I had on hand. It is now part of my coastal sofa table vign...

I'm back to share my project for the Verve project parade. When I was home for Mother's Day, I took some pictures of my Daddy's "Angel". He seemed to be interested in how they turned out, so I decided that I would frame one for him for Father's Day. I shopped for a dog frame and couldn't find one I liked. Then Verve posted the new project parade theme- It's a guy thing, and I knew what I had to do- make my own. What is more of a guy thing than "Man's best friend." I purchased an unfinished wood scrapbook frame from Michael's. Here is the result of my efforts. I didn't use a Verve stamp because I don't have any guy themed ones, but I thought this Simple Thoughts- Dog from a Cloud 9 Design set was perfect for my project and some future pet pages and frames I plan to do. Paper : My Mind's Eye Classic Unique Shining Star/Molding Clay Paper Stamp : Cloud 9 Design Simple Thoughts- Dog Other supplies : stickers, ribbon (Michael...