Great Holiday Gift - Photo Ornaments

The holidays do tend to sneak up on us. Before you know it, all your plans to make handmade gifts are out the window because you’ve run out of time. Personalized photo gifts are an option even at the last minute. Your biggest challenge in making personalized photo gifts will deciding which adorable photo you’d like to showcase.

Making personalized glass photo gifts is simple and only takes a few minutes.

Ultimately, when choosing a gift for a loved one, price is usually the deciding factor. We’d all love to spend a fortune on gifts around the holidays, but not everyone has that option. Personalized photo gifts are affordable. The materials to make personalized photo ornaments cost just a few dollars per gift. At that price, you can afford to give everyone in your family a photo ornament at the holidays. 

Personalized photo ornaments and gifts are the solution to your holiday gift-giving dilemmas. They’re fun and easy to make. Not to mention, handmade photo ornaments are kind to your gift-giving budget.

Most importantly, photo ornaments are personal. Every year, when your loved one hangs your personalized photo ornament on the tree, they’ll think of the thoughtfulness and effort that went into the making of that gift. They will remember the moment the photo was taken and enjoy the memory of that photo throughout the holiday season. Socks might be a more functional gift, but they don’t last forever. Personalized photo gifts and ornaments bring joy year after year.

DIY Craft Stencils

Do you ever look at other’s handmade, craft stenciled cloth bags, t-shirts or other creations and think, “I can do that!” You definitely can. Anyone can create fun, personalized stenciled crafts in no time at all. They make great gifts and an even better way to demonstrate your interests and personal style.

The trouble is, when you go to craft stores, they never seem to have the stencil that you want. The craft stencil collection usually leaves a little bit to be desired.

If you have a specific message that you’re looking to create, sometimes you even have to purchase individual alphabet stencils. They almost never have all the letters you need in the font that you want. If they do, you have to work overtime to ensure that your message is stenciled on straight without them looking like a jumbled mess.

Sure, you can always paint your messages, logos and designs free handed. But unless you have some natural artistic talent—and not everyone does—your painted craft might not turn out exactly how you’ve envisioned it.

Luckily, you can create your very own craft stencils right in your own home. It’s quick, easy, and better yet, you always end up with the exact stencil you want.

How do you make your own craft stencils? Affordable do-it-yourself kits make it possible for you to create stencils at home that are ready to use in minutes. You can use these stencils over and over again to personalize items in a number of ways.

1. Simply create your stencil design on the computer using design software. 
2. Print the design onto transparency so that you can use to make your stencil. 
3. With your easy to use stencil maker, transfer the design to durable film stencil material. 
4. The stencil maker cuts the design for you, allowing you to create intricate stencil designs without the frustration of cutting them yourself.
   

In just a few moments, your stencil is dry and ready to go. Because you used durable film stencil material, you can use the same stencil over and over again to stencil painted images and text on an endless numbers of bags, t-shirts, or any cloth material you can get your hands on.

These durable stencils can also be used with tougher design transfer techniques like metal and glass etching. You might think that metal and glass etching would ruin your stencil. But the right craft stencil material can ensure that your stencil will help produce many different stenciled crafts. Tough stencils save you time and money. 

Do-it-yourself stencil making kits help you create hundreds of different personalized crafts that you could never do by hand. Create uniform copy that says exactly what you want. Stencil beautiful designs and logos without the time and frustration of trying to draw them yourself.

Making your own craft stencils can produce beautiful personalized wardrobe pieces and gifts that you and your family will love. Crafts and gifts that are handmade are always more special than anything you could buy in a store.