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Handmade Mothers Day Gifts

Note: I’m at the Kentucky Derby this weekend, whahooo! I’ve got 2 fun hats to wear, a real hat and a fancy little fascinator, ha! If you want to see pics, I’ll be over posting on instagram! Happy Friday, friends!

Mother’s Day is May 12th, and all mom’s love handmade gifts from their kiddos, right? Here’s a Mother’s Day gift guide, complete with 9 handmade goodies you can make your mama in a couple of hours.

1. For the flower lovin’ mama: A handmade etched glass vase filled with flowers

2. For the sentimental gardener: Stepping stones

3. For the puzzle lover: A puzzle cube Creating Really Awesome Free Things

4. For the mama who likes quirky garden art: A dino planter

5. For the picture lovin’ mama: tiny poloraid magnets for the fridge

6. For the hopster mama: dino magnets

7. For the mom that loves Draw Something (like mine!): a handmade card

8. For the crafty mom: a personalized paint by number

9. For the scraperbooker: altered scrapbooks

10. And a tasty treat that any mom will like (unless their alergic to nuts!): Free printable Mother’s day treat

Do you love paint by numbers? Do you usually make or buy your mom a present? Oh and if you just want to get your mom a little something, check out this list of 100 cheesy gift sayings paired with small items. What’s your favorite handmade mother’s day gift idea?

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You’re a Magnificent Mama {and you’re nuts}: Mothers day treat

May 2 posted by Jamie Dorobek

I like cheesy sayings. If you’ve been reading C.R.A.F.T. for awhile, I know you’re well aware! “I like you a whole LOTTO!” or how about “You WORMed your way to my heart“… here’s 100 cheesy sayings paired with treats in case you want more. Today, I’m sharing a tasty little mothers day treat for me to give to my mom friends! The printable says: “You’re a Magnificent Mama! You’re nuts, but I love you anyway!” Get it? Magnificent for M and Mama for the other M and Nuts for the peanut M&M’s. Hardy har har.

So, here’s what you need to make the mothers day treat:

The free Mom Day treat printable found {here}
Bag of Peanut M&M’s
Scissors
Tape
Your origami/note folding skills from 5th grade

And here’s a handy little picture to help you with create the triangle corner topper for the M&M bag! It’s easy, promise!

The free Mom Day treat printable found {here}

In other fun Mothers’s day crafts, I made my mama this handmade Draw Something card last year to tell her she is the best mom in the world! We love(d) that game, we actually haven’t been playing nearly as much as we were a few months ago. The Google card is another fun one! Do you like cheesy sayings? Do you stand at the checkout line in Target and think, “You’re NERDy, I mean thirty… Happy Birthday!” Yea, I do that. Kind of weird, right? And clearly, I’m the nerd, ha!

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Etched glass vase for Mother’s Day

Apr 26 posted by Jamie Dorobek

Note: This post is sponsored by Plaid Crafts and Blue Print Social, but all opinions are my own.

Just a friendly reminder, Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12th… put a card in the mail pronto (early is always good)! And if your mom lives near by, bring her some flowers with a pretty etched vase on Mother’s Day, she’ll love it! Did you catch that… I etched glass with the help of Martha Stewart Crafts! It’s a first for me, and it was so not hard. I took me 2 attempts to learn how to etch glass, but that is my own fault for not reading the directions well enough. Go figure!

Materials:

glass vase
painters tape
adhesive stencils for the letters
Martha Stewart glass etching cream and brush

Oh and see the pic on the right, that’s to show you that the etching glass has secret hidden instructions under the label. For a good 15 minutes, I was sure I threw away the instructions!

I know glass etching sounds very fancy, but it’s way easier than you think! I started with a tape design, because I figured that would be less tricky. So, first you need to clean your glass with rubbing alcohol. Then, I taped my vase the same way I taped my shot glasses in the how to paint glass post. Then you literally just paint the etching cream onto your vase. Oh yea, and wear gloves… this stuff etches glass after all.

Then wait 15 minutes, and rinse with water. OK, so you can see the thickness level above. That’s bad. It did not look good. The good news: You can re-do it! I was mad at the vase and the cream, and started all over. This time, I decided to tape a lot higher and paint on the etching cream a lot thicker. Your glass should be white. See:

After you paint it on super thick… you just let it wait 15 minutes. Or 30, if you forget, like me. Then, run your glass piece under water. The spray nozzle worked better than the plain ol’ faucet for me.

After I did that, I repeated the steps with the -G-R-O-W- adhesive stencils. My flowers need all the encouragement they can get!

And here is a close up of the etched words:

And one more pretty of the pretty vase:

That’s all folks! Then fill with flowers and give to Mom! If you want to see more fun Plaid Creations, check Plaid Crafts on out on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterset!

*I wrote this post as part of a sponsored campaign with Plaid and The Blueprint Social. All opinions of Martha Stewart Crafts are my own.