The Satchel: DIY

29.1.13

[DIY] Glitter Gift Wrap

Equipment & Materials you will need:

1. A roll of paper

2. Glitter

3. Ribbon

4. Sticky Tape

5. Glue

STEP BY STEP

1. Make a circle with the glue on the paper.

2. Sprinkle the glitter over the circle of glue.

3. Shake off the excess of glitter (keep aside to reuse).

4. Repeat randomly all over the roll of paper.

Wrap your gifts using the sticky tape and pretty ribbon!

For gift tags I bought silver glitter swing tags to match the glitter spots.

However you could easily make these with some card and the same glitter you used for the paper.

Simply attach them to your gifts with some metallic thread.

I loved making this paper, there was glitter everywhere for a while (no one seemed to mind- it was Christmas!) Even though this was my Christmas paper this year, it's not a traditional colour scheme or pattern so you can use it for presents all year round! It doesn't have to just be gift wrap either- you could use it for anything, from a simple table runner to covering your books, journals and diaries.

Oh the possibilities!

Love

The Satchel

16.9.12

DIY: Photo Frame Wall

After taking over 7000+ images on my camera and phone on my trip to the USA and Canada earlier this year I have finally got around to creating my photo frame wall with some of my favourite shots. It's was so nice to see some of the thousands of photos printed out.

(Check out some of my photos here: NYC, Chicago, the Goodies, Instagram happy snaps, Vancouver, Whistler, Seattle, San Francisco, San Francisco 2, San Francisco 3)

Here is how I did it...

1. Print a selection of your favourite photos in different sizes and collect frames of varying styles and sizes.

I decided to collect a variety on black frames with off white matt boards. The majority of the images I printed were 5x7", a few 4x6" and a couple of 8x10". It does depend on your space and the frames you find, so a good idea would be to start collecting frames at the same time your deciding on photo selection. Make sure you choose a variation of landscape and portrait images for your frames.

2. Choose a frame for each of your photos.

I found it was easier to print out more photos than I needed and play around with choices for the frames. I still had to print out a couple of extra photos in a specific size or orientation.

3. Put your photos in your frames.

Careful of fingerprints!

4. Play around with the arrangement of your frames.

Lay out your frames on a large table or floor space with your maximum length and height of the space you have to work within. I tried lots of different lay outs taking photos along the way.

5. Hang your frames!

Although I had experimented with different lay outs it wasn't until I started hanging the frames that I really decided on the final arrangement.

The finished product: