5 Ways To Make
Homemade Personalised Gifts With Artistic Style!
When you want to
get a gift for a friend or family member, it is not always easy to choose the
right one. Many of the things you might buy at a store can seem a bit
impersonal. After all, anyone can give the same tie or game that manufacturers
churn out by the millions. This is why, if you have an artistic flair, you
might choose to make a gift rather than buy one. This kind of personalized gift
will be much more impressive to the recipient, since you have made it
specifically it for him or her. There are several good approaches you might
take when making your gift.
Polymer Clay Ceramics
In the past, if you wanted to make any kind of ceramic item, you had to have an expensive and difficult to use kiln in which you could fire (harden) the clay object you made. However, in recent years, several manufacturers have started offering polymer clay that can be fired inside an ordinary kitchen stove. You can fashion rings, pendants and even small figurines with the clay. Once you have fired an item, you can color it using craft paint.
Heat Transfer T-Shirts
Polymer Clay Ceramics
In the past, if you wanted to make any kind of ceramic item, you had to have an expensive and difficult to use kiln in which you could fire (harden) the clay object you made. However, in recent years, several manufacturers have started offering polymer clay that can be fired inside an ordinary kitchen stove. You can fashion rings, pendants and even small figurines with the clay. Once you have fired an item, you can color it using craft paint.
Heat Transfer T-Shirts
A fun gift that is
sure to please is a personalized t-shirt. This can be text, a photo of the
recipient or of their favorite pet. All you have to do is scan the image or
text you want to use into your computer. Next, you print it onto iron-on
transfer paper. Finally, use a hot iron to transfer the image in the paper to
the t-shirt of your choice.
Cupcake Image Cakes
Cupcake Image Cakes
If you have a knack
for cooking, you can try creating a cupcake image cake. In these cakes, some
simple image you want to create, such as a happy birthday message or a picture
of a flower, is created using individual cupcakes. The concept is a bit like
Pointillism in art, with a bigger picture being made of smaller dots (in this
case, the cup cakes).
Video Tribute
If the gift is for a couple celebrating an anniversary or for a senior’s birthday, you might want to consider a video tribute. This would be a single video you create based on family video footage, or even old 8mm film. For the sections on film, you will have to have a company transfer them to a digital format before you can use them. There are several free or inexpensive video editing applications you could use to make the video tribute.
Printed Scrapbook
Video Tribute
If the gift is for a couple celebrating an anniversary or for a senior’s birthday, you might want to consider a video tribute. This would be a single video you create based on family video footage, or even old 8mm film. For the sections on film, you will have to have a company transfer them to a digital format before you can use them. There are several free or inexpensive video editing applications you could use to make the video tribute.
Printed Scrapbook
Another approach
you can take for an artsy gift that reviews family memories is a printed
scrapbook. The nice thing about this kind of gift is that you can make multiple
copies to give to more than one member of your family. To make one, all you
have to do is scan in photos and documents you want to include, organize them
onto pages in a freeware graphics program, and have a local printer print them
for you.
Abi has a passion for art and interior design and is always looking for ways in which she can create things for her home and business on a budget. In her spare time Abi enjoys writing for promotional merchandise specialists Fluid Branding, who stock a range of great promo items. click here to view their full range.
