DIY Holiday Gifts

For the holiday season, or for birthdays, I always enjoy making handmade gifts for friends. I decided to make a Mason Jar Hot Chocolate Snowman for a Secret Santa gift, and a stuffed elephant ornament for my housemate who loves elephants.

Mason Jar Hot Chocolate Snowman

To make these snowmen, I got 2 small Mason Jars and filled one with hot cocoa mix and the other with marshmallows and chocolate chips. I glued the jars together. Using velvet cloth and a piece of cardboard paper that I rolled into a tube (you could also use half of a toilet paper roll), I formed a hat. I sewed fabric to the round metal piece of the Mason Jar lid so that it would look more like a hat. I used small circles of velvet to make buttons, made an orange triangle nose, and wrapped him in a striped scarf. I also glued on two googly eyes.
 

Twin Mason Jar Hot Chocolate Snowmen

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Stuffed Elephant Ornament

 I sketched a rough elephant shape onto cardboard to make a template, and then cut out the following pieces:
-2 light pink body
-2 light pink ears
-1 dark pink H for underside of legs
-1 light pink tail

I sewed the pieces together and filled the elephant with stuffing. I also embroidered 2 little ball eyes. 

 

Kissing Elephant  Twins

<3 Mandy

More Retro Fashion: Socks

I've been really into retro fashion, hence the tattoo chokers I made recently. While I normally wear ankle socks with my Converse, I thought it'd be fun to jazz up some crew socks I hardly wear, as well as more frequently wear knee socks.

For a little bit of fun, I took these hot pink crew socks I wore in elementary school (amazing quality -- the elastic is still in tact!) and embroidered the words "PIZZA PUNK" on the outer ankle and an image of a pepperoni pizza slice onto the inner ankle.

When I was little, I used to wear white lace roll-down socks (apparently they sell them at American Apparel now), so I sewed some white lace to the edge of a pair of plain white socks.

u rox my sox
<3 Mandy