Words
Crafting with letters
one of my favorite things…
need a quick Christmas gift idea?
all you need is magnets and scrabble letters
the old magnet from your 2010 magnetic calendar will do.
and a little hot glue!!
or you could just put them on the tray too
randomly around your house.
or gift them!
its fun.
try it!
or put them outside…
I am still trying to create a sign that says this…
a sign that I love.
the first two attempts didn’t turn out.
too plain?!
We make Christmas Scrabble gifts for Abby’s teacher every year.
Name plates usually.
with Scrabble letters and the tray.
Abby paints the tray and spells out Mrs. Soinso.
Simple, creative, fun… loved by all.
This year her teacher had a really LONG name…
we modified our traditional name plate this year
I couldn’t reveal her real name…
but this one made me giggle
made me think of Mrs. Pigglewiggle
Abby cut out squares of scrapbook paper
and we hot glued the paper to the letters
magnets to the paper
Magic!
Lucky us the school has magnetic framing!!
Perfect!
Mrs. Lilpigsee LOVED it! =)
Her past teachers have loved this gift over the years
We started making this gift 3-4 years ago?!
fun, fun, fun.
I made this 5 or 6 years ago??
I don’t love it..
but I do like it
Lots of folks comment on how cool it is
I might redo it one day?
if I am feeling creative.
I made one for a friend
with her family’s names on it
can’t show you just yet…
sorry.
=)
anyway
I love playing with scrabble letters
the problem is
they are hard to come by in the thrift store
and I am out of popular letters!!
come on people donate your old games you don’t use … um…
please!!
I can give you my address
and save you the trouble of taking it to the goodwill!
Ha Ha!!
I might have to resort to ebay??
sheesh!
=)
my sisters and I had this Santa photo take for our mom
when I was 21 ?
exactly 20 years after the first one was taken
same places on Santa’s lap…
different Santa.
I am trying to find inspiration to frame them?
I am thinking maybe full names instead of first initials?
2011 will be exactly 20 more years… yikes!
I might have to talk my sisters into doing it again this year
If mom were alive she would have loved it!
darn it *sigh*
moving on before I go down that path!
It is 9 am
and my kids are still sleeping…
quiet.
ah.
I think I need to leave my kids a message on the table this morning
before they wake up =)
we are hosting a wee cookie party this afternoon
with neighbors who have become good friends!
but first we have a few things to do…
I love the power of words
Scrabble is the BEST!!
Do you play? =)
time to join the real world
and wake my children
maybe I will get to visit your blogs today??
and see what y’all are up to these days before Christmas!
2 days.
I still need to wrap!!
and make Frango Fudge!
and buy groceries
and clean
and decorate cookies
and
and
and
*sigh*
Smile
Breathe
Enjoy the day!!
Blessings~
Jenn
December 23rd, 2010 saat: 10:10 am
I love it! What great ideas. I don’t know that I could part with any of my scrabble pieces, but I will keep my eyes out for used ones now!
December 23rd, 2010 saat: 11:19 am
I have gotten one Scrabble game from goodwill and planned on doing something like this. I forgot to save the trays, though – just saved the letters. I’ll have to keep a lookout for another and save the trays! I love all those things you’ve done with them…these can be gifts I make for next year. Love your ideas, jenn!
December 23rd, 2010 saat: 12:08 pm
Fun! Hope y’all have the merriest Christmas ever, my friend. XO!
December 23rd, 2010 saat: 1:31 pm
So cute! I love it! I might have to steal this idea for something. 🙂
December 24th, 2010 saat: 7:18 am
Very cute idea! Thanks for sharing. Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!
December 24th, 2010 saat: 7:33 am
Nice! That third pic is already on my radar…..I have it written down for next year. You and Linda get to pic the Santa. Have a Merry One, Luv ya-K