Grandpa & Grandma Gifts

Jason's mom called me around Christmas time. We talked for a few minutes and then I admitted to her that their Christmas gifts, from us, were going to be a little late. She asked if she and dad could come visit the next week and spend some one-on-one time with our family. I said YES! ..of course. Then she said not to worry about sending the gifts, they could wait to get them when they got here. Whew!

Two of the things I had been working on were these......

1. A "Golf Score Card" for Dad.

Not a golfer myself, I don't know how useful these will be to him, but they sure are CUTE! And that's what matters, right?

2. A pin cushion, with customized pins, for Mom.

"Grandma's Po-tees"

My niece Jordyn couldn't say her K's, when she was little. She used to call pins "po-tees" as in pokeys. Jordyn is now 8 and has learned to say her K's, but Grandma thinks it's so cute, she still refers to them as "po-tees" often.

Here's how I made the "po-tees".....

I uploaded photos into Print Shop. Then I cropped and lightened each one. (This was something that was recommended.) Then I printed them off onto special Shrinky Dink paper made for inkjet printers. Then I cut or punched the photos/pictures out.

Next I stuck plain (dressmaker) pins through the picture and put them on a cookie sheet covered with a paper bag.
By trial and error, I learned that cropping the photo off-center made it look better. Who wants a pin through their forehead that looks like an extra eye or very unfortunate placement of a large mole???





Then they baked in a 200 degree oven for about 5-7 minutes, until they were done curling and shrinking.









Viola!

Customized "po-tees".

Aren't they so cute?!!!

The possibilities are endless. I tried to use my special Shrinky Dink paper wisely (because it was a little spendy) by sneaking in flowers, butterflies, crowns, shoes, initials, etc. between the photos.

I LOVE how they turned out!