Monday, December 10, 2012

DIY Christmas Handstamped Tea Towel


So. I confess. I am not the World's most craftiest person.
I do love craft. I appreciate craft and Pinterest? 
Pinterest is like a godsent for people like me.

But I do love the occasional challenge.
And I would love to thank Tamsyn for inviting me to join in her Handmade Christmas Gift Roundup.
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I went to the local shopping centre last night and it was CRAZY.
Everyone was doing their christmas shopping.
The queues at all the shops were massive.
And I had a massive headache.

I love Christmas!
But I don't love the elbow loving and the bag bumping at the shops.
I am not really fond of buying something off the shelves just because I couldn't find anything else.

So. To cut to the point.
I spruced up some plain tea towels I had with the aim of giving it to a friend.

If I can do it, so can you!
And the idea is really to do ANY design you want to.

What You Need:
- A plain tea towel (linen, cotton...anything you fancy.)
- Fabric paint (found at any good art and craft store, in any colour you like!)
- Paintbrush
- Sponges (to cut into your desired stamp shape)
or
- Used wine bottle cork
- Stamps (I chose a reindeer one!)
- Stamp Ink Pad

 In the end, I didn't use the sponges because my little girls ran off with them and I thought a simple cork and reindeer stamp design might still do the trick.
I recommend using a paintbrush to paint the fabric paint onto the cork to stamp.


Would you have a go at making one too?
Do a colourful polka dot one!
Or do a chevron one!
OR if you've got lovely alphabet stamps or stencils... personalise it with a name or message!





10 comments:

  1. How sweet! I can imagine a chevron one or a polka dot one too... there are so many different options! And the best thing is it looks super easy yet super special. Did you iron the teatowel before using it? I am pretty sure that this helps the paint to not fade or run.

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  2. Love the reindeer stamped on there! Too cute! An easy hostess gift that is very cool.

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  3. So clever to use the cork to make polka dots! I'm a big sucker for polka dots! Happy to have been able to take part!

    xo Cindy

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  4. I love these so much Germaine, everything you make always turns out so perfectly!! I think I'm going to try making multicoloured polka dot ones :)

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  5. Very sweet and totally doable. Where did you get the little reindeer stamp from?

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  6. That looks so adorable G, Love it I think I might get Maksi to make some of these for my MIL.

    xx

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  7. These are SO cute! I definitely want to try! I love the reindeer touch. =)

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  8. I love anything polka dots! These are adorable! Great job! Thanks for sharing!

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