I just wanted to let you know about some more Mother’s Day gifts I have been making this week. I found the most darling tutorial for thumbprint pendants on The Crafty Crow. They are really super easy and they are the freakin’ cutest things.
All you need is some clay, waxed paper, rolling pin of some sort, a toothpick and a little ones thumb and presto you have yourself the most adorable hand-made pendant. In the tutorial she says to make the pendant about 1/4″ thick but I made mine much thinner, probably about 1/16″ cause I knew I wanted to wear two pendants, one for Penelope and Noah (and a third itty bitty baby thumbprint sometime this summer for Bean III), and a 1/4″ thick just seemed like too much.
These babies only took 30 minutes to make, from kneading the clay to baking in the oven. So, if you are still looking for a gift these are perfect cause you could really crank ’em out today or tomorrow or hey, even on Mother’s Day morning. Here is a look at how I styled mine:
I used black satin cord here and two separate jump rings…LOVE!
Here I used a white satin cord and three jump rings, one for each pendant and one to connect them together to the cord.
And then I did this one using waxed cord and stringing both pendants through separately.
I LOVE them all!!
And I LOVE these guys:
Who wouldn’t want to wear a little thumbprint pendant of these cuties!?!
OK, so maybe minus the chips in the mouth and the ‘mom, I am NOT wearing my clothes today’ fashion statement.
I LOVE THESE (and we have clay at home ready to go).
And a shout out to the Target diaper. My little girl is rocking hers today too.
These are so cute!! These would cute with a photo charm too!! Your little ones are darling especially in the diaper!!! She looks ornery!!
Awesome idea,
these would be great as Christmas decorations as well!
I love these! So simple but elegant and meaningful!
Those are great! And who can fault her for not wanting clothes?? Plus, she’s saving you from doing so much laundry! 🙂
Love these and your CDN blog!
I found your blog through the email from Canadian Family Magazine 🙂 I’m in it too! (Mama Ash) See you online Monday on CFM 🙂
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I so love these. I wish I could do these and still get them in the mail to grandmas by Sunday. I will have to put this on my list for next year.
PS I have been looking through your blog for months now. I just about love it. You do great stuff.
I would love it if you stopped by sometime.
Larissa
Just Another Day in Paradise
The “OK, so maybe minus the chips in the mouth and the ‘mom, I am NOT wearing my clothes today’ fashion statement.” make this more real! I love it!
Awesome idea! Thanks! And I second the Target diaper comment. Best. Brand. Ever.
Such a wonderful idea. Saturday night I ran to the store and got the supplies. We made 4 necklaces, one for myself, two for grandmas, and one for great grandma. Everyone loved them and I ma proudly sporting mine! Thank you so much for all your amazing craftiness!
I love this! I featured your pony matt on my blog today…love it so much!!!! and congrats on the magazine!
Oh how much I LOVE this idea!! You could even paint the finger print their favorite color and spray with a sealer to make shiny…just an idea that would be SUPER CUTE…more time to do, but still :)!!
Oh thought of another cute idea…mod podge a pic of the child to the back of the print 🙂 Endless possibilities…I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!
I featured this on my friday favorites!!
http://lilbitofus.blogspot.com/2010/05/happy-friday-i-have-couple-things-to.html
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