DIY Personalized Pool Party Gift Tote

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Roeshel

Cannonbaaaaallllllll!!!

Summer pool parties are so much fun, aren’t they? Woo hooooo! Summer in my family is filled with days at my mom’s pool, watching my nieces and nephew giggle and splash around. I love that they’ve learned to swim so well and enjoy watching them overcome their fear of water over the years.

“Pool-rific” is the Michaels’ June Challenge. Perfect timing!

Kicking off pool party season this past holiday weekend, I gifted each of them with a cute personalized beach bag filled with fun outdoor goodies, swim accessories and beach towels.

Supplies I used are all available at Michaels with the exception of the beach towels.

beach totes
Sharpie markers
letter stencil
plastic container
fill ‘er up: sunglasses, bubbles, plastic water bottles with carabiner, assorted dive toys
beach towel
optional: toss in some sunblock and flip-flops!

Whether you’re looking for fun décor, activities for your kids or cute party supplies, Michaels has everything you need to MAKE summer fun!

What I did:

Using a pencil and a yardstick, I drew a faint line onto the upper part of the tote bag so that my personalization would be level.

Then I used a pencil to stencil the letters.

I filled in the letters with Sharpie markers. There was a little bleeding (due to the tote bag material) but I actually like that affect, don’t you? It adds to the design!

The plastic bucket/container fits perfectly inside and helps the tote back hold an open shape. Perfect for toting home a wet bathing suit too!

Toss in fun accessories.

So cute for a summer time birthday gift or pool party hostess gift!

Pin for future reference for summer birthday party or pool party hostess gift!

Looking for more pool-rific ideas? Looking for more inspiration? Make sure you visit Michaels’ blog, The Glue String, to see the rest of the Michaels Makers’ summer fun project ideas starting today at 11 a.m. EST:

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DIY Engraved Glass Vase

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Roeshel

It’s almost wedding season and DIY/handmade gifts are so special, aren’t they?

Do you love personalized/engraved gifts as much as I do? Well, we’re big Dremel fans (gotta love tool that doesn’t intimidate AND we actually have a “Dremel workshop” in our basement…that’s a post for a different day). I recently had the opportunity to try the Dremel Maker Kit which comes with 3 awesome tools: an engraver, a torch (wood burning/soldering) and the much loved rotary tool!

Anyway, today I’m going to share a little about the engraver. I have a bridal shower to attend next month so I wanted to practice personalizing glass.

What I used:

glass jug/vase (mine had a nice flat side)
Dremel engraving tool (affiliate link)
tape, Sharpie, water, paper towel
I made up this ‘stencil’ – right click image below, save image/upload into a word document, resize to fit your project and print.

What I did:

Print and cut out a design. Now, you can go all landscape scenery with trees or mountains or a portrait if you’re a pro but I went with the word “BLOOM” (font is ‘typewriter’) and a dragonfly silhouette (Picmonkey) – something easy for a beginner.

I taped it to the inside of my vase and traced the pattern with a Sharpie, then removed the paper stencil.

Then…put on your safety goggles and engrave away! It’d probably be helpful to secure your vase to the table with a clamp but I didn’t have any problem holding it in place with one hand and engraving with the other. I started with the lowest setting but traced over my design after kicking it up a few notches to #4.