Chie

Can you believe it is already December? The latter half of the year 2013 is literally flying by! I’m sure many of you are prepping for holiday gifts, so I want to introduce easy holiday gift ideas every week this month.

The first up is this easy wall decoration. Since Andy and I moved to a bigger place this fall, so we have more walls and rooms to decorate (on budget). I love this easy DIY, where you can use scraps of unique fabric!

All you need is cardboard (I used a box from Amazon), paper cutter, cutting mat, duct tape, fabric of your choice and stapler. Once you have everything, decide on the size of the decoration. Mine is quite small, perhaps 6 inches each corner. The great thing about this little DIY is that you can make a giant wall art but it won’t be heavy, since it is just the weight of the cardboard and fabric. As a renter, I’m always a bit conscious of hanging stuff on the wall so as not to be fined by the home owner when I move out.

I cut the cardboard in the size I want, and drew lines from 2cm (1 inch) from the edges.

Then, you follow the lines you drew above with a paper cutter, but not enough to completely separate the pieces. This is to make the the cardboard easier to bend. Cut out the four corners of the cardboard.

Using duct tape, secure the corners. After that, cover the cardboard piece with fabric of your choice with a stapler! I used a stretchy fabric, which made it really easy to stretch on the cardboard piece. 

I found these free printables that would be fun to add to your holiday gift wrapping. (Christmas rectangle tag printable, and vintage bird printable).

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