Holiday

17 beautiful DIY ideas for making awesome gifts this year

Objets, accessories and more that you’ll be so proud (if not reluctant) to give away!

Objets, accessories and more that you’ll be so proud (if not reluctant) to give away!

(Photography, left: Lady Hayes; middle: Wade Muir; right: withwendy)

A good idea is nothing without action. That's why we're sharing these 17 beautiful DIY projects well ahead of the holidays — so you have ample time to carry out your great idea: to make something special for your lucky giftee (or maybe yourself). 

Will you tackle the giant tapestry below for that empty wall you've (or, um, they) always wanted to fill? How wonderful would it be to say, "Oh, I made it," when people exclaim how beautiful it is? Will you make your friends scrunchies in satins and velvets of their favourite colours and interesting patterns? Is this how your accessories empire gets its start?

Whoops, we're getting ahead of ourselves. The idea of crafting often does that to us. Back to the making. We've chosen these particular projects from our DIY catalogue because we think they're special enough to invest your time in, and that you and whoever you might give them to will be so happy with the results. Set aside a full day or chip away while you watch your shows, and please do DM us pics of your finals!

Scrunchies

2 photos of withwendy wearing a blue sweater and a stack of scrunchies in a pony tail on top of her head.
(Credit: withwendy)

Friendship bracelets

left: overhead shot of bracelet making supplies. right: a hand making a peace sign, with a beaded bracelet that says 'peace' around the wrist.

Quartz-inspired soaps

A hand holding 3 gemstone-shaped soaps.

Homemade belly oil, nipple butter and solid perfume

left: a hand holding a small bottle of beauty oil; right: a hand with a small jar of body butter in it.

Stylish fabric masks

No-sew table runner

A dinner table set with a white tablerunner that has a fringe detail and floral appliqué patches on it.

A small, medium or large dried floral arrangement

three images of floral arrangements. left to right: a small, medium and large bright floral arrangement with dried florals
(Photo: Mariah Hamilton; styling: Abigail Ballanger)

DIY swan dish 

Left: a swan-shaped dish; right: withwendy holding the dish and smiling to camera
(Credit: withwendy)

A gilded laurel wreath objet

Custom, large-scale wall tapestry

left: hands making a large, woven tapestry. right: withwendy standing in front of the woven tapestry.

DIY tie dye

left: a woman wearing a tie dye sweatsuit; right: overhead shot of tie dye masks
(Source, left: mashaapparel.com; right: Instagram/@wildflowerdyes)

Mid-century modern wooden plant stand

Marbled DIY pendants and earrings

Embellished denim jacket

onlinekyne wearing an embellished denim jacket
(Photography by onlinekyne)

Stuffed animal bookends

Hair pins

Custom shaving cream and aftershave

left: a shaving brush on a sink; right: 2 small mason jars stacked and tied with a bow.

 

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