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Personalized Gift Ideas (Photo Gifts DIY with A-Sub)

Personalized Gift Ideas (Photo Gifts DIY with A-Sub) Learn how to make a bunch of personalized photo gifts with A-Sub and Koala products. Making stickers, magnets and full color photo posters is a breeze with a great printer and A-Sub blanks.  Customized printables are perfect for small business cards and promotional handouts with a personal touch, as well as thoughtful handmade gifts for a special occasion. Let's get started! A-Sub and Koala Products: I am using supplies gifted to me from A-Sub and Koala . They make the perfect blank printing options for a variety of handmade gift ideas or a great way to promote your small business. I'm using 3 awesome customizable products for this post: 13x19 High Gloss Photo Paper Holographic Sticker Paper Printable Magnet Sheets I am also using my Canon Pixma Pro Printer (I've had it for 7 years and it's absolutely amazing, plus it prints at sizes up to 13x19) How to Make Magnets with Glossy Inkjet Printable Magnet Sheets: For th...

Reclaimed Wood Lamp with Geometric Himmeli Shade!

Reclaimed Wood Lamp with Geometric Himmeli Shade! Upcycled and reclaimed projects are my favorite! This awesome lamp was made with an old piece of a pallet, a lighting kit and straws. Yes, this lamp with geometric himmeli shade cost nearly nothing to make and it makes such a statement! This awesome lamp tutorial has been updated from it's original 2014 post. This lamp got me so much attention! I won the Grand Prize in an Instructables Contest , was flown to Atlanta Georgia for a special event and won a huge selection of tools from Home Depot. I've had numerous people send me pictures of their lamps, inspired by mine. This is why I do what I do! I pulled an old pallet apart...and there were big wood blocks between the layers. They were junk and were placed in the "burn later" pile. Last weekend we lit a smore's fire and I found one of the blocks! Instantly in my head, it became a rustic reclaimed wood lamp...and I rescued it from smore's fodder! Supp...