gifts Archives - The Love Nerds https://thelovenerds.com/tag/gifts/ Crafts, Decor, Cooking, and Event Planning Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:01:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 A Nerdy T-Shirt Collection – 8 Awesome Shirts for the Nerd at Heart https://thelovenerds.com/nerdy-tshirt-collection/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:53:32 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=1264

We have a lot of nerdy clothes in our household, especially my husband. He loves to dress up for work in a shirt and tie but then he comes home and out comes Optimus Prime, Captain America and Assassin’s Creed. Many of these shirts have come from TeeFury. TeeFury is fantastic because it offers unique...

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]]> 1264 DIY Wedding Guest Book Plate https://thelovenerds.com/diy-wedding-guest-book-plate/ Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:32:55 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=946 DIY Guest Book Plate using a Sharpie @ The Love Nerds

I have shared on the blog before the Pinwheel Lunch Reception I planned for a dear friend of mine and her husband. They were married in a private ceremony at the courthouse a few months before but wanted to take a moment to still celebrate with their family and friends. I have never personally seen...

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]]> 946 Friday Feature: The Rekindled Page https://thelovenerds.com/friday-feature-2/ Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:00:04 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=850 Friday Feature on The Love Nerds: The Rekindled Page (Etsy Shop)

In case my blog name didn’t give it away, I love nerdy things – which includes prints on old book and dictionary pages, Dr. Who, Star Wars, and Alice and Wonderland. All of these things can be found at The Rekindled Page! I have ordered a few different Dr. Who prints from the shop, including...

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]]> 850 How to Decorate Wine Glasses with Hand Painted Confetti Dots https://thelovenerds.com/hand-dotted-wine-glasses/ Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:48:02 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=668 Hand painted stemless wine glasses with red dots using enamel paint and baking in the oven; perfect as a birthday or wedding gift @ thelovenerds

Back in March, I shared this tutorial on some glass bowls that I hand painted with multi-color dots. These bowls now sit on a red table from Target which makes me love them even more; I am very glad that I decided to use red in the original color scheme. I used the same process...

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]]> 668 Life’s a Beach Summer Print {Free Printable} https://thelovenerds.com/lifes-a-beach/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:45:55 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=663 We are headed out of town tomorrow for a mini-vacation. We aren’t headed to the dreamy beaches we were at last year at this time for our honeymoon, but the beaches of Lake Michigan will have to do! For me, reading a good book by water, especially while sitting on a beach, is my happy...

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]]> 663 DIY Firework Vases https://thelovenerds.com/firework-vases/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:26:53 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=639 Easy DIY Vinyl Firework Vases - A festive yet temporary 4th of July Craft. Decorate utensil bins, vases, glasses, and more. |The Love Nerds

Easy and temporary DIY Vinyl Firework Vases – a festive 4th of July craft! I decided that it was finally time to do some summer decorating this week. I am a little embarrassed to admit that the picture frame in our entry way still has a spring print in it. My first summer decor project?...

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]]> 639 DIY Wedding Vow Art https://thelovenerds.com/wedding-vow-art/ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:08:19 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=601 Wedding Vow Word Art on Wood Board

When we got married, it was really important to the both of us to say our own vows. We were so lucky that Bryan’s cousin was officiating because we have known people in the past struggle to deviate at all from traditional church ceremonies. Bryan’s cousin though was willing to have us to both the...

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]]> 601 10 Most Used Kitchen Items from our Wedding Registry https://thelovenerds.com/top-10-kitchen-registry/ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:40:24 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=584 Creating a registry is not easy, so I'm sharing the 10 Most used Items from our Wedding Registry! {The Love Nerds}

Registering for our wedding was one of the few things I found immensely stressful. Everyone says how fun it should be, but I just felt so overwhelmed. First, deciding what we need, don’t need, have space for, etc. Second, choosing the “best” option from all the possibilities out there; how am I supposed to know...

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]]> 584 How to decorate a Wooden Letter with Washi Tape https://thelovenerds.com/washi-wooden-letter/ Mon, 06 May 2013 16:37:07 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=531 Use washi tape to decorate a plain wood letter @ thelovenerds

I love letters and word art – this isn’t new on the blog. My first big project on the blog was my letter wall! Somewhere along the way, I had bought this extra “R” and hadn’t quite done anything with yet. So when I got my new blue Target table that I love, I decided...

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]]> 531 How to Make your own Canvas Prints with Mod Podge https://thelovenerds.com/canvas-prints-with-mod-podge/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:40:20 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=495 Canvas Prints using Mod Podge from thelovenerds

I feel like a broken record lately, but I have been in the process of covering some of the white in our apartment. I came up with this idea because it would cover a large space but also because it would allow me to showcase some of our nerdy interests in what I consider a...

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]]> 495 Great Upcycle Project {Pinspiration} https://thelovenerds.com/upcycle-pinspiration/ Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:11:06 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=462 Yesterday was Earth Day, so I thought this would be the perfect timing to share some Upcycle Pinspiration. Upcycle projects have seemed to take on more popularity lately, which I think is awesome. My family has laughed at me many time in the past year because my new moto has become: “let’s just spray paint...

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]]> 462 Love is all you need! {Free Printable} https://thelovenerds.com/love-is-all-you-need/ Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:13:21 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=371 Love is All You Need - FREE PRINTABLE! {The Love Nerds}

I started The Love Nerds a couple of months ago when I was on medical leave. It is a way for my to share the projects I do at home – the crafts I love. It is also my first step toward starting an Etsy shop and an event planning business. Working on creative projects...

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]]> 371 3D Flower Art Using Paper Hearts https://thelovenerds.com/3d-flower-art-using-paper-hearts/ Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:00:19 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=188 paper flower art

In creating items for my hallway gallery, I looked for ideas that were manageable  fairly expensive, and unique. I found inspiration from Mondo Cherry and made this piece of art work below! The petals are made from little paper hearts. I used an extra large punch and a medium punch (the only sizes I currently own)....

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]]> 188 DIY Gift Wrapping Station – Apartment Style https://thelovenerds.com/gift-wrapping-station-apartment-style/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:00:28 +0000 https://thelovenerds.com/?p=144

When we moved into our current apartment in October, all our gift wrapping supplies ended up buried in the back of some closet. Some of it got destroyed shoved in that little closet. A couple of times I refused to dig the supplies out because it was a pain, which meant I spent more money...

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]]> 144 How to Hand Paint Glass Bowls with Confetti Dots https://thelovenerds.com/hand-dotted-glass-bowls/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:21:00 +0000 http://184.173.236.48/~mroush/2013/03/hand-dotted-glass-bowls.html hand painted glass bowls with polka dots using enamel paints. Perfect upcycling project @ thelovenerds

I had pinned this picture onto my Crafts and DIY Projects board a long time ago. I decided I would give it a try, only to find out that the pin didn’t go anywhere. Not wanting to give up on the idea, I decided to just give it a try. I chose 5 different enamel...

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]]> 7 How to make Polaroid Picture Coasters https://thelovenerds.com/polaroid-coasters/ Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:36:00 +0000 http://184.173.236.48/~mroush/2013/03/polaroid-coasters.html

Yesterday, I shared how to use scrapbook paper and cheap bathroom/kitchen tiles to make your own personalized coasters – with a little Mod Podge of course. Today, you can make them even more personal by using photographs. I made some for my mom as a gift that took up the whole tile like the scrapbook...

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]]> 11 How to Make Coasters with Scrapbook Paper and Mod Podge https://thelovenerds.com/making-personal-coasters-with-scrapbook-paper-and-mod-podge/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:59:00 +0000 http://184.173.236.48/~mroush/2013/03/making-personal-coasters-with-scrapbook-paper-and-mod-podge.html

I always think it is crazy how expensive coasters can be, so I decided to design my own. I have done a couple variations so far, and I am going to share both with you this week. Both of these variations use the same base material – plain white tiles such as those you would find...

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]]> 12 How to make State Art in a floating frame https://thelovenerds.com/state-art/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://184.173.236.48/~mroush/2013/03/state-art.html framed state art

I am slowly creating pieces for a gallery wall in our downstairs hallway – all part of trying to bring in some color and cover some of our white walls. I had seen this state art on Pinterest and decided that it would be a fun piece to include in the hallway. For this piece, I...

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