DIY Archives – Uniquely Mickie https://www.uniquelymickie.com/tag/diy/ A Life & Style Blog Tue, 29 Dec 2020 03:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.uniquelymickie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-UM-Icon-Wave-1-32x32.png DIY Archives – Uniquely Mickie https://www.uniquelymickie.com/tag/diy/ 32 32 How to Make a DIY Graduation Shadowbox https://www.uniquelymickie.com/diy-graduation-shadowbox/ https://www.uniquelymickie.com/diy-graduation-shadowbox/#respond Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:00:23 +0000 https://www.uniquelymickie.com/?p=6154 Graduation is such an amazing accomplishment that I’m sure you want to hold dear to your heart. Whether it be from high school, trade school, or college, graduation is something that you want to celebrate and remember for decades to come. In today’s post, I’m going to share with how to make an easy DIY graduation shadowbox. These are a perfect way to showcase your accomplishment while displaying all of your graduation gear, including a decked out graduation cap. DIY GRADUATION SHADOWBOX   Let me first off by saying that I am super late on writing this blog post for you all. Both Titi and I had our undergraduate graduation caps decorated and one of the things that I really wanted to do was create a DIY graduation shadowbox for the both of us. About a year ago, I experimented and created my shadowbox first. I ended up giving it to my parents to keep, and now I’m going to show you how I created Titi’s shadowbox. Hopefully we’ll also be able to give it to his parents back in South Africa for them to keep one day. Supplies: Shadowbox (I used the 16 in x 20 in) Sewing pins […]

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]]> Graduation is such an amazing accomplishment that I’m sure you want to hold dear to your heart. Whether it be from high school, trade school, or college, graduation is something that you want to celebrate and remember for decades to come. In today’s post, I’m going to share with how to make an easy DIY graduation shadowbox. These are a perfect way to showcase your accomplishment while displaying all of your graduation gear, including a decked out graduation cap.

In this blog post, I’m sharing how you can create a DIY Graduation Shadowbox! It is literally so easy to do, and you only need a handful of materials to do it yourself at home. Creating a shadowbox is a great way to treasure your memories from college and also create some fun home décor to keep for years to come.

DIY GRADUATION SHADOWBOX

 

Let me first off by saying that I am super late on writing this blog post for you all. Both Titi and I had our undergraduate graduation caps decorated and one of the things that I really wanted to do was create a DIY graduation shadowbox for the both of us. About a year ago, I experimented and created my shadowbox first. I ended up giving it to my parents to keep, and now I’m going to show you how I created Titi’s shadowbox. Hopefully we’ll also be able to give it to his parents back in South Africa for them to keep one day.

How to Make a DIY Graduation Shadowbox

How to Make a DIY Graduation Shadowbox

Supplies:

 

Directions
  1. Open up your shadowbox and arrange your items as you like. Have fun with this step and arrange your items exactly how you like.
  2. Pin all of your items down to the base of the shadowbox. The one that I used had a fabric backing so this part was easy. Try to pin as much as you can to keep everything in place.
  3. Tape your photos down
  4. Place the glass top over the fabric base and close it shut. Ta-da! You’re done!

 

In this blog post, I’m sharing how you can create a DIY Graduation Shadowbox! It is literally so easy to do, and you only need a handful of materials to do it yourself at home. Creating a shadowbox is a great way to treasure your memories from college and also create some fun home décor to keep for years to come.

Tips & Advice  
  • The shadowbox comes with a few push pins but you’re going to need more than that. I wish I would’ve thought about this when I made my first shadowbox. I only used the ones that it came with and it was difficult to get everything to lay down flat.  
  • It’s easier to fit your graduation gown into the shadowbox if you fold it up first to fit the fabric base. Then you can pin it down, so it doesn’t move out of place.
  • I taped the photos down to the graduation gown. They weren’t super sturdy or anything but once you put the glass top on, then the photos don’t move around.

 

In this blog post, I’m sharing how you can create a DIY Graduation Shadowbox! It is literally so easy to do, and you only need a handful of materials to do it yourself at home. Creating a shadowbox is a great way to treasure your memories from college and also create some fun home décor to keep for years to come.

For our shadowboxes, I included our caps, tassels, photos that I printed from FoxPrints, and our graduation pamphlets. These came out so much better than I could’ve imagined! I think a shadowbox is a great way to encapsulate your memories from graduation while also giving you some great wall décor to hang up in your home. Graduation is just one of those times in your life that you want to remember and cherish.

 

Have you ever thought about making a DIY graduation shadowbox before? If so, what did you include in yours?

Xo Mickie Signature

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