Softball Gifts

I made all the senior girls a softball frame out of 1"x10"x 3 foot piece of wood I had laying around. I cut them at 7" so I got 5 out of my piece of wood, which is what I needed. I painted them a yellow color to look like a softball. 

Then I found something round to trace the 2 corners. I used red and black paint pens with a fine tip to paint my trace marks then put red stitching. 

After the paint was all dry I roughed it all up with sand paper (not just the edges, the whole board). I wiped the boards down with a damp cloth then sprayed them with clear coat spray. 

After drying completely I wrapped twine on the bottom and tied the 2 ends together. I used a piece of burlap ribbon to make a little bow and glued it and a clothes pin on the corner with E6000.

They turned out better then I hoped!

Last week I took the Senior girls pictures before their game. I made a 5x7 picture collage for each of the girls to put on the frame. They turned out really cute I think.

Since I was already doing this project I decided I should make the coaches something. So I cut a piece of wood the same as the frames just a couple inches longer and cut into a point to make it look like home base. Painted it the same as the frames. I decided to put the year on it with paint pen. Cut out a sticker to put on it with my cricut and drilled holes in the top corners and put some twine thru to hang. Added a bow and ribbon. I gave the girls a black paint market to sign their names and put their jersey numbers on it. It turned out really cute!