HOW TO: Make Personalized Photo Pillows for Your Friends and Family

by Yuka Yoneda, 12/19/11

filed under: 2011 Green Holiday Gift Guide, DIY, Green Holidays, Recycled Materials

If you want to give the people on your holiday list a gift they can really hold onto, why not make them all personalized photo pillows with our easy DIY tutorial? This customized gift may look like it took a lot of time and effort but believe it or not, you can actually do it at the last minute using mostly recycled materials. Your loved ones will be blown away when they open their gift to see their own faces (or rapper/architect Ice Cube's, if you prefer to go the same route we did) emblazoned on a cozy pillow.

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MATERIALS:

- An old pillowcase or t-shirt
- An iron-on transfer paper sheet (your can buy a whole pack for $34 or just a few pieces for $6 )
- Some old clothes or fabric to use as stuffing for your pillow
- Scissors
- A printer
- A sewing machine or needle and thread
- An iron and an ironing board or flat surface to iron on