Anyway, the Myers-Briggs Foundation had a 70th anniversary this past year, and as a part of their celebration, they released these nifty little MB profile heads on their site. The profiles display the most common traits associated with each personality type - here's mine as an example:
They still have these, by the way - you can get your own MB personality profile heads here (I'd recommend opening your selected image in a new tab to see the link for downloading the PDF). If you're unsure of your personality type, by all means, take a free MB test to find out (I'd suggest taking a few different ones for cross-reference - sometimes people test differently, although I always come out ESFJ, no matter the test or passage of time). Here's a Jung Typology Test from HumanMetrics and a Jung Personality Test from Similar Minds, both of which I've used before. Don't let the 'Jung' name throw you off - Carl Jung is the guy who developed the theory of personality typology that the Myers-Briggs test is based on.
Ok, back to crafting. Over the years I've compelled my parents to take these tests... a few times, since I would forget their results lol. Luckily, they've always been fairly good-natured about my closet obsession. Since I had their results on hand when I first became aware of these MB profiles, I thought it might be fun to turn these freebies into a quirky and unique anniversary gift!
Step One: I printed both of their MB profile heads onto cardstock by saving each PDF as an image (you could also screenshot it) and inserting it into Microsoft Word. That way I could control its sizing on the page - I wanted the profiles to be 4"x4" to fit the frames I had.
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| My mom and I are both ESFJs, whereas my dad's an ISTJ |
Step Two: I found these framed mini canvas sets at Hobby Lobby and thought they were a perfect (and cheap!) way to frame out my MB profiles. I removed the canvas (it was wrapped separately) and simply secured the profile to the back of the frame with tape.
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| I made this one for a friend. |
Step Three: I don't have pictures of this step, but in short, I wasn't thrilled with the quality of a few of the frames - the one above was fine, but the two I used for my parents' MB profiles had a few rough spots. To hide the flaws and make their gift a bit nicer, I purchased some black grosgrain ribbon and gave each of the frames a nice trimming. The ribbon was almost the exact width of the framing, so layering it on top of each strip was an almost imperceptible change. It just covered the rough spots and added a bit of heft.
Overall, they came out really cute, and my parents got a kick out of them when they opened their present (I had it pre-wrapped, since I moved out-of-state before their anniversary). It's always fun to learn more about your loved ones - and then turn it into an opportunity for gift-giving and affirmation! I'm pretty sure that's the ESFJ coming out. ;)
