Handmade Holiday Gifts

Now that the holidays are over and the gifts are unwrapped I can share a few of the ones I made this year. I found this idea on pinterest -- chalkboard mugs! Although it was a little harder than I thought it might be. I carefully used painters tape to tape off a section of the mug where I wanted the chalkboard area to be, covering the rest of the mug with plastic wrap to protect it. Then I handed them off to my husband, Jeff, who's handier with spray paint than I am. He gave them each a few coats of chalkboard spray paint. Then,  I carefully peeled off the tape and plastic wrap and touched up any mistakes with an exacto knife. To prime the area for chalk, you need to scribble all over it with chalk first and then wipe it off. Now they were ready to gift.. I added in some chalk in a little cello bag along with coffe or hot chocolate and some cute marshmallow snowmen and a candy cane! 

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Hand Sanitizer holder

Isn't this the cutest little gift? I love how these little guys turned out. They fit a mini hand sanitizer from Bath and Body works! To make these I used the Cannery die set to make the Jar fronts. The jar shape isn't quite large enough so you need to fold your paper so it doesn't cut off the bottom part and then unfold and use a corner rounder on the bottom two corners. I used an oval punch to cut out the center so you can see the scent of the sanitizer that is inside on the front but on the back I left it whole. Then you make a little box out of card stock to hold it all together. Add some jar tops, cut out with the cannery dies and some bakers twine to make it extra cute! This is one of the projects options to make for my holiday gift class this year.  I also made a bunch of these little cuties in different papers for the craft fairs I did this year! They were a hit!

paper:  Festival of Prints designer paper pack, cherry cobbler, lucky limeade

big shot: Cannery Framelits Dies

other: bakers twine, Simply Scored plate, sticky strip, Corner rounder, Oval punch

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Notebook Gift

Here is another cute and easy gift idea for the holidays. This notebook holder fits a junior legal pad (they're like 5 x 7) and is made from a sheet of 12x12 paper. You fold and score the paper to fit around the legal pad and pen and then decorate the cover however you like. I wanted to use the  pretty papers from the festival of prints designer paper pack, but they are a little bit shorter than the front so I framed it with a coordinating cardstock layer and added some ribbon to dress it up. Then I cut out the cool label shape from the apothecary accents die set with the big shot and stamped the sentiment "you are simply wonderful" onto it. This I added on with some bakers twine. For a finishing touch I added paper inside the pen. You just  need a little strip and then you take apart the pen and wrap it around the ink shaft and then put it back together. The RSVP pens work best for this. 

I forgot to take a photo of the inside but I also covered the top of the legal pad that is above where you tear off the pages with designer paper so it's pretty on the inside too!

stamps: friendly phrases

ink: early espresso

paper:  Whisper white, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Festival of Prints designer paper pack 

big shot: Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies

other: bakers twine, Simply Scored plate, seam binding ribbon, junior sized legal pad, sticky strip, RSVP pen

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