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| sort of chopped James's head here a bit! |
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| first up, my valentine baby shower hostess gifts- I bought jelly jars and red candles at Michael's |
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| and these adorable heart doilies.... the lighting here is due to the fact that most of my crafting happens around midnight! |
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| and wrapped it all up! |
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| second... personalized aprons |
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| pounce on fabric paint and use the doily as a stencil I used a spray glue from Michaels to get it to adhere so it wouldn't move around on me These cute cream aprons came from Michaels too! they already had the lace detail |
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| then I used some letter stencils that I already had with some black fabric paint |
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| let dry |
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| and voila! such a cute little personalized apron |
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| teacher/trash guys/postman/cleaning lady/ etc etc gifts... |
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| We made valentine bark and packaged them up in cute little gift bags I found from the dollar bin at Target |
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| this bark is so easy and yummy- its also a great activity for small children |
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| this bark is simply melted chocolate of your choosing (I chose ghiradelli milk chocolate chips) then pour melted chocolate into a smooth layer on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper put in fridge for a half hour to set next step, melt light pink candy melts from Michael's (I like to use a glass bowl and set in the micro at 20 sec intervals, stirring in between, pretty foolproof) pour over milk chocolate layer then BEFORE it sets sprinkle valentine M&Ms, and valentine sprinkles |
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| gently press candy into the chocolate let it sit in the fridge until it hardens then you can break it into pieces and package it up! This is always a hit! |
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| It wouldn't be a holiday without a themed breakfast (at least in my house) here we have Nutella "heart" french toast, heart bacon and strawberries |
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| I made coffee cozies for teacher gifts I used a starbucks sleeve as a stencil on a piece of light pink fleece and sewed a zig zag stitch as a detail then I cut out a heart in red fleece and sewed it onto my sleeve Before doing so though I took some embroidery thread and sewed their initial I left the top open so I could stick a gift card in it. I mean cause at the end of the day its all about the packaging right? ;) |
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| I used the nice recyclable/resuable cups |
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| In between the two pieces of felt I placed a hair tie then I sewed over it with a zigzag stitch I sewed a button to the other side and now you have a cute little closure |
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| I also made these INCREDIBLY YUMMY sugar scrubs for my baby shower hostess gifts. You have to understand, my baby shower had so many amazing crafty DIY details I knew I had to go big for these ladies. This idea I found on Pinterest from Oh So Pretty. The recipe and printable labels were all there so it made for a super easy and fun project. Not to mention it smells AMAZING! The jars are also from Michael's. |
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| ah, homemade gifts are the best! |
