Gifts for giving ...

Hello friends.  I hope you are enjoying these last few days before school starts.  Our kids have their supplies already packed in their book bags!  Yes, they are quite excited.  I am organizing too and am always surprised by what I find ...

Today I have a few treasures to share ... cards folded from Crumb Cake card stock and papers in black and red.  Glassine envelopes with vintage sheet music, an embossed lithograph of St Nick ... another of a small bundle of holly.  Dyed seam binding in a beautiful shade of green - tied with red and white bakers twine.  Shabby tags wishing you peace and happiness at Christmas.

There's more ... shiny silver jingle bells, star decorative pins and buttons in festive Holiday colors.

How about soft velvet leaves and a shimmery handmade vanilla flower with a sparkle of rhinestone?

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A beautiful handmade crocheted doily (perfectly sized for a card front), a red button burlap tag, and a sweet felt heart house.

 

The best place to keep these treasured finds?  In a pretty pouch filled with Christmas charm, of course!

Perhaps you remember this post ... a bundle of shabby crafty goodness for you or a friend?

 

Or you may recall this post made last year - the teachers at school were thrilled with this delightful package ... complete with a big chocolate cookie inside.

I hope I've inspired a new way to give gifts ... even the simplest things can be grand.  See you soon!

Home for the Holidays ....

 

Today was the last day of school for my little ones.  They are so excited to be home for "two whole weeks!" ... as they say it.  I'm excited too.  There will be lots of reading, cuddling in front of the fire, watching old movies (the best kind), baking, and of course - crafts.  I can't wait to spend time with them.

We made sweet treats for the teachers this year.  The kids were thrilled to hand them out today.  It all began with some color inspiration.  Isn't this a wonderful combination from the Design Team at Colour Q?

I began with Elegant Soiree papers to capture the blue in the color palette.  Cut to width and stitched on the sides, it makes a pretty patterned pouch to hold your treasures.  For this project it's Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies!  They are delicious and are part of my inspiration colors!  I put two in each Large Cello Bag, slipped them into my paper pocket and tied it all up with a Real Red Striped Ribbon.

My ribbon embellishments were created with our Snowflake Punch cut from Whisper White Cardstock and "glitterfied" with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  The buttons are a gorgeous shade of Bermuda Blue.  Using a die to cut out a doily, I softened the edges with Crumb Cake Classic Ink.  The polka-dot print is a retired pattern in Kiwi Kiss color and a 2 1/2" Circle Punch was the perfect size.  A Scallop Circle Punch was matched to my red stamped image from last years Vintage Labels stamp set.  The center sentiment is from the Holly Jolly Rub-Ons  collection.  Watching Sabrina work on these little details brought back such great memories.  I used to LOVE rub-ons when I was young .... to be honest - I still do!  These little cuties were the perfect size for my 1" Circle Punch and I raised them up with a Dimensional.

These were such a joy to make with the kids.  They loved helping put it all together ... even the baking!  They were so proud to hand them to their teachers today - and I was proud of both of them.

I'm glad you had the time to stop by.  Be sure you go see the amazing projects at ColourQ this week and thanks so much for visiting with me again!

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