How much fun are these? A cute friend I work with has a surprise birthday party coming up and wanted to do something different for a gift. I've seen these
floating around the craft blog lands lately and it go me thinking. What do flowers normally come in? A flower pot. And what do I have a couple of downstairs just waiting to be used? Flower pots! I've been really wanting to try these, so I thought it was a win win for both of us. With a little paint, some fun ribbon and bright skittles, you get a cute and original birthday gift. We're going to be adding some gift certificates to the pot tomorrow to tie everything together. I'm just going to glue the gift certificates to skewers and then stagger them around the flowers. I thought the flowers were going to be a little more difficult, but once I finally figured out the first one, I was able to zoom through the rest. I've also seen these used as advent calendars (think Christmas gifts people!), magnets (just throw a magnet strip on the back!) and on gift boxes. How cute would it be to get a fun, color coordinated flower on top of your gift? I also had the majority of the supplies on hand (the pot, skewers, paper, paint & ribbon) so it was pretty easy to put together. Speaking of fun gifts to put together, how about this for a fun, quick gift?
We have a local grocery store that has an isle that has the most adorable treasures. I had to stop one morning to grab a few things for work and found the cute popcorn tub. I simply filled it with microwave popcorn, some soda and candy and called it good! I'm still trying to play catch up from the wedding, so this is really a belated birthday gift. So, I just put on the card that I hoped they had a birthday "poppin" full of fun. Simple yet fun and creative! I also found these at the store while going down the isle of wonder:
They're pumpkin holders! How freakin' adorable is that? There was no way I could pass them up! I'm going to use one of them inside to hold my Halloween candy bowl and then the others outside to hold pumpkins. Once I finally get my porch decorated for Halloween I'll have to post a pic! I had so much fun tonight trying a new craft out. I haven't actually been able to sit down and just craft for the fun of it in a while. I'm helping a friend out in November with a Super Saturday and am thinking of making the advent calendars using the flower designs. Fun fun!
How much fun are these? A cute friend I work with has a surprise birthday party coming up and wanted to do something different for a gift. I've seen these
floating around the craft blog lands lately and it go me thinking. What do flowers normally come in? A flower pot. And what do I have a couple of downstairs just waiting to be used? Flower pots! I've been really wanting to try these, so I thought it was a win win for both of us. With a little paint, some fun ribbon and bright skittles, you get a cute and original birthday gift. We're going to be adding some gift certificates to the pot tomorrow to tie everything together. I'm just going to glue the gift certificates to skewers and then stagger them around the flowers. I thought the flowers were going to be a little more difficult, but once I finally figured out the first one, I was able to zoom through the rest. I've also seen these used as advent calendars (think Christmas gifts people!), magnets (just throw a magnet strip on the back!) and on gift boxes. How cute would it be to get a fun, color coordinated flower on top of your gift? I also had the majority of the supplies on hand (the pot, skewers, paper, paint & ribbon) so it was pretty easy to put together. Speaking of fun gifts to put together, how about this for a fun, quick gift?
We have a local grocery store that has an isle that has the most adorable treasures. I had to stop one morning to grab a few things for work and found the cute popcorn tub. I simply filled it with microwave popcorn, some soda and candy and called it good! I'm still trying to play catch up from the wedding, so this is really a belated birthday gift. So, I just put on the card that I hoped they had a birthday "poppin" full of fun. Simple yet fun and creative! I also found these at the store while going down the isle of wonder:
They're pumpkin holders! How freakin' adorable is that? There was no way I could pass them up! I'm going to use one of them inside to hold my Halloween candy bowl and then the others outside to hold pumpkins. Once I finally get my porch decorated for Halloween I'll have to post a pic! I had so much fun tonight trying a new craft out. I haven't actually been able to sit down and just craft for the fun of it in a while. I'm helping a friend out in November with a Super Saturday and am thinking of making the advent calendars using the flower designs. Fun fun!
2 comments:
I LOVE that! I want to make those little flowers. Do you have a link that shows how? I love the idea of adding them to gifts too!
Ok:
#1: How do you do the circle flowers?
#2: Which store are you talking about that has "the aisle of wonder"???
#3: You are stinkin' awesome!!!
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