Category: Gifts
Mother’s Day Recap {Gift Ideas}
| May 14, 2012 | Posted by Jessie under Gifts, Spring, Thoughts, Us |
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you were all able to enjoy this beautiful weekend celebrating all the mothers in your life. We got together with my extended family Saturday night and then went to my sister-in-laws yesterday to celebrate all of our mothers again. This year, Mike and I decided to go for some personalized… more
DIY Centerpiece Box
| March 5, 2012 | Posted by Jessie under Build it Yourself, Crafty Things, Gifts, Wood |
Hi everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. I spent Saturday helping my mom and a few of her friends throw a bridal shower. You read about my DIY gift bags that we gave as favors last week, and today I’m going to share how Mike built some centerpiece boxes to house the ferns we… more
DIY Gift Bag Tutorial
| February 28, 2012 | Posted by Jessie under Crafty Things, Fabric, Gifts, Sewing Projects |
This coming Saturday my mom will be hosting a bridal shower with a few of her other friends and she enlisted my help to create some gift bags for the guests to take home. She found this amazing woman in our hometown who makes wonderful smelling lotions, hand sanitizers, and lip balm from goats milk.… more
Photo Fabric Pillow
| January 25, 2012 | Posted by Jessie under Gifts, Sewing Projects |
Have you ever heard of photo fabric before? I may be way behind the times, but I think I first read about it in a Country Living magazine a few months ago and starting searching around for it a few weeks ago when I had a specific project in mind. I found it at my… more
Joyous Ornaments
| December 13, 2011 | Posted by Jessie under Artsy Stuff, Before and After, Crafty Things, Gifts, Paint, Seasonal |
You may remember me talking about spray painting ornaments last week and today I’m here to share with you how I made them. We had a lot of brown ornaments around and since brown isn’t in our color scheme anymore, I decided to give them a makeover. Here’s what we started with: I hung them… more
Brown paper packages tied up with string…
| December 6, 2011 | Posted by Jessie under Artsy Stuff, Crafty Things, Gifts, Paint, Seasonal |
…these are a few of my favorite things! That song will now be stuck in your head all day long. You’re welcome:) Today I’m sharing some fun ways to personalize gift wrap. We put our tree up over Thanksgiving break, but I’m just now sharing it with you today because I wanted to get some pretty… more
Wedding Favor Boxes
| September 6, 2011 | Posted by Jessie under Artsy Stuff, Crafty Things, Gifts |
Over the weekend we travelled to Chicago for our friend’s wedding {you can read more about their gift here} which was gorgeous. My mom and I had gone up to Chicago last spring and were talking to Allison about wedding details when she mentioned she wanted to give chocolates as favors and we offered, along… more
Gift Idea
| June 20, 2011 | Posted by Jessie under Gifts |
I know Father’s Day is over but I thought I would share a unique gift idea that could be used for any occasion. For this Father’s Day I wanted to give my dad something that is useful and reflects his personality. My dad loves photography. It’s a hobby and passion of his and I wanted… more
