Here's a gift I made up for some church ladies who help to lift the burden of entertaining guest speakers by bringing in suppers during weeknights. Other times I have given a pretty dish towel and candy bar tied up with a thank you note.....this time I decided to make the entire gift. First I made the little bucket handbags, attached a thanks gift tag, put a bag of homemade peppermint patties and a covered post it note holder inside.
I'm not sure that it turned out to be cheaper, and I know it WASN'T less work -- BUT it sure was a lot more FUN! I ended up making 10 of them over the course of three days.
Template from Mel's Blog ---http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2008/11/year-of-flowers-card-set-in-bucket.html
Supplies I used on the handbag (besides the template):
* White cardstock
o all the buckets have this for a base
* Misc. Scraps of paper from my paper scrap bin
o Makes me glad I hoard my paper like I do and save every scrap. Almost all of these were made completely out of my paper scrap bins.
* Blossom Nestabilities
o I cut both the hole for the bag handles and a solid piece of cardstock (in matching paper) with this. I used the middle piece from the solid piece of cardstock to create the flower on the right
* Flower Die
o middle white flower
* Rhinestones
o centers of flowers
* Martha Stewart Branch punch
Homemade Peppermint Pattie recipe here - http://estherscardcreations.blogspot...t-patties
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 GMT Views: 1467
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