Fabulous free Friday

Did anyone make a cup last week?

If so, did it become a mugrug?

A potholder?

Something else?

This week i will show you how making little things through the year can end up a great gift

I kind of start out with odds and ends

A knitted dish cloth 

An applique towel

Magnets, shopping list pad

A potholder

A basket, cookie mix, spatulas and before long i have a great theme basket.

I build on a theme whether it is Santa

Or kitchen

Or some of the recipients favorite things

Add goodies like milano cookies or ferraro rocher candy etc.

Decorate with ornaments for the tree or a holiday green floral pick 

Each year i think i wont have enough deer or bear ideas and another one comes along 

For example  bear eat salmon. There is a card game called happy salmon i got.

My brothers will have fun in the hunting cabin playing it when its too dark to be in the woods

See? Perfect. .......if you look at things differently you can make a perfect basket gift  and by making or gathering items along the way the pocketbook isnt hit all at once.

Red truck lover?  Great panels out there to use

Or make a wteath and find ornaments in red truck to decorate

Easy peasy and so pretty 

Take a fav picture and have a gift made

This one made my Dad cry last year and he is not usually emotional

This was the funny element I came across when shopping. It was a silly 5 dollar item that made the hunting brothers laugh

These were fun fish potholders 

With batiks all kinds of fun to make

Red truck pillow cover

See? Just build on a theme, make it fun and geared to the recipient

My boss liked the pineapple runner i made so making her one.

She also likes ferraro rocher

I have seen where they glue the candy to make a pineapple. I think it is a bottle of wine as the base

So a bottle of wine, candy and table topper.

Wrapped with maybe some dried pineapple snack etc will be an affordable gift for me to give and a gift she will like.

No breaking the bank

The presentation will make the gift

Anyone know where i can find a pineapple tin for the dried fruit? Lol

Your free lesson in making great gift baskets

And dont overlook places like the dollar store for your basket or container. A sleek black one dollar plastic container can be more elegant and useful than a 10 dollar basket

Remember......

Theme

Fun

Recipients likes

Presentation

My maintenance man in the park gets a coffeeshop giftcard

Some fav pepperridge farms cookies

Some k cups or flavored coffees

Candied nuts etc

He loves it

For one niece this year i am trying to see if i can form her gifts into a red teuck

She loves ribbon candy, an old fashioned treat. That can be the truck bed wrapped in Kraft paper

The tailgatw can be her giftcard in a giftcard box also wrapped in Kraft. 

The wheels can be round tins of candy or mints wrapped in black paper

The cab i will play with wrapped in red solid paper

Her real gift is the giftcard but the presentation says she is special to me

I will look for candy or cakes packaged in the shapes i need. Hmmm that lifesaver book size may be perfect for the truckbed.

Debbie tree cakes in the bed of the truck with a couple bottle brush trees will let her know it is the red truck.

Cute and fun

Have fun and make some cool gifts!

I guarantee your recipient will remember it long after