Hostess Gifts

I made these a long time ago for my aunt, cousins, sister and mom who all helped throw a baby shower for my little baby Avery! I wanted to give them a gift but I was on a limited budget. I can't take credit for all these ideas I found some of them on other peoples wonderful blogs. I gave each person a pop bottle with a chocolate bar in the paper pocket, a bag filled with chocolate covered raisins (from Costco), a little notepad and a matching card.


This is the little notebook. I found the idea on Becky Roberts crafty blog. She is a Stampin up demonstrator and she has really cute stuff on her blog! They are super easy to make. I got the tiny notepads at the dollar store then I just measured how much space I needed and did some folding. The pencil holder is a bit tricky I did find the directions for that on her blog.



This is the pop bottle idea. I found this of a blog called Stamp-a-licious. I think it is so cute. Is there a better combination...diet coke and chocolate??? I put paper around the diet coke label so it matched the rest of the items in the gift.


The chocolate covered raisins were really easy. I put them in a cellophane bag and used some scrapbook paper and card stock folded over to be the topper. I added some ribbon for a bow.

Lastly I made a card to match the set. It was actually really fun to make and I think it looked pretty cute too.

Window gift package

I always forget to to take pictures during the creating process and then when I am making the post on here I think oh I should do a tutorial on how to make this. However this one probably doesn't need a step by step tutorial because it is sooooo easy.

I had a few birthdays to celebrate and I wanted to give a little tiny gift to let these people know I care. I went to Michaels and found these little boxes for about $2.50. I measured each face of the box, cut out paper and glued it on. On the front there is a little oval window but I thought it would be a bit tricky to cut the oval exactly perfect so I just used a punch that was smaller than the window so you could still see inside the box.

The only tricky part was the top side where the box clips in. I had to measure things out, do a little bit of cutting and make it fit. After I made that template then I traced it for the other side. I also kept one of the templates for future boxes I want to make.



After all the paper cutting I put the treats in. (for this one I used cupcakes-one big one and 2 minis) You can use whatever treats you want. To finish it up just add some ribbon on the handle. I put four different ribbons and tied them in a knot. Done!

Anyone can do this. Try it out!