A Handmade Christmas

Here is a little photo collage of my handmade Christmas gifts. I chose to make Irish Cream (yummy!), pecan balls, and "Joy" ornaments. I found the free garland template on another blog (I'm trying to desperately to remember which one), and used it for my ornaments and the labeling on my packages.I purchased wooden crates for the containers, attached decorative branches, and pine cones, layered the inside with shredded Christmas wrapping (thanks paper shredder you did a great job!), and added a Merry Christmas photo for the final touch. All in all I'm very pleased with the results. Did you make your gifts this year? Now I'm off to finish my mom's gift, which I will post pics of next week!

xo

SHS!

Merry Christmas Friends!

Hello All-

It's been a few days since my last post- I've been a busy girl delivering gifts to family and friends. Here are a few pics of this years packaging. I try to stay with a theme for holiday decorating and packaging- I think I did pretty good this year.

The "believe" box is simply a box of matches- but I think it looks much nicer as a decorative match box... so that's what I did!

The packaging / gift basket was for my mom - her and I are constantly competing for best packaging- I might have won this year!

I also decided to give paper whites as gifts this year. I forced the bulbs the day after Thanksgiving and I noticed this morning they started to bloom- perfect! I was able to find inexpensive containers at Michael's. With the addition of burlap and a hand stamped tag- it makes a perfect thoughtful gift if I do say so myself.

I know this holiday season I've been obsessed with burlap, pinecones and all things natural... but it is such an inexpensive way to make a statement- what can I do??? Because I recognize my obsession I have decided to add some additional material into my repertoire.

I plan to spend the coming week on new products for my etsy store but will release pics here first.

Final thoughts... Have a very, very Merry Christmas and cherish each and every moment you spend with the ones you love (including your furry friends)- I will.