During the holidays, it seems like everyone was throwing “My Favorite Things” parties. Do you remember reading about those in blogland? The idea was to have a party where each person would bring X number of one of their “favorite things,” they’d all swap, and everyone left with a bag of great little gifts.
I remember reading some of my favorite bloggers’ lists of their “must-have” items… and it was really fun! In fact, thanks to Shelley, I now can’t live without my Scotch Brite cooktop cleaner pads 🙂
So this year for my best friend’s birthday gift, I thought it would be kind of fun to put together a present filled with some of my favorite things. I chose things that I knew she would enjoy/use just as much as I do! Here’s what I included:
{1} Favorite Scentsy Bar – Spiced Grapefruit {2} Pampered Chef Mini Whipper – this is my most used kitchen item, I love it! {3} SMASH Tape – like washi tape, but it’s printed with words… I use this to mark items in catalogs or magazines that I want to remember. Also great for scrapbooking! {4} Kitchen towel in one of my favorite patterns and color combos – black & white chevron {5} Cupcake liners in my other favorite pattern – polka dot! {6} Thing I use daily – my Melaleuca lip balm. It is seriously the most moisturizing chapstick I’ve ever used. {7} Urban Decay eye pencil sharpener – LOVE their eye makeup products. Favorite eye liner color: Rockstar… it is amazing! {8} My go-to late night snack – Junior Mints {straight out of the fridge!}
I wanted to create some cute pacakaging to go along with the theme… so here is my brown paper pacakge, tied up with string:
I just ripped a 2″ strip of fabric and gathered it around the inside rim of the bag. I used hot glue to keep the ruffles and pleats in place, and 2 minutes later I had an adorable custom gift bag!
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Having grown up in a home brimming with sewing notions and paintbrushes, Amy has a deep love for all things creative. On any given day, you’ll find her knee-deep in her latest creative endeavor, with projects ranging from sewing and crafts to home decor and kid-friendly ideas. Amy believes that everyone, regardless of skill level or experience, possesses the ability to create something beautiful, and Positively Splendid was born of her passion for helping others harness their innate creative potential.
Ahh two of the sweetest gals that I had the pleasure of hanging out with at SNAP on one of my favorite blogs (with another sweet gal from SNAP!)… 🙂 Nice work, ladies. I love the idea! Hugs!
Such a cute idea! I LOVE the polka dots ; ) I always enjoy wrapping gifts more than buying them!! I was so excited one year for a Christmas production, I got to wrap empty boxes! Nobody understood my excitement! ; )
What a lovely idea! I really like the font in the second row of the gift tag. What is the name of it?
So cute!!!! 🙂
What a great idea! I’m definitely pinning this for the future
Thanks for your sweet comments girls!! Katie, the font you asked about is called Lavanderia. It is one of my favorites!
absolutely wonderful. thanks for sharing.
What a cute idea!!! Love the polka dots!!
Adding fabric to the gift bag is such a great idea. It turned out wonderful! I’ll have to remember this next time I need to wrap a present! I rarely have tissue but always have fabric! Thanks so much for sharing!
My friend did this for my last birthday and I loved it! Some of her favorite things have turned into my favorite things. Love this!!
Love the fabric idea. This sparks so many ideas, thanks!
Love this idea!! Where do you get your Smash Tape at?
I’ve been trying to print the black and white pdf file for a few days now – when I click on the link it tells me “cannot access right now, please try again later”. My party is tonight – curious if you might be able to email me the black and white file? THANK YOU so much! Adorable party. sherrysage at cox dot net.