Some cute gifts

One of the things I like to do is create some hand made gifts for workshop attendees.  Here is the gift I made for the last workshop.

Even if I do say so myself, these potted flowers are cute, cute, cute!  The idea is not my own.  I found this tutorial on a blog that has a wide variety of ideas called The Diary of Two Crafty Girls. Isn't that a cleaver blog name?  This tutorial is from Natasha and she made it easy peasy to do.  Go to their blog and search Flower Pot Gift Idea tutorial.  I used the stamp set Fabulous Florets, just like Natasha did in her sample. The colors of the blooms are the new Summer Starfruit and Primerose Petals.  The leaves are the new Gumball Green.  See, a showing of the new In Colors! Ahh, I may be a wee bit clever/crafty too! 

Gasp!  I just noticed that I took a picture of the BACK side of the pot!  The front is the same, but has the raffia ribbon bow.  I do not have another to take a picture of!  {sigh}  Oh, what to do with a middle-aged mind.   Ah well, we will all pretend that the picture has a bow.  Anyway, the original idea was to put a bulb in the little pot.  But the workshop was postponed past bulb planting time, so I did the next best thing and filled the little pots with candy! (Maybe the ladies liked the candy more than they would have the bulb?  It's that instant gratification thing.  Yummy candy now vs. a flower in three months.)

Here's a peek at the inside.  Hey!  You can see the bow on the front!  See, I'm not fibbin'  about the ribbon!  That rhymes...fibbin' and ribbon.  Onward...

And here is the box waiting to go to the workshop. Happy little box!

I had another special gift for my hostess.  Some yummies inside this as well. :-)  The flower is what I want to share.  I made it using the Paper Daisies.  One daisy as a bottom and then folding the daisies into forths and hot gluing them to the base until you have the fullness you want.  I spong daubered this with Primrose Petals Ink and swipped the edges with Bravo Burgandy ink.  A Basic Rhinestone in the center adds some sparkle. 

I think it kinda looks like a carnation?  The box is made from the retired Bigz XL Box #2 Die in Bravo Burgandy Textured cardstock.  White taffeta ribbon to wrap around.

There you have it!  Some gift presentation ideas.  Thanks to all of you for giving of your time today. I wish you a pot full of candies!

Kristine