More Easy Friend or Neighbor Gifts...

I'm always stressed about what to do for neighbors and my kiddo's friends for gifts.  Here are a few recent and relatively easy & inexpensive) DIY gifts that I made:


Noel Block:

Decorated Wood Letters that are also picture holders (perfect for girls!):

Another example:

Twine Wrapped Star hanger, made from gluing paint sticks into a star shape (this can also be done on a much smaller scale to make ornaments by using Popsicle sticks):

Ice Cream Basket:

And finally, for your dog loving friends/neighbors:

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Valentine Candy Bouquet...

We love, love, love chocolate covered cinnamon bears! A dear friend's sister passed away this week and she has been on my mind a lot. There isn't much one can do or say that would make the pain go away, but this friend and I share our love for those tasty treats so instead of sending flowers, I decided to make her a candy bouquet. This would also make a wonderful Valentines gift:

I wrapped it in cellophane and tied ribbon around it to finish it off:

Chocolate can make anyone's day better right?!

Father's Day BBQ Gift Basket....

If the men in your life are grill masters like the ones in my life are, this is the perfect Dad's day gift!  Last year we got Hubs a super duper new stainless steel outdoor BBQ grill for father's day.  To go along with it, I made him and my daddy-o gift baskets full of grilling supplies.

For the basket portion of the bucket, I found these nice ice/champagne buckets and used my Cricut to cut their names out in vinyl and placed them on the buckets.  It gave them a nice personal touch.  I put "Poppa" on my dads because that's what the kids call him and, "WHUB" on my hubby's because that is my nickname for him:

Then, I bought a ton of nice BBQing supplies such as spatula's, wire brushes, oven mitts, mini meat thermometer's, skewers, tongs, etc. and placed them in the bucket with some gift basket filler:

I made these cute "apron" cards to attach:

Then, I just wrapped it all up in cellophane, attached the card with curling ribbon, and ta-da!

It was the perfect gift to go with a brand new grill!