“Excuse me, miss? There seems to be a mistake. I believe I ordered the “large” glass of wine…Hello!”

Dec 022012
 

Win­ter is here and what bet­ter time to start cozy­ing up to your favorite red! Today I’m shar­ing my beloved wine glass with you. Friends are always ask­ing me where they can get one. What makes it so spe­cial? It fits an entire bot­tle of vino!  I must con­fess I do not drink an entire bot­tle of wine at once, how­ever I’m a sucker for a great nov­elty.  It’s now my “go to” host­ess gift or “bud­get gift” that is very “rich in style”. Stock up and have them on hand for that per­fect gift.

CLICK ON PHOTO TO PURCHASE GLASS

 

The ideas are endless:
  • Get them etched with Mr. and Mrs., a spe­cial date or a wine quote at your local engraver for a one of a kind gift. (or etch them your­self if you’re the crafty type)
  • For dual usage fill the large wine glass with can­dies, nuts or a dip at your next cock­tail / wine party.
  • Use them as can­dle hold­ers or a flower vase.
  • They make a great ves­sel for wrap­ping gift cer­tifi­cates to your local wine tast­ing bar, restau­rants or home decore stores.
  • They make the per­fect stor­age for used wine corks too!
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The Sweet Way to Give Money

Aug 042012
 

Life is like a box of chocolates…

 


I’ve writ­ten a lot of posts on how to “gift money”. This is my lat­est idea with a sweet twist to it. Start by get­ting a box of See’s (or your favorite) choco­lates. Go to a store like Cost Plus that has nov­elty can­dies. Find any money themed choco­lates to add to your box. I pur­chased gold coins and choco­late dol­lar bars. As you can see how I did it in the above photo, ran­domly put the money choco­lates with the See’s can­dies and then of course add the real money. This is a sim­ple, but thought­ful way to gift money for all occa­sions. I cre­ated this one for a grad­u­a­tion celebration.

 

On the card you can add a fun quote like, “Life is like a box of choco­lates…” fin­ish the quote with some­thing appro­pri­ate for the occasion.

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Music That Melts

Jun 152012
 

Today I’m shar­ing my lat­est repur­pos­ing project that’s per­fect for your next party! Take old records and melt them down to bowls. They not only look groovy, but are very func­tional. My sis­ter made these for her son’s grad­u­a­tion party recently. His party theme was the Bea­t­les, so these were the per­fect acces­sory. The process to make them is very easy too!

INSTRUCTIONS HERE

 

How to get your groove on:

  • fill them with snacks and candy (be sure they’re wrapped food items for safety)
  • a great stor­age for t.v. remotes
  • loose change anyone?
  • “where did I put my keys?”…a thing of the past
  •  place your small gift or gift card (think iTunes) in the bowl and wrap with cellophane

If you don’t have any unwanted records lay­ing around in your attic, you can pick them up for next to noth­ing at a garage sale or thrift store. Have fun and don’t for­get to crank your tunes!



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The One Gift Nobody Will Return: idea #3

Nov 092011
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who doesn’t knead a lit­tle dough? This is my favorite way to gift money. I know it’s a lit­tle cheesy, but it sure is fun!

Here’s what to do:
  • Pur­chase pre-made pizza dough at a store like Trader Joes or make your own.
  • Get together a clear bag, Ziplock bag­gie, twine, gift tag, flour and your money.
  • Lay the flour out on a board and roll your pizza dough in it. Then place your money in a small Ziplock back and hide your cash in the pizza dough mound. Put the dough in your clear bag clos­ing it with the twine.
  • Add your gift tag to the bag. It is very impor­tant to write some­thing that will let the per­son know they need to dig into the dough to find their trea­sure. You wouldn’t want them to acci­den­tally just throw it out.
Gift tag quotes:
  • “Thought you might like some dough…peak inside.”
  • “Just a lit­tle dough to put towards your new com­puter (or whatever).”
  • “Heard you might knead some dough…”



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

idea #1  idea #2

idea #4     idea #5


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The One Gift Nobody Will Return: idea #2

Nov 082011
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day two of my five day series unveils money origami. The prob­lem is, at least for me, is it can be com­plex to make. I finally found one that I was able to make in less than 5 min­utes on my first try! It’s the money ring. You can find a lot of tuto­ri­als on the web but this one  was eas­i­est to fol­low. How to fold the dol­lar bill ring cour­tesy of Home­made Gifts Made Easy.



 

 

 

 

 

After you’ve com­pleted mak­ing your ring, sim­ply wrap it up in a jewelry/ring box. I don’t know any girl that wouldn’t love to receive that kind of bling! They say “dia­monds are a girls best friend”, but I think the green stuff comes in close second.

A clever, but corny, tag line for gift­ing the money ring: “Will you… go shop­ping with me?”
Idea #1
Idea #3
Idea #4
Idea #5
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The One Gift Nobody Will Return!

Nov 072011
 

 

 

You may have guessed it, money! That’s right, good old cash. I know this is some­thing every­one can use. I usu­ally opt for the gift card, but with so many busi­nesses going under, I’m turn­ing to cash more and more these days. My nephew is grad­u­at­ing in Decem­ber from High School. Since the kid has every­thing already, includ­ing the best aunt ever, I feel I may have to just hand over some cash. So I’ve been brain­storm­ing some unique ways to gift money.

This is the first idea of my five day series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bread, a.k.a. money, is the per­fect way to wrap up your gen­eros­ity. One rea­son peo­ple don’t like to give cash is because they think it’s imper­sonal or appears to be the easy route. Doing some­thing like this will show you did put some thought into their gift.



 

 

 

 

What To Do:

  • Pur­chase a loaf of bread, whether it be a roll or a large loaf.
  • Cut it in half, then scoop a lit­tle of the bread out to make room for the cash.
  • Place the bread in a clear bag or bak­ery box.
  • Add a rib­bon or raf­fia tie with a gift tag attached that clearly indi­cates they need to open the bread loaf. This is very impor­tant oth­er­wise you run a small risk that they’ll just throw it out…or even eat it!

Tag Ideas:


  • “Thought you might like a lit­tle bread to help feed your crav­ing for a vaca­tion (fill in what you know they would like it for).”
  • “Man can­not live on bread alone, so look inside!”
  • “Remem­ber, man does not live on bread alone: some­times he needs a lit­tle but­ter­ing up.” (but­ter inside)
  • Be sure to break open the bread…
Day two’s idea found here
Day three’s idea found here
Day four’s idea found here 
Day five’s idea found here



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