In Case Of Emergency Break Glass

Nov 192012
 

unique way to gift money

Here is my lat­est idea on how to gift money other than stuff­ing an enve­lope with a check or cash. My co-worker was mov­ing away (sob, sob) and it wasn’t prac­ti­cal to bur­den her with more “stuff” to have to move. There was no doubt in my mind money would be the best gift. I like to add a lit­tle whimsy when gift­ing dough. Since my co-worker is a seri­ous choco­holic and mov­ing away to col­lege, I came up with the shadow box idea.

 

Sup­plies you will need:

  • shadow box (can be found at most stores that carry frames such as Michaels, Tar­get, etc…)
  • choco­late or choice of treat your recip­i­ent would like
  • small enve­lope to hold money
  • four coins (pen­nies matched my decore best)
  • paper to print “In Case Of Emer­gency Break Glass”
  • ham­mer
  • safety glasses (can be found at Home Depot for a few bucks)
  • glue gun

What to do:

  1. Hot glue your coins onto the enve­lope that you put your money in.
  2. Print out the “In Case Of Emer­gency Break Glass” onto your paper of choice, then cut it to fit the frame size.
  3. Hot glue your enve­lope and your choco­late bar onto the print out.
  4. Assem­ble inside the shadow box. From the back side I hot glued the frame shut so that she really would have to smash it open to get to the goods!
  5. Your done, wrap it up in a gift bag or box.


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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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