I’m frequently inspired by Sally at Shim & Sons and I think you’ll have no doubt why when you see what I created via her inspiration!
Piper had a birthday party to attend last weekend and I really wanted to do something creative for a gift. I’d bookmarked Sally’s gift idea months ago and was pretty excited to come across it again!
The gift was all handmade {except the crayon packaging} and included a personalized crayon pack, 2 sketchbooks, a “write your own story” book, bookplates and a drawstring bag to carry everything.
I designed it all in Illustrator, printed on cardstock, used Japanese tape for the book binding, stored in glassine bags and used some leftover fabric for the drawstring bag.
Can I just say that even at 41 years old … I would be in heaven to receive this gift!!
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keee-ute!!!
ooo… awesome :) i’d love this kind of gift, too! and handmade? so beautiful, right from the heart. your heart. and that makes it all that much better!
I saw this awhile ago on Sally’s blog too and bookmarked it once birthday season begins. I can’t wait! Yours looks great! Did you use a large glassine bag to house all of contents and then put that into the drawstring bag?
i used smaller glassine bags for each thing. i didn’t have any large at home and not enough time to shop for them, so used what i had. in the end, the things weren’t as big as i originally wanted … but i think i’d do it this same way again. i used a 5.75×8 bag for the sketchbooks & illustration book {sketchbooks together in one bag and the illustration book in it’s own bag}. and a 3.75×5 bag for the bookplates. and then put it all in the drawstring bag.
love this!!! especially the drawstring bag (nice workmanship & fabric choice)!! SO cute!!
So super cute!! And I loooooove the fabric!!!
Love it! Thoughtful, creative, so sweet. I bet Ellie was blown away! Super cute!
LOVE! Next time I visit, you, Heather & Leslie need to hold a crafting party and teach me some of your tricks. I’m so in awe of each of your DIYness.
What a cute idea! That’s great that Piper wants to give something handmade!
and thanks for the introduction to Shim and Sons!
how amazingly creatively awesome. love it!
Seriously, I would love this gift, too. I love it when you feature your homemade gifts. So crafty and creative. Love it!
Super cute! Love this kind of stuff!
My birthday is in February….this is not a hint or anything…
love love love! I think handmade gifts are extra special. this one is EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA special. I really like the font you selected.