Sunday, March 31, 2019

Feeling a little Blue!

 Happy Sunday! I'm just popping in today to share a fun little gift ensemble that I made yesterday to give as a hostess gift. It really wasn't necessary since it was just a Girls' Night, but I was in the mood to create just for fun, using a hodgepodge of products to put it all together! It's all  blue, hence the title of my post, and since I photographed it so late, my photos even look blue! LOL!


 The starting point for the entire ensemble was the earrings that I made for her. This is really all I was planning on making, but things just evolved from there, which they have a tendency of doing with me. I used the new Taylored Expressions Designer Dangles-The Bigger The Better  mixed media dies and some printed leather I bought from Etsy. I have been having a ball making all kinds of earrings and giving them as gifts! I had promised a post showing how I package the earrings up, so I will share everything here. 
The earring card is die cut using an old Nestabilites die, but you could use any shaped tag or plain shape to get the same look. I used a really old PTI set for the border around the die cut. It just gives it a polished and professional look that I am always looking for. The "handmade" stamp is from the retired "Handmade Hodgepodge" stamp set, but any "handmade" type stamp would work. Once the stamping is done, I just use a small hole punch to make tiny holes so that the earring wire will slide through easily. I bought the clear earring backs from Hobby Lobby to stabilize them on the card.

I recently purchased the Everything's Rosy stamp set and have been dying to use it. The flowers on the earring leather reminded me of these flowers so I used them to create this quick and elegant tag.  The gray tag base is die cut using the Tag Sale #6 die

The "thanks" sentiment is from the Never Enough Thanks stamp set and is just the style I was looking for. I adhered it to the grey tag using foam squares and then arranged the flowers and leaves around the sentiment. Once that was all done, I matted the entire tag onto a white rectangle to give it some extra dimension.

The key wristlet is a quick sewn project that I love to make to tuck into gifts. I used some Moda fabric cut into a 4 inch by 1/4 yard and then pressed in half and then each half folded in again. I place a 3/4 inch piece of cheap felt in the middle and then run some straight stitches in intervals along the piece. The hardware is from Amazon and I purchase it in bulk so that I have them on hand for times like this. I had some left over flowers from the tag, so I made a quick little tag to thread through the key ring. The sentiment is from a REALLY old SU! set, but it is one of my favorites. I bought 15 of these cute little hand creams from Bath and Body Works when they had their sale last week and the Gingham is just perfect to match the earrings.

I packaged everything up in a cellophane bag tied up with some black and white gingham ribbon. I also added some sparkling clear rhinestones after I took the other pictures and I don't know if I like it, but oh well!

17 comments:

  1. Kelly, this gift set is fantastic! I love how you described pulling bits and pieces from your collections to bring it all together. It shows us that we don't have to have "full set syndrome" to make something so beautiful - we probably have everything we need! LOL

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    1. Awww...thank you so much, my friend! I appreciate you stopping by and your sweet words! I sure miss you I hope you're doing well! Big hugs!

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  2. What a fun gift! I love making and giving little girlfriend gifts like this! Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Thank you so much! Also, thank you for the beautiful card you sent me! Your handwriting is BEAUTIFUL! I just kept staring at it!❤❤❤

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  3. Kelly, this is beyond amazing. As I have commented many times before the love and the detail you put into your creations is truly heart warming. Each and every part of this gift set is just beautiful! I was initially worried about you when I saw the title of your post Feeling a little Blue but quickly realized where you were headed! Thank you for continuing to give us such gorgeous inspiration. You are a gem!!

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    1. Thank you so much, Debbie!!! You're so sweet and a gem yourself! Thank you for brightening my day!

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  4. Oh, GIRL!!! You just keep getting better and better! How do you sleep at night with all of these fabulous ideas flowing through your creative brain?? This set is so precious. I spent quite a bit of time this morning (happily, I must say...) pouring over every intricate nuance of this gorgeous ensemble!

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    1. Awww...thank you so much! You always leave the sweetest comments! Thank you!❤❤❤ you sure know how to brighten my day!

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  5. You have inspired me to make some earrings! Your gift is AMAZING!

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    1. Thank you so much, Nancy! They are so much fun to make!

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  6. You had me at BLUE! Your gift ensembles are always gorgeous.
    I wish I was one of your friends entitled to receive one of your gift ensembles!

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    1. Awww...what a sweet thing to say! Thank you!❤❤❤

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  7. Loved your post! Thanks for introducing the Taylored Expressions earring dies! I've never seen them but will place an order immediately. What a fun little gift for friends.

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  8. Love this whole set, especially the earrings! Can you please tell me what shop on Etsy has the leather you used? Thanks so much!

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