It is me again! So are y’all enjoying the series so far? I have a great one for y’all today! A candle gift set! You are going to LOVE this one!
Gorgeousness! Let’s start with the candles. Just plain old candles you get from any store will work fine. I picked frosty glazed white candles. But you can pick the kind you like. You will need some stamps and staz-on ink.
I picked “Dream”, “Believe”, and “Inspire” for my stamps. You can do anything. Monograms? Numbers? Noel? You pick out of what stamps you have. I put my stamp on the table and roll the candle across it.
Too cute already don’t ya think?
Now let’s turn a placemat into a gift box. Placemat?? Did she say placemat?? Yep I did...
One of those placemats that are fabric but kind of stiff. This one was on clearance or I see them for $1 all the time! Remove the tags and break out your iron. Iron over the sides about 3 inches.
Then iron over the ends that same 3 inches. You will have something like this…
Gather up the corners and do one small stitch in each corner to hold it up.
Do one in each corner to make your basket.
Add a piece of cardboard in the bottom to stiffen it up a bit.
Now let’s talk tissue paper just a minute. Plain old tissue would be okay. But I wanted this one to stand out. Guess what I used??
Pick up some vintage patterns from the thrift store or my etsy shop and add that special touch to your gift giving! I really love them in this gift basket!! I used two pieces to line the basket first.
Now you wanna talk ribbon? Yea we can’t use just any old ribbon either…I stamped the same words that are on the candles onto the ribbon….
I just stamped them on with regular brown ink….gorgeous!! And simple!! What a special touch!
Put each candle in a piece of the pattern.
Gather it up and add a piece of ribbon.
Simple and elegant.
Add all three to your placemat basket with some extra pattern pieces in between them.
Take a long piece of ribbon and wrap around both ways. Tie it off in a pretty bow.
Three candles and a placemat become a elegant gift!
This one could be used for so many people on your Christmas list! Teachers, moms, sisters, aunts, neighbors, hostess gifts, the possibilities are endless!
Get to crafting and give handmade this year!
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One Cheap B*tch says
November 14, 2010 at 8:56 pmWhat a great gift idea! So sweet!
Jeanine
Leanne says
November 14, 2010 at 9:22 pmThose turned out so cute and would make such a great gift. Hope you had a wonderful weekend.
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November 14, 2010 at 9:25 pmvery cute idea! love the placemat into basket!
Angie says
November 14, 2010 at 9:34 pmI’ve done placemat purses, but never a box! This will be perfect to use to give my Ornament of the Year to my family!
Mary says
November 14, 2010 at 9:50 pmThis is absolutely fabulous!!! Thanks for sharing the tutorial!!!
The Polka Dot Closet says
November 14, 2010 at 10:34 pmI love this! what a great gift!
Carol
Amy Kinser says
November 15, 2010 at 1:09 amGreat idea! Glad you shared it with us.
ChRiS says
November 15, 2010 at 6:36 amthis is such a nice idea and would be a nice gift to even have incase you forgot someone…..i have xmas eve at my home and open house so i always like a few gifts on hand incase i have a stray friend or relative stop in!
allison @ itstoilegood.blogspot.com says
November 15, 2010 at 9:28 amLOVE, LOVE this idea! I have got to get me some of that Stays On Ink!! What a sweet personal gift and I love the vintage patterns as tissue! You are too clever!
Rachelle says
November 15, 2010 at 10:09 amLove the place mat as the box! Cute cute cute!
Jana says
November 15, 2010 at 10:48 pmGreat ideas! Share them over at my linky party: http://gigglesglitzandglam.blogspot.com/2010/11/glam-party-2.html
Holly says
November 16, 2010 at 12:50 pmAngie, this is a great series! I love how you made a box out of a placemat, and using an old pattern as tissue paper is so unique!
rachel says
December 3, 2010 at 6:24 pmThanks for the GREAT idea! I modified your idea a bit by buying small votive holders, wrapping them with vellum and adding those clear stickers. The candle glows through the vellum so nicely. I plan on making these for the kid’s teachers this year. The placemat “box” is golden! Love it! Thanks again!
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Amanda @ Serenity Now says
December 7, 2010 at 2:30 pmWhat an awesome gift, Angie!!! Just beautiful. 🙂 Love the way you dressed everything up. 🙂 Visiting from The CSI Project today.
Debi Farnham says
May 23, 2014 at 7:13 amThis is the one. My 1st. grader can help with this project. She loves to play with my stamping supplies. Thank you so much for keeping me creative. Every teacher appreciates something my kids make any day.