When my mom was in town a few weeks ago, we were shopping and I spotted
these adorable illuminated cardboard houses at Pottery Barn...for $70. Yes, I said they were
cardboard. Anyway, I turned to my mom and said, "ya know, I could
make that."
So I bought this cardboard cottage at Hobby Lobby for $2.40.
And with some paint, glitter and some other fun things in my stash, I turned it into
this for my sweet niece, Holly, who turned one on Saturday. Complete with a hand dyed pink bottle brush tree and a sweet snowman in the front yard. You can't see it in the picture, but I also added a little light inside ($3)
just like the stupidly expensive Pottery Barn one has. And mine is cuter, right???
A little doormat embroidered with Holly's name...
And here she is, the beautiful birthday girl. Happy Birthday, Holly!
I made my own Christmas tags this year... I'm sick of those cornball stick-on tags. This project took a cheap box of office store tags (and I like the old-time office-y look), some stamps I got at the new Atlanta Paper Source, and a little red ink pad. And it took about 15 minutes. And if you know our family, this pile won't be enough...
If you don't want to make your own tags, but want something really cute and unique, you can download these free printables and either adhere them to tags like the ones above, or just cut them out and stick them to your packages. I especially love the snow bunny.
Image courtesy of Ohdeedoh
