Girly gift bags

Ok- I think I have shared my obsession with Pintrest before but If you don't remember let me say it again- I am OBSESSED with it! Whoever invented it was an absolute genius. Anyways... I am working on several projects that I have found on Pintrest and I want to share them with you. This one that I just got done with was super easy and super cute. I found this idea on Pintrest which came from a blog called www.lifeinthethriftylane.blogspot.com

I started with items I found at The Dollar Tree...

Fingernail polish remover

Colorful finger nail files- 6 in a pack

Fingernail clippers

Fingernail polish

Bubblegum

The cellophane bags were 25 for $1

I had the cotton-balls & q-tips (I tied some together with ribbon)

I put all the items in the bag and tied it with some ribbon.

And here is how they turned out.... I will use these as party gifts for my daughter's friends!

All in all on the 6 that I made I spent $25 so a little over $4 each!

I was so excited about how they turned out I just had to share :)

DIY sewing kits

Crafting makes me happy:) One of my goals for this year is to actually do the crafting projects that I have found and saved from magazine articles and now Pintrest. I am going to feature craft projects that really are easy to do. When I do a craft I want it to be simple and I also like to be able to share it with others, so I love to make gifts. I find that it is the best way to personalize something and make it really special. Luckily for me my mother-in-law enjoys crafting as well and we have been sharing ideas and crafting together!

Here is the magazine article that was our inspiration. It is the sewing kit in the bottom right corner. Started with mason jars, some small spools of thread, straight pins, safety pins, buttons, small scissors, needles, scraps of fabric and poly fiber fill.

Here are the finished sewing kits- super cute!!!!

Here is the lid- the top is a push pin cushion and the inside of the lid is an old magnet cut to size and hot glued, then the needles stick right to it!

I thought it would be fun to add a label, and who doesn't love a chalk board label? At first we tried to use chalk board paint, it didn't quite work on the mason jars, so I found these chalk board labels from the new home office line by Martha Stewart at Staples. They stuck right on to the jar. The labels worked best with the jars that do not have writing on them, the ones that do have writing just got a paper label attached at the top to finish it off!