Lifesavers Lifepreserver Thank You Gift

  

Last week was the biggest day of my short professional career.  It was the yearly fundraiser my boss directs for our local school of the arts.  It was a great event, and even though I didn't get to mingle, I had a great time.  I didn't even have much time to snack on our amazing buffet but I did enjoy a bacon-wrapped scallop.  Yum!

To thank my volunteers I made these small gifts of appreciation and gave them to them on the day following the event.  

I couldn't find rolls of lifesavers so I bought a bag of individually wrapped lifesavers.

And I cut off lengths of plastic wrap & wrapped it around handfuls of the candy.

 I layered two pictures & wrote the Thank You on them, then laminated them...

and punched a hole in each one...

Here they are ready to hole punch...

And here is one, complete...

Everyone was glad to be remembered for their efforts and they thought the little gift was cute.  We had a great crew of people helping out and I'm so thankful for their energy & help!!  


I hope you get the chance to be creative today!  

...from Lori@Kitchenfunk

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Candy-Filled Vase

I was so busy this weekend and today, I haven't gotten as much

crafting done as I'd like. But how cute is this...

I found the plans for this at A Craft a Day. She used a different style vase with a glass. You can find her tutorial here:

She has a fantastic blog with crafts and tutorials to make it easy for people like me, who just want to add a little fun to life, to be crafty, too. Please go check it out.

Here is the glassware I had when I started. Well, actually, even though I have several vases, nothing worked, so hubby and I went to the Salvation Army store. This glassware cost me $1.96.

Then I placed a smaller vase into one of the larger vases...

WHAT is wrong with this picture???

Right, well, I couldn't put the candy in!

The lip of the smaller vase matched perfectly to the lip of the larger vase.

So I tried a Starbucks Frappaccino glass... It worked!

Ta Da! I just added the candy and I was done. But I didn't have any fresh flowers (which really is the point of the vase...) but I did have fake flowers so I stuck them in. It doesn't loose its charm, and when I can get to the flower shop this weekend I'll pick up some great smelling carnations. And I will finish my other vase when I finish my Frappaccino ;-)

I hope you get a chance to be creative today!