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Gift Card Candy Lei | Gift Gloss

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Spring has sprung, the flowers have started to bloom, the sun is warming up and we are entering the spring gift giving season.  Mother's Day, Graduation, Teacher Appreciation, Weddings all start to fill our calendars.  With our calendars filling up, we now have a need for easy and fabulous gifts! I don't know about you, but over the years I have found that I LOVE getting a gift card.  That way I can get exactly what I want, plus it's an excuse to go shopping!!  The problem… they are kind of boring when you gift them.  With the help of my favorite GiftGloss you can give a boring gift card with a little pizzazz!!

 

If you aren't familiar with GiftGloss it is a fabulous way to create stunning gifts for your friends and family.  GiftGloss® is a unique gift wrap material, developed by the FoofQueens®, that allows you to create snazzy gifts in minutes. Whether you’re wrapping a birthday treat, wedding gift or plate of yummy cookies, GiftGloss instantly turns your gift into a show-stopping celebration! It's a fabulous slide n' tie sleeve that all you have to do is slide your item into and then tie it off on both ends and voila, you have a fun gift. 

For the candy leis I picked some fun candy and tied off the end of the gloss with what ever material you would like. I used baker's twine, but you could use anything. Then dropped in a few candies at a time tying it off every few inches to create the lei effect.

 

Then drop your gift card into your desired spot and tie it off just like the candy…

Once you have the desired length, tie the two ends together and you have a fun gift card candy lei…

Now what mom or teacher wouldn't love this fabulous sweet treat? I embellished mine with a fun cupcake liner flower that I made with my i-top button maker. Here is how I made it…

I used two small cupcake liners, two large cupcake liners and one i-top brad. I trimmed the edge of one of the small cupcake liners to fit the brad and secured it in place by folding it down.

   

Load into the i-top. Take the second small cupcake liner and place on top of the loaded brad top and then place the bottom of the brad inside the i-top and click it into place.

   

 

Take your two large cupcake liners and arrange them how you like by manipulating the center of the liner to create the desired effect.  Take the brad that you just created and push through the center to create the flower.

 

You can then take your flower brad and poke it through the gift gloss and secure it to embellish your gift card candy lei.

How fun is that? Now you can be excited to give a gift card, rather than sheepishly handing them a boring flat envelope thanks to the FoofQueens and GiftGloss!!

The FoofQueen are offering you guys a fabulous deal so that you can create some of these for your spring gift giving needs…

As a special offering for our readers, enjoy 20% of your entire cart when you use Code Whipperberry at the check out~ Expires May 20th, 2012

Thanks FoofQueens, you guys are WONDERFUL!!

HeartGrams | Giveaway

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Several times a week I am contacted by people who would like to host a giveaway on WhipperBerry and I have to be pretty selective as to who I chose to partner-up with to present to my favorite people… YOU GUYS!! I was thrilled when the lovely ladies from Love Feast Table contacted me to host a giveaway for their HeartGrams!

What a FUN gift to give YOUR favorite people in your life for Valentines day! These beautiful heart shaped velvet plush pumpkins, or HeartGrams as they are called are a stunning addition to any Valentine display.  It's a perfect gift to send to Moms, Sisters, Grandmothers, friends and sweethearts!  Let's face it Valentine's Day is a perfect day to share our love with all the amazing people we have in our lives, not just our sweethearts.

Each HeartGram is lovingly created with great attention to detail. The unique addition of the one-of-a-kind pumpkin stem is what gives every HeartGram it's distinctive style. The HeartGrams are packaged in a simple Kraft paper gift box with a fun postcard to personalize the gift for your loved ones…

Chris Ann and Kristin from Love Feast Table have been super generious and have offered one lucky reader a set of two beautiful HeartGrams for you to share with a loved one or keep for yourself!

BUT… don't wait to long to order yours!!  The last day to place your order to send to someone you love is on February 9th if you want them to arrive by February 14th!!

Here is what you need to do to enter the giveaway…

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck, but don't wait too long to order a set for yourself and for a loved one. You're going to LOVE them!!

Packaging your Valentines with GiftGloss

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Can you feel it in the air? It's getting close… "What" you ask?  Valentine's Day!!  I know that there are haters out there, I choose to not be one of them.  I love, LOVE!  It doesn't need to be romantic love {although that's my favorite} the love between family and friends is just as amazing. What makes Valentines day for me, is coming up with a fun little goodie to share with ALL the loved ones in my life.  This year I've discovered the love of homemade donuts and I am packaging them with GiftGloss from the FoofQueens.

Because quite honestly, it's not just what you give… IT'S HOW YOU GIVE IT!! You guys know that I am ALL about the packaging.  I have been as long as I can remember.  I'm so glad that I found GiftGloss it has so many applications.  If you haven't heard of GiftGloss it's a dandy little system where you can create your own custom wrapped gifts. It's a sleeve of a unique material developed by the FoofQueens that is so fun to create with.  I used the small six inch sleeve to create the perfect wrapping for my heart shaped donuts.

 

Using the handy GiftGloss Dispenser to unroll the appropriate amount of GiftGloss and then neatly cut the sleeve without having to run and search for scissors. I carefully placed my donuts into the sleeve and then found some fun materials to tie off the ends.

 

I used some Divine Twine, ric-rac and some fun pom pom yarn to tie off the ends. Then I created a fun, simple tag from some basic tags, washi tape, my alphabet rolling stamp & some fabric…

Super Simple and then added it to the end of the package…

There is no way that I would've been able to make a package that cute to show off these FUN donuts!! It's just soooo easy!  Here is another idea that I had for a fun way to give a simple Valentine gift…

 

Take a simple recycled bottle and put some fun candy inside. I found these fun heart shaped Honey Lover candies that are just too cute and make for the perfect Valentine. I placed the bottle in the six inch sleeve and then tied off the top with a thin strip of fabric along with a key tag from the office supply store.  Simple and yet so fun when packaged the right way! You need to head over to the FoofQueens Facebook page to see all kinds of fun and inexpensive Valentine ideas that I'm sure will tickle your fancy.

The FoofQueens would like to give each and everyone one of you a special Valentine gift as well. For the rest of January all of the products at the Gift Gloss store are 40% off they would like to give all of you guys an additional 10% off your total purchase. All you have to do is enter A SWEET DEAL at check out to receive the additional 10% off. Act quickly this special deal is good thru next Tuesday the 31st.

Thanks FoofQueens for the fun early Valentine's Day gift!!

* Don't forget to enter this weeks DownEast Basics giveaway and don't you worry… I'll post the recipe for the heart shaped donuts next week!!

Valentine Snow Globe | Anthro Inspired

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I have to admit… I have fallen for the Anthropologie snow globes from this last holiday season! While I was putting all of my holiday decorations away I just couldn't part with my snow globes. I decided that I would make  a Valentine's Day version.  Here you have it… my Valentine Snow Globe.

I took my Anthro inspired snow globe and removed the trees and safely stored it for next year.  Then I used my Epic tool and my new Sweetheart Nesting Scallop Heart die  from Lifestyle Crafts to make the pink heart. I made two and then placed them back to back with two, two inch pieces of a paper drinking straw in the middle to secure to the bottom of the lid with some large 3D glue dots. For the tutorial on how to do that click here.

Then I used a fun felt Christmas tree ornament for the large heart.  You could of course, make another paper heart for the large one.  I just happened to have the perfect felt heart already on hand. I did the same with the two felt hearts.  I placed them back to back and placed two, three inch paper straws in between to help secure the heart to the lid.  They were a little wonky so I used a small section of the paper straw and some glue dots in between the hearts to secure them a little better…

Don't worry, people won't notice the straws at all. It will just look like you have beautiful hearts floating in your snow globe! What else do you think we can do with the ever popular snow globe?