If there's one thing I've learned after attending three Bridal Showers in my honor and planning a wedding (& thinking about hosting parties in my own house), it's trying to come up with cute & creative little gifts without looking like you ran to the Box Store up the street.
The first shower I offered to help the hostess with the game prizes. I made one set of hotmits, like these:
and one dishcloth/hand towel set.
Making these as prizes started my gears turning and I thought about all my friends to whom I've eagerly given matching sets (hotmits, dishcloths & a hand towel) as house-warming gifts when they make a big move.
And I wondered, "How cute would these sets also be as bridal shower prizes (or favors in small set-sizes) or even baby shower gifts?"
The hand-towels are also the perfect size for burping cloths and they get washed in the same load. Not only would they be cuter than the boring white towels, but, instead of handing them down to another new mother, these towels could be repurposed as hand-towels when Baby no longer needs burping.
What else have you discovered in your own projects that you hadn't thought of before?
PS - check out this one of a kind you-know-who-lives-in-a-pineapple-under-the-sea character I made for a 5-year old boy for Christmas a couple years ago. I told him he could use it as a bath-toy/ washcloth :]
The first shower I offered to help the hostess with the game prizes. I made one set of hotmits, like these:
and one dishcloth/hand towel set.
Making these as prizes started my gears turning and I thought about all my friends to whom I've eagerly given matching sets (hotmits, dishcloths & a hand towel) as house-warming gifts when they make a big move.
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| Hand towel |
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| Hotmits Pair |
And I wondered, "How cute would these sets also be as bridal shower prizes (or favors in small set-sizes) or even baby shower gifts?"
The hand-towels are also the perfect size for burping cloths and they get washed in the same load. Not only would they be cuter than the boring white towels, but, instead of handing them down to another new mother, these towels could be repurposed as hand-towels when Baby no longer needs burping.
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| washcloth/ dishcloth |
What else have you discovered in your own projects that you hadn't thought of before?
PS - check out this one of a kind you-know-who-lives-in-a-pineapple-under-the-sea character I made for a 5-year old boy for Christmas a couple years ago. I told him he could use it as a bath-toy/ washcloth :]