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Wedding Shower Gifts ~Personalized and Fun!

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May 4, 2012 by Kendra 19 Comments

Summer time is coming and that also means wedding time is coming.  Right now I know of at least 5 weddings in the month of June. Hubby and I are invited to two of them.

More than just the weddings though, there are bridal showers to attend.  I don’t know about you but I am not the type of person to go to the store buy a gift and have the store gift wrap it for me.  That would be sooo easy; but guess what? I tend to make things hard on myself. 🙂  I have to go the store, wander around for at least an hour before I decide what to buy. Then I go home and have to figure out how to make it look all pretty.

This time was no different 🙂 However I have two wedding shower gifts to make, so I decided to at least use the same idea for each.

Wedding Shower Gifts:

wedding shower gifts to make

Supplies for the first gift. (I later added a candle)

Wedding shower gifts

Supplies for the second gift.

finished wedding shower gifts

This is what I came up with.  I made a stiff paper tube and wrapped the towel around it.  Using the rest of the towel and plastic grocery sacks I filled the inside as much as it needed. Then stuffed the pot holder inside with a dish cloth and the whisk inside of that. I found pretty fibers and ribbons in my craft drawers that I tied around he wooden spoons.

I used scrapbook paper to make a band around the towels and then put their initials on the band.

After it was all put together it just seemed liked it was missing something so I found a little jar candle and using papers and ribbons I decorated it and put in the basket also.

Here is the finished gift again. 🙂

Now for bride # 2’s gift, I took some in-progress pics with this one so you can see how I did it.

Here I have wrapped the towel around the paper tube I made. (Sorry I didn’t take a pic of the tube before I covered it)

So I just flipped the thing over and using safety pins, I pinned the towel together to make the base.

Now that it is back up right, I stuffed some plastic grocery bags in the bottom to help it hold its shape, and for the other stuff to sit on, so it don’t completely disappear down inside. 🙂

Using white card stock I made a wide band to go around the towel.

Then I used scrapbook paper and whatever else I wanted to decorate the second band.

Wrap the band around, line it up and tape it.

Now all that is left to do is stuff the goodies in. 🙂

finished wedding shower gifts

I made the “tickets” with a rubber stamp set I borrowed from my mom.

So anyway, this is the finished result. I think I like the purple gift better, but I chose colors that the brides like.  Sooooo, what do you think of my creations?

Hee hee, I just realized you can see how behind I am on ironing shirts 🙂 and that my workspace is very cluttered! Oops, just I’m just a human also.

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  1. Kelly says

    May 4, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    I think this is FANTASTIC!!!! WONDERFUL IDEA!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  2. Jessi @ PracticallyFunctional says

    May 4, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    These are just ADORABLE! That is such a great idea and you put it together so creatively, love it! Also, we got the hard cider at our local liquor store, anywhere that sells beer should have it 🙂

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      May 4, 2012 at 9:08 pm

      Aha!
      I am cheap, I like to buy from Meijer or Kroger so that is why I’ve never heard of it. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Kerry @HowToHomeschoolMyChild says

    May 4, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    Too cute. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be sending this link to my daughters who go to more showers than I do.

    Reply
  4. Pam Mosher says

    May 4, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    Super cute and so creative!

    Reply
  5. Michelle Christiansen says

    May 5, 2012 at 11:37 am

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! these are fantastic!!!! you are so creative!!!

    Reply
  6. alone on the prarie says

    May 5, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    I like the Blue & Green!
    Cute idea too!

    Reply
  7. Baylee says

    May 7, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    Great idea!

    Reply
  8. deborah says

    May 7, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    Very cute gifts! I’m afraid I don’t take the time to be creative…well, I think my sister got all the creativity anyway! 🙂

    Reply
  9. britt says

    May 16, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Oh you are so creative! I love the gift sets!! Those ‘hug’ and kiss ticket stamps are adorbs!! I am a new follower too 🙂 read your feature on the houtz house party!!

    Reply
  10. Denise Hecht says

    March 12, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    excellent idea my son is getting married have to use this one thanks for sharing

    Reply
  11. Rosanna R. says

    March 13, 2013 at 2:54 am

    What a creative, cute idea for a shower gift using items that everyone will use! 🙂 I like it! 🙂

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      March 13, 2013 at 2:05 pm

      Thanks! It’s a lot of fun to put them together.

      Reply
  12. Susie Jackson @homemaker-mom.com says

    March 17, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    I love those! Fantastic!

    Reply
  13. Martha says

    March 19, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    This is also for someone moving into their 1st place. Single people need kitchen stuff as well.
    I bet one can make a “bouquet” with the utensils.

    Great idea!!

    Reply
    • Kendra says

      March 19, 2013 at 5:33 pm

      So cool! I never thought of it as a housewarming gift. 🙂

      Reply
  14. Abby @ Just a Girl and Her Blog says

    March 22, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    What an awesome gift idea! Pinning! I found you at Practically Functional–thanks for sharing!

    ~Abby =)

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    • Kendra says

      March 22, 2013 at 9:53 pm

      Thanks for Pinning, Abby! And thanks for stopping by 🙂

      Reply
  15. stevie says

    March 22, 2013 at 9:56 pm

    I love the fact you took time to make the gifts personal. They just weren’t wrapped or piled into a gift bag. Wonderful!!!

    Reply

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