More Gifting

I didn't realize that it had been so long since the last post. Three weeks! I'm still not in a routine. It's almost like I still think I'm on vacation, even though I haven't worked for nearly 2 months. I think that I had worked so hard for so long that it's making me want to make up for all of that now. Hah! I have been very busy, though. I'm still in serious Christmas crafting mode. I'm nearly done with my first major gift basket. It is INCREDIBLE. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but seriously. It is incredible. I made monogrammed coasters (with my amazing Silhouette SD), a coffee mug with a coordinating monogram with 2 bags of homemade hot chocolate on a stick, homemade microwave popcorn, peppermint bark, homemade playdough for the kiddo, a Santa key, homemade brown sugar scrub for the momma, and a homemade caramel sauce. Did you catch a theme? Yes, everything is homemade.

I made a cute little custom clipboard for my 5-year old niece. She's very in to school, and loves practicing her letters and numbers. I thought it would be a lot of fun to give her a personalized clipboard with a pencil attached so she can carry it around the house to have something to bear down on while she practices.

I took a really pretty piece of scrapbook paper, and measured it against the clipboard. I marked the corners with a pencil, and just made simple cuts with a craft knife. 

I used some spray adhesive and matched up all of the edges. Unfortunately I am not good  suck at cutting around the actual "clip" part of a clipboard. I've tried it before and it was a total failure. I'm playing it safe here by leaving the top part uncovered.

After that, I found some coordinating paper to trim the edge. I measured the edge and corner on the right side, then cut around the cute little flowers. Once again using the spray adhesive, I attached the border to the side.

After that, I found some polka-dot stickers to spell out her name so I could personalize it for her.

What I ended up doing with the top was wrapping some brown grosgrain ribbon around the top and tying a pencil to it with some jute. I'll add a picture soon of the finished product. So cute!

Next on my list of to-do's: more coasters, more personalized coffee mugs, felt finger puppets, homemade dog treats, and snow globes.

So much to do!! I'll finish up now so that I can get my rest! I have a very busy next two days ahead of me.