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Garden Gift Containers

Apr

Happy April! Amanda here today with a quick and easy gift for the green thumbs in your life. Hopefully most of you have dug your way out of the snow by now and are ready to get your garden going. Share the garden love with your friends and family by giving a garden-themed gift container.

Garden gift containers are inexpensive and come together in a snap. Start with a cute container, your favorite Pebbles patterned paper, and some seeds. For added gift giving flair, add a hand tool (or two) and a pair of garden gloves. This little watering can is super adorable, but an upcycled tin can would be just as lovely (and earth friendly).

Creating a theme for the garden gift containers makes it extra fun. Gather seeds that make a fun collection such as salad, salsa, or an herb garden. Embellish the seed packets with a cute label and pretty garden-themed sticker.

Make a cute garden label by fussy cutting one of the frames from the Gallery Wall paper from the Cottage Living collection. If your handwriting stinks like mine does, choose your favorite font and print directly on the labels.

I wrapped the container with paper ribbon from the Happy Day collection and tied a pretty bow with jute baker’s twine.

The 3×4″ Picture Punch from We R Memory Keepers is perfect for creating seed packets. No measuring and no cutting makes creating seed packets super easy. Choose your favorite patterned papers and punch away! Each seed packet requires only two 3×4″ cards.

Create the seed packets by stapling two 3×4″ cards together at the top and bottom. Next, fold the seed packet in half and tuck in between the paper. No fuss whatsoever.

Choose a cute font and print labels on patterned paper. Die cut the labels using this cute banner die from the Cottage Living collection. Adhere the labels to the seed packets and add a cute sticker.

In an even bigger crunch for time, or have a lot of gifts to make? Simply put a few seed packets into a small bucket (shredded paper optional) and add a label. Quick, easy, and sure to bring a smile! Happy planting!
Amanda

Supplies:
Cottage Living Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Gallery Wall
Happy Day Paper Ribbon 3/Pkg
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Family Time
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Front Yard
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Home Sweet Home
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Flower Garden
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Family Tree
Homegrown Cardstock Stickers 5.5″X12″ 2/SheetsIcon & Phrase
Baker’s Twine Value Pack 5yd Spools 24/Pkg
Picture PunchRound Corners, 3″X4″

Seed Packet Gift Envelope

Apr

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Hi, it’s Becki, here to share with you a quick and easy Spring gift. I created this seed packet gift envelope in about 15 minutes. It was SO easy and doesn’t require a ton of supplies. The Homegrown collection is perfect for Spring projects.

I love Spring and, even though I’m a terrible gardener, I do love to have a small herb garden in my kitchen window. I thought it would be fun to share an herb garden with a friend.

I started by cutting a 5×12 inch piece of patterned paper.

Then, I traced the opening of the photo frame.

After that, I carefully cut it out with a craft knife by cutting along the outside of the pencil lines.

Then I scored and folded the piece of patterned paper at the 5 inch mark.

After that, I adhered the frame to the envelope.

Then I cut a portion of clear packaging from a package of stickers to fit on the inside of the envelope

I adhered the clear piece of packaging to the inside of the envelope.

I then embellished the outside of the envelope and machine stitched the sides closed.

I then added a few packets of seeds. That’s it!

I’ll stick this little envelope in a terracotta pot and my gift will be ready to go. I can’t wait to share this with a dear friend!
Thanks for stopping by the Pebbles blog today!

Supplies:
Homegrown Photo Garland Kit 732818
Homegrown Coral Thickers 732822
Homegrown Ephemera Flowers 732820
Homegrown Puffy Bee Stickers 732814
Homegrown Partly Cloudy Patterned Paper PHGP-32805

Mini Bee and Butterfly Gardens

Apr

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Amanda here today with a quick and easy Easter decor idea for my fellow last minute slacker peeps. Easter dinner is close to the top of the list of Huge Family Meals we eat throughout the year. We are always eager to celebrate an occasion with a huge ham and big pile of cheesy potatoes. It is also one of the few meals where I actually set the table and create a fun centerpiece.

Grab a few empty cans, some patterned paper and some flowers and bees and you’ll have some pretty, happy, spring-inspired Easter decor in no time. These mini bee and butterfly gardens are super easy to care for and the flowers are guaranteed not to wilt. You can plant wheat grass directly in the containers, or fill the containers with wheat grass from the grocery store.

Every flower garden needs some buzzing bees, and the enamel bee stickers from the Home Grown collection are perfect. Adhere the bees to the top of a piece of floral wire to make them appear as though they are buzzing all around. Add a few bees and maybe a butterfly or two.

Wrap regular ol’ soup cans with patterned paper to create the pretty garden containers. I am crushing on coral right now so I chose to use coordinating coral prints from the Cottage Living collection to wrap my cans.

Cheater, cheater pumpkin eater. There is no shame in using store-bought wheat grass to fill your garden containers. No one will ever know the difference. Keep the wheat grass watered for a long lasting garden.

Gently coil floral wire around a pencil to create the springs that give the bees flight. Gently stretch the wire out and adhere the bees to the top.

Color the white floral wire with a green marker to make the stems disappear in the green grass.

Group fewer containers together to change the size of your centerpiece. It would also be fun to separate the cans and use them as place markers for Easter dinner.
Happy Easter!
Amanda

Supplies:
HOMEGROWN PUFFY STICKERS 24/PKG BEES
HOMEGROWN PRINTED CHIPBOARD PIECES 80/PKG EPHEMERA FLOWERS
COTTAGE LIVING DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12″X12″ OMBRE WAVES
COTTAGE LIVING DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12″X12″ SUNRISE SUNSET
COTTAGE LIVING DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12″X12″ ROUNDED TRELLICE
COTTAGE LIVING DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12″X12″ DELIGHTFUL DOTS
COTTAGE LIVING DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12″X12″ ACCENTS