Last weekend I attended a bridal shower. I have not been to a bridal shower in quite sometime. As I pondered ideas for the bride and groom to be I wanted something different. I always think about some of my favorite gifts from our wedding. John and I will be married 30 years next month (hard to believe) and each Christmas I look forward to finding a special ornament that was given to us as a wedding gift from one of my dad's co-workers. It is a hand-painted egg with a scene of Chicago at Christmas. Little did we know at the time that we would only have two Christmas' in Chicago before being transferred to Southwest Florida. This is a treasured gift for so many reasons. So I decided to give a handcrafted Christmas ornament, you can see it here. I added gold inlay as well.
While I did not have the ornament for the shower I did print the photo and mounted it on card stock. So the gift would really be in the wrapping.
If you are like me I love to give and get beautifully wrapped gifts. I am not a fan of gift bags unless the gift is such an unusual shape that the best solution is a gift bag to wrap it.
I knew the bride's colors were pale pinks and corals so my color palette was Blushing Bride (how appropriate), Calypso Coral, and Very Vanilla. I used a Tag A Bag Gift Box. These are perfect because the Acetate sleeve can be decorated and then slide off to reveal the gift without needing to "undo" the wrapping. I was inspired by a similar design by Kirsty Brown.
The flowers were made with the Spiral Flower Originals Die. I am still working on perfecting my spiral flowers.
So while the ornament is being hand-crafted the bride-to-be still had something pretty to open. I thought it could hold some special notes or other trinkets from her day for years to come.
Thought to start the week:
"It's not happiness that brings us gratitude, it's gratitude that brings us happiness."
I am grateful you stopped by today! I hope I got YOUR StampinMojo going.
Michelle
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Michelle, this box is gorgeous! What a beautiful job you’ve done. Pink is my favorite color, so I was immediately drawn to this 🙂 I’m sure the bride loved it! And what a thoughtful gift~such pretty and unique ornaments!
Gorgeous, thoughtful gift.:)
This is so pretty. You have inspired me to attempt to make these flowers with the spiral die. I have been kind of intimidated before.