I love gifts. I love to give them, get them, be surprised, be delighted..you get the picture. At our church we usually hand out Christmas cards to the families that attend and the entire church participates. But, I like to find surprises, so I figure others do to. Last year I started thinking that it would be nice to be able to add a small little something in the cards, just so people would know I was thinking of them. Thanks to Pinterest, I had the idea of using paint chips and cool stamps to create one-of-a-kind bookmarks.
Not to be outdone, I figured that bookmarks were so last year, but now what? I would love to give each and every one a gift but that is a bit cost prohibitive, so again I searched my friend, Pinterest. I saw some ideas about using mason jar lids to make cool ornaments. Hmmmm, I have lots of lids! What if I personalized them too? Who doesn't love a monogram now and then? Thus, the idea was born. In all I ended up making more than I had planned but with some little wooden letters and scrapbook paper, I think they turned out reallly cute!
Not to be outdone, I figured that bookmarks were so last year, but now what? I would love to give each and every one a gift but that is a bit cost prohibitive, so again I searched my friend, Pinterest. I saw some ideas about using mason jar lids to make cool ornaments. Hmmmm, I have lots of lids! What if I personalized them too? Who doesn't love a monogram now and then? Thus, the idea was born. In all I ended up making more than I had planned but with some little wooden letters and scrapbook paper, I think they turned out reallly cute!
| I had this nifty cutting tool from my scrapbooking days. But, in a pinch an upturned mason jar as a stencil would work just fine to cut from. |
| I love my hot glue gun. I just glued the centers on both sides, glued the lids together so that the gold part was facing out and each ornament had two sides, one with just pretty paper, and one with pretty paper and a monogram. | 
|
I attached some twine and there you go. Now, I have started something, I better be on the lookout for something good for next year's church Christmas cards!
And for the budget conscience (like myself) This set me back $14.85 for 36 gifts!!!
$1.50 per 12 pack of lids, I used 6 packs =$9
2 sheets of 12x12 scrapbook paper= $.85
2 bags of wood letters @ $2 each= $4.00
roll of twine $1
And for the budget conscience (like myself) This set me back $14.85 for 36 gifts!!!
$1.50 per 12 pack of lids, I used 6 packs =$9
2 sheets of 12x12 scrapbook paper= $.85
2 bags of wood letters @ $2 each= $4.00
roll of twine $1
