Posts in the ‘Christmas’ Category
#1 – Bring on the New!
…the New Year that is!
Okay, I know this suggestion is already in our “ideas” section of the site but I thought it was fitting here too! We’re attending a New Year’s party where the host has requested each guest to submit their favorite song of the year. This will become the soundtrack for the party as well as a favor for the evening. Can you say “multi-tasking”?!
Skip the oh-so-common plastic jewel cases (that’s the official term for a CD case) and Garnish them instead. Use our tin CD case to house the songs of the year. I do love the way the clear square labels look against the tin case, with plenty of room to add your own special thought or thank you.
Now, what is my song going to be?!
Like my dad always says…there are only 3 things that really matter in life…good health, someone to love, and something you love to do. From our home to yours, we wish you all the best over the holiday season and for the new year!!
Categories: Christmas
Tags: square labels
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#2 – Mull it Over!
We associate so many things with smells. The smell of our grandmother’s kitchen, our childhood friend’s home and all the scents that go along with the holidays. For me, it’s the smell of spray snow that I used to put on the windows as a child and now my children have fun doing, and the smell of my mom’s mulled wine.
Now that I’m all grown up I enjoy making mulled wine and cider for my family and friends to share. Bring some along to your holiday party, new year’s celebration or winter festivities in our beverage box. I wrapped my boxes in kraft paper and added ribbon for a little garnish. If you’re hosting, no need to worry about finding carafes, just fill the box and set out on your buffet or cocktail table. And by the way, I timed myself, 15 minutes to garnish both boxes…this is something everyone can do!
The glorious aromas will fill your home and heart!
Nana B’s Mulled Wine:
1 cup sugar
3 cups boiling water
6 cinnamon sticks
rind of 1/2 lemon
18 whole cloves
2 bottles of wine
Dissolve sugar in boiling water. Add lemon rind, cloves and cinnamon sticks. Boil for 15 minutes. Strain into another pot. Add wine. Heat to piping hot but do not boil. Enjoy!
Categories: Christmas
Tags: beverage box, brown kraft paper
#3 – Make it Your Own!
This time of year the gift cards go flying off the shelves. Some may say that a gift card is impersonal. However I think they are a great way to show someone you care, care enough to get them something that is useful! Perfect for everyone you want to thank in your child’s school or daycare, folks at the office and well, anyone for that matter.
To add a little personalization to the gift cards I’m giving, I put my little guys to work. For teacher gifts this year I’m doing one card for the teacher and one for the classroom…in an effort to ensure the teacher actually uses the gift for herself. Each card was tucked inside our small kraft gable box and I had the boys decorate their respective teacher’s boxes. The results were fantastic. Talk about a personal touch!
Think beyond holiday teacher gifts…this idea is perfect for any occasion and anytime of the year. Oh and by the way, mum’s the word…don’t tell the teachers!
Categories: Christmas
Tags: rectangular kraft box
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#4 – Dress Up the Store Bought!
We’re multi-tasking again here folks, and doing it with style! I am a big fan of mixing up a little store bought with a little homemade when throwing a party. After all, the focus should be on the great people around you, not the kitchen.
Add a bit of Garnish to your store bought quiches (or anything homemade!) by placing them in little muffin cups. Not only do they look great, but they act as a protector to keep your fingers clean. Cute and functional…now go and enjoy your party!
Categories: Christmas
Tags: muffin cups
#5 – Bar Nuts These Aren’t!
For those germaphobes out there, you’ll appreciate this one! Some of us may not enjoy digging our hands into a bowl full of nuts or other little munchies because other folks have been doing the same…and who knows where those hands have been! Well chances are that you can trust your friends’ hands whereabouts so let’s move beyond cleanliness and focus on the convenience of this idea.
Set out these paper cone cups alongside your bowl and everyone can scoop and munch right out of the cone. I love multi-tasking products! Don’t you think this is so much cuter than putting out hand sanitizer next to the nut bowl?!
Categories: Christmas
Tags: white paper cone cups
Are you taking to the road or the friendly skies for your holiday travel plans? I am, and I believe in planning and being prepared. I have also learned that if my children are happy then I’m happy too! Since food on airlines is scarce and the distance between rest stops can seem like forever, pack your own snacks and keep the tummy grumbles at bay. Don’t forget, if you’re travelling by air, don’t pack any drinks…you’ll have to buy those once you go through security.
Load up our hinged plastic deli containers with your favorites. When the munchies hit, you’ll be prepared. The sturdiness of these lunch boxes make them perfect lap trays as well. So if you’re in the car your food won’t slip and slide!
With this trick, you’ll feel like you got an instant upgrade to first and the skies will be a whole lot friendlier!
Categories: Christmas
Tags: hinged container
#7 – Hang Your Stockings With Flair!
My family loves Christmas stockings. Inevitably every year, after we rip through them with glee, my father always questions why we don’t just do stockings and nothing else! We always nod our heads (so he doesn’t think that we are outright ignoring him) and then set ourselves up around the tree with great anticipation of the gift opening to come.
As much as we all love our stockings I really don’t enjoy wrapping the little trinkets that go inside. They’re usually awkward shapes and sizes and often find myself using more tape than paper! So why not tuck all those goodies inside little paper bags and tie the tops with some red and white twine? The stockings look like they’re bursting with little toy sacks just like Santa’s.
I should send this tip to the North Pole!
Categories: Christmas
Tags: little lunch bags, twine
#8 – Count Down the Days!
I know many of you are already deep into your advent calendars but my creative light bulb went off. And besides, you can always count down the remaining days leading up to the big guy’s arrival!
Adorn your tree with our small gable boxes each marked with a number (I used scrapbook stickers). Find the box of the day and enjoy the treat inside. Here’s another brainwave…if you’re having a holiday party scatter the numbered gable boxes throughout the tree and have each guest draw a number out of a bowl. What a unique way to hand out little favors!
My mind is racing with all the possibilities these little boxes hold! Hang them from the mantel, the banister, place them under the tree……
Categories: Christmas
Tags: gable box
#9 – Share a Special Thought!
Okay folks, if you get a little giddy over super cute packaging you’re going to love this one! I was bouncing off the walls with excitement with my creative inspiration…should I have admitted that?!
For a truly personal touch to gifts, I love adding a favorite quote. It not only adds a little reflection of who you are but adds a simple beauty as well. I came across this saying a couple of years ago while shopping and quickly copied it off of their chalkboard (thanks Moss Cottage, Thunder Bay!). A printer, a box and some red and white twine…how divine!
I think I’ll be wrapping all my holiday goodies like this and delivering them to my children’s teachers, school staff, bus drivers, and then there are the folks in the office, oh and hostess gifts, our friends…
It really doesn’t matter what’s inside…the package itself is just so dang cute!
A note: use glue dots, a glue stick or use a Xyron machine to apply the adhesive
The quote: In the season of hope, take time to make one really great snow angel, enjoy the company of those around you, savor the future and time to create a memory…
Categories: Christmas
Tags: twine
#10 – Leftover Madness!
Inspiration for this idea came from a fantastic holiday party we attended over the weekend where the food was delicious and abundant. At the end of the evening there was enough leftover to feed a second round of party-goers! So why not create a little extra room in your fridge, and save a lot of clean up, by setting out take out boxes and plastic deli containers for everyone (actually, any of our products would be great!). Before your guests leave invite them to create their own assortment of leftovers to take home with them. Our paper bags are perfect to hold everything for the trip to the car. So much nicer than plates wrapped in tin foil!
The day after the party, when everyone is a little tired after a late night of laughter, they will be so appreciative to open their own fridges to find a little something to fill their bellies…I know I would be. Leftovers done the Garnish way are anything but ordinary!
Categories: Christmas
Tags: take out container
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