Creating stuff energizes me. I don't mind just trying something. When it comes to crafting, creating, arranging, etc., I do not worry about doing things perfectly. I am not hard on myself. I find joy in the doing and, when appropriate, in sharing the finished product.
One of the "lil projects" I enjoy is making floral arrangements. I buy my vases at Dollar Tree and the flowers at Jewel. I was meeting two friends for lunch early in December. I don't see them as often as I would like, and I wanted to bring a holiday treat but not gift-gifts that might make them feel uncomfortable (like, "Oh shit, I didn't buy her a gift). I put together these arrangements and added some of the beautiful holiday ribbon I found at Sam's Club.
I also wanted to make an arrangement for a friend who was celebrating a milestone birthday. She's mad for plaid so I found this gorgeous ribbon online and chose colors that remind me of her. It was a pleasure to assemble and to share!
I am an assistant coach for eighth grade girls' basketball. My main job is to send the emails and to be on my best behavior so as not to embarrass my daughter. I wanted to give the girls on both eighth grade teams a holiday treat and a memento of their grade school basketball careers. I assembled treat bags with candy and lip gloss and then added an ornament to each as well. The ornaments were simple to make. I had plain wooden ornaments discs from Michael's (a pack of 50 is very inexpensive). I painted them orange, added the black lines with a paint pen, and used my Cricut to add the "IC '24" in royal blue vinyl. I added some Dollar Tree blue ribbon and wrote each girls' name on the back with a white paint pen. I don't know if the girls were into the ornaments (probably more of an adult thing), but they were excited about the treat bags and may appreciate the memento one day. If any of these wooden basketballs end up on one of these girls' trees in a dozen years, I will be thrilled! If not, no biggie, I enjoyed creating and gifting them.
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