I am not sure about you but I love to give AND receive handmade gifts. There is a part of yourself that gets permanently placed into a handmade gift for a loved one. Whether it be the tissue paper rose your second grader gives you or a time consuming crocheted blanket from your mother (thanks Mom!) or a plate of cookies from a thoughtful neighbor. These tokens of ourselves and our time leave lasting impacts on those we gift to. Somehow it means more to get handcrafted goods.
Now – I do NOT want to shame or guilt those out there that don’t give or make handcrafted goods because you can totally be like me and bring a plate of store bought treats to parties and tell people you made them without guilt. Seriously, you have permission. Totally not a big deal. In fact! Go a step further and throw one of these stamps on a blank tag and make people truly believe that you made them!
My point is – go make something! I tried to get a little range in this new stamp collection and I hope there is something for every hand made gift giver out there.
Here are some of the tags, cards and even wrapping paper I whipped together in the last week and have plans for many more.
I hope to hear from you all and that you tell me which speak most to your CREATIVE gift giving self! I hope something stands out to you and that you make great use of it in your efforts to give a piece of yourself by making handcrafted items for your loved ones…
(or store bought with a handmade card of deceit like me!)
!!!Giveaway TIME!!!
I would LOVE to give away a stamp set to some of you but will need your participation in order to do so!
Please comment below and share your email address if you would like to win. Tell me which stamp set you like best by heading over to the Spellbinders “Coming Soon” section and picking out a set that speaks to your creative life and tell me why and how you intend to use it. Winners will be emailed at the end of January!
OK Dudes, that is all for me for now. I should probably go make more cute tags with the stamps I haven’t featured yet but I have got hungry kids and an antsy husband on his day off and we are heading to the beach for a picnic lunch! Check out the Spellbinders website for all of the stamps!
Now, do that now please. Hurry. Bye.
Peace!
xoxo,
Stephanie
I love making recipe albums. I would love to win Kitchen Handmade.My goal is to make one for family members with my favorite recipes.
Hi Stephanie. I am a new to your blog. I found my way to you via Spellbinders. I love to make hand made items but sometimes time does not allow that to happen…. I too have shown up with store purchased products. Adding a lovely hand made tag can make it special. I love your new designs. I would be hard to just pick up one. My favorite is One of a Kind. Thanks for the chance.
resatwo at sbcglobal dot net
I just found your site through SpellBinders. I love Sew Handmade!!
shelleyscarbro@suddenlink.net
Just found you via Spellbinders. Really like your new products. Sew handmade is my favorite. The spool is really cute!
I like the handmade kindness and the kitchen handmade and the one of a kind sets. Sorry to hard to choose just one. I like to make cards and other handmade gifts and I like to bake so any of these stamp sets would be wonderful to have. Thank you for the chance to win
I Love, Love, Love your feathers. Gorgeous art.
Although I would take any one of them for they are all very useful, I being native I love the feathers on ONE OF A KIND , but I mostly make cards that I believe I would pick n use all the time would be
FANCY MADE BY
Thank you for the chance
I love all those sets – absolutely gorgeous! But my favourites are the sew handmade and the knit handmade. I am a knitter and have friends who are knitters, so I would use it for birthday cards for them. I am also working on knitting sweaters for my niece and nephew and would include a cute card in the package for each of them using that stamp. Thanks for designing so many beautiful stamps! skowbel(at)shaw(dot)ca
Oops, yarn handmade, sorry!