Admittedly, I am about as creative as a box of toothpicks. I appreciate creativity. I admire creativity. But I look at something creative – even simple things – and think, “That would never have crossed my mind to do that…” All of this is to say that my love of Etsy makes me FEEL creative. I can buy these DIY kits and spend 10 minutes on a little project and suddenly I feel like a creative genius!
That’s what happened when I saw these adorable little Hershey Kiss labels on Creative Queen Bee’s etsy page. Sure, these are really just computer labels that I’m sure anyone could probably create at home, but to me they were brilliant! And easy! And creative! So, I bought two sheets of them for goody bag treats for Bean’s 2nd birthday party.
First, you choose your characters and then what you want them to say. Mine say, “Happy 2nd Birthday, Michael!” Our theme is Sesame Street and so I got Elmo and Cookie Monster characters.
Then, you buy a bag (or three…) of Hershey Kisses and you put one label on the bottom of each Kiss.
I found clear goody bags at Party City and put 10 labeled Kisses in each bag. Then, because I had so many Kisses left over, I added a few unlabeled ones to the bags, too. Each of my bags had 15 Kisses in them.
It took me about 20 minutes to get all 10 goody bags made. It was easy peasy and by the time I was finished, I felt so creative and crafty, even though I really didn’t come up with anything on my own.
These will go into small sand buckets we are using as take home treats along with two other little somethings. As I complete those “crafts,” I’ll post about them here to review what I ordered. Hopefully, you’ll get some good creative ideas of your own, too!
12May
** UPDATE: The winner of the Eisley Rae giveaway is #38 – Teresa! Congratulations, Teresa! Email me at katie@marriageconfessions.com to claim your prize! Thanks to everyone for entering! **
Oh, Lord, ya’ll. I’m losing my mind. Among other things.
About two months BEFORE GRACIE WAS BORN, I received a lovely email about this adorable Etsy shop, Eisley Rae. The owner, Alyson, wanted to send Bean a big brother t-shirt. Awesome, right? Yes. So, Alyson sends over the most adorable custom made big brother tee for Bean.
It was so dang cute that I immediately decided I wanted to do a review of Alyson’s shop for Etsy Day, but every time he had it on, I’d forget to take a picture. Then, tragedy. I couldn’t find the shirt. Anywhere. I looked in every closet we had, every laundry hamper, every nook and cranny in our house. Nada. What in the world had happened to our cute shirt? Then I started noticing other small items of clothing here and there were missing and soon it became clear that I had misplaced an entire laundry basket of clothing somewhere.
Please tell me I am not the only one that this has happened to because I feel like one of those ninnies who loses their car in parking lots all the time.
Anyway, long story short, I found the laundry basket last week in our garage. (Don’t ask – I have no idea how laundry ended up in our garage…) Immediately, I rescued Bean’s shirt, took a picture, and here I am. Telling you about Alyson’s adorable shop.
I think I like Alyson’s shop because it sells exactly the kind of things that I would sell if I were the tiniest bit crafty. But I’m not. So I must rely on people like Alyson to make these things for me. Look at this little bird shirt. I’d wear this in my size and I love children’s clothing like that! She also makes the leggings, too!
She’s got this sweet little bubble skirt in the same pattern, which I LOVE. I’m into birds right now. I’m hoping my sister does her baby nursery in them so that I have an excuse to buy owls things like this.
And look at this adorable little Jackie O. jacket. So chic. So classic. So cute on a little girl!!! Or me!!!
Alyson has such cute children’s clothing in her shop. I can’t wait for Gracie to get big enough to wear some of them! Luckily for you, Alyson isn’t going to make you wait. Today she is giving away what she calls a Mr. Man shirt to a lucky reader. This is a custom order, so it isn’t pictured in her shop, but it is a tee shirt with a hip, fabric tie sewn on the front. Dress up or dress down, dude. Your little on has a tie for the occasion!
To enter to win the Mr. Man tee, leave a comment below telling me what your favorite piece of clothing is for you or your kids. Maybe you have a favorite sundress that makes you look long and lean or maybe your daughter has the most adorable tunic that she wears over leggings. What piece of clothing just makes your day?
The giveaway will be open until 8:00 PM EST on Friday, May 13, and an winner will be announced this weekend.
Thanks to Alyson of Eisley Rae for sponsoring such a fun giveaway and for being patient with me while I have slowly lost my mind…and my laundry!
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