Thursday, December 30, 2010

Hostess gift

I was invited to a party 
 so I wanted to give her a 
little something for her nice guesture.
 I love my white cotton tea towels.
They make the best towels to wipe dishes dry.
Or they can be used when baking cookies
to set them on while letting them cool.
  I had some new ones never used .
I thought hum .........
 why not iron a little decal in the corner


and give it to her.
Then I thought .....I need something to wrap this in,


yes and old white cotton blouse that had holes in it.
I cut 2 squares from it 10" x 11"
  

notice I used the edge with the button holes already sewed in,
and I love the tucks.


I sewed the edges together to make and envelope
  


I then turned it right side out and pressed it.

sewed some little buttons on to close it


then I made a little Thank You tag
 from a brown paper bag. 
Cut out a little rectangular piece
Then punched a hole in the corner of the tag
with a paper punch.
and burned the edges with a lighter, (be careful)
 wrote Thank You in the center
and finished it off with a ribbon made of twine.


I thought it turned out adorable.
 I stuffed the white cotton tea towel
inside and .......here is the finished gift
so soft and simple.


I hope she likes it.
 Do you think she will ?

Love and Blessings!
 Ruby