To those of you celebrating, happy Mother’s Day! I have a fun and unique idea for you today that is sure to bring a smile (if not laughter).
My friend Lisa Marshall gave me a gift in March when we were at OnStage in Houston. And part of that gift (mini tongs with silicone hands) brought me such a huge smile that I wanted to pass it along to others.
So for the May 2024 Incentive Trip* to Mexico, I bought several of these adorable mini tongs from Amazon.
The colors were nice and bright and most of the colors paired well with the colors in the Flowering Zinnias Designer Paper. So I used my circle punches to make some tags and tied them on with some silver trim…the zinnia flower on one side, a printed note on the other.
I added these tags to several of the tongs. And for the ones that didn’t coordinate with the flowers of the zinnias, I used images from the Unbounded Beauty and Mediterranean Blooms paper packs.
(See below for a list of products used linked to where you can find them in my online store.)
I also made and gave out another version of this gift for a few specific demonstrator friends (those I team up with or who assist me in my business, those who are generous with their gifts to me, etc…). For those individuals, I bought little boxes of tiny circle label stickers.
I wrapped them each with cardstock (black on the bottom and back and white at the top and front) and added a message on the inside against the white…
…and coordinating panels of designer paper on the outside against the black. I stamped the top with “hugs” from the Layering Leaves Stamp Set and added my logo sticker for a bit of unique personalization.
Measurements
- Basic Black Cardstock
- 2-1/2” x 5″ scored parallel to short side at 2-3/4″ and 3-1/2”
- Basic White Cardstock
- 2-1/2” x 5″ scored parallel to short side at 2-3/4″ and 3-1/2”
- Designer Paper
- 1-1/4” x 2-1/2”
- 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″
- Printed note on the inside
- 2-1/2″ x just under 2-3/4″
Then I held the wrap closed around each box with the hand-shaped mini tongs which I secured with coordinating colored rubber bands…
…so that the hands looked like they were grasping the little boxes. 🤣
They were so cute and silly.
A few of the stickers that coordinated with the aqua colored tongs were wrapped with the Unbounded Beauty paper. The packaging was goofy, but those tongs brought a lot of smiles.
So if you are looking for something unique, I hope what I shared inspired you.
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Product list…
- Silicone Hand-Shaped Mini Tong
- Typed and printed message from the computer
- 1/8″ hole punch or Crop-o-dile
- Box of dot stickers
- rubber band
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This is my 2nd try. Your site won’t let me post.
These are adorable. What are the dot stickers for?
Glad you like them Debby. One of the images shares the note that I enclosed with the Dot stickers and explains what I use them for. Hope that helps.