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Bereavement Gift

This last week has been a long one.  I had a friend that lost her 44 year old husband unexpectedly.  His passing was quite a shock to everyone.  I wanted to do something for her so I started thinking about what I could take over to the house.

I was surfing the web looking for recipes but nothing caught my eye.  Then I stumbled upon a forum where  people talked about items delivered during their time of need.  Things like bottled water, disposable plates, cups, and paper products. All the stuff you run out of quickly when your house is full of visitors.  I thought this was a great idea.


I decided to make up a gift bag with 4 or 5 boxes of Kleenex, an 8 pack of pocket Kleenex, and a set of Thank You cards.  I figured the tissues won't spoil and she will have lots of Thank You's to send.


Here is a picture of the three designs I came up with.  Now, I know these are a bit colorful for the occasion but he was a colorful guy.  The obituary said to be casual and wear your brightest colors in his honor so I thought these would be a good fit. 


The stripe paper is from Jillibean Watermelon Gazpacho Soup Sprig of Mint.  Whew that was a mouthful!! The sentiment is from PTI Think Big #4.


The heart on this card is punched from a piece of  PTI cork sheet.  I used a copper nail head in the center for a little something extra.  The sentiment is from PTI Botanical Silhouettes.


For this heart I chose to punch two small holes and wrap then with button twine.   This sentiment was from PTI Round and Round.


Thanks for stopping by ~ 
Rebecca

Thank You Crafty Friend


Just a quick post today.  I made this embellishment card a while back.  It's a little Thank you gift for a friend.  The stamp sets I used are PTI Studio Style, Beautiful Blooms II, Tiny Treats Christmas and the flowers were made with the PTI Flower Die Collection.  I placed all the embellishments on a clear piece of acetate so they could be removed and used.  BTW - the acetate was packaging cut to the proper size.


Even the button twine can be taken off and used.  My favorite parts of this project are the mini clothes pins.  I covered some with coordinating paper.  They are so fun to use.


Hope you have an inspired weekend!
Thanks for Stopping By~
Rebecca
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