Christmas vignette: handmade gifts.
I decided this year that I would make my colleagues Christmas gifts instead of buying things for them, because my colleagues are all people who have everything they could possibly want and therefore gift-buying is always a very difficult thing to do. So I thought about each colleague and what I knew about them, and these are what I made.
"I'm not a paper cup" coffee mugs and cosies, for coffee-lovers.
A tea wallet for a tea aficionado, gifted with a box of Japanese fruit teas.
Tea wallet, open.
A sewing kit bag for someone who needs one. Unfortunately it was 3am when I finished this and I was half-asleep while taking photos, so I forgot to take a photo of the bag when it was closed!
Interior of the sewing bag, with sewing necessities included.
A manicure kit for someone who does her nails. I felt this could have been better made; I'm not very good at working with curves! Oh well, practice makes perfect.
Interior of the manicure kit, with manicure essentials.
Links to tutorials:
Coffee mug cosy
Tea wallet
Sewing bag
Manicure kit cover
December 29, 2009
0 responses to Christmas vignette: handmade gifts.
Really thoughtful of you to make such practical gifts with a personal touch
The coffee cosy is awesome! I have one in the office which I bring every day to the coffee shop. They are really tickled by it!
they are so pretty ! Good work !
I salute u for all the items you had made. Lovely things there.
You did an amazing job! I didn’t give my co-workers any Christmas gifts nor did I receive any. hmmmm
woah. these are beautiful lovely heartfelt gifts!
These are so thoughtful and I love the choice of your fabrics. Gorgeous!
How thoughtful! And awesome handiwork, love the fabrics!
Wow you are pretty handy with the sewing machine. Impressive.
wow! they are very pretty! i once tried my hand at sewing stuff but i failed miserably at it
never enjoyed sewing in Home Ec, can’t imagine myself excelling at it now. your creations are great!
these presents are a stroke of genius! now I regret sleeping through all those home econs classes because my sewing is awful beyond description. also, the fabrics are so lovely too.