My niece (who is 7 or 8) just moved down here from very far away, and I heard that she loved to write her friends and classmates from her old town. So I thought a personalized stationary set would be perfect for her! I found a great tutorial at Addicted to Stamping, and I had lots of pink paper already (I barely ever get to use my girlie scrapbooking supplies!). My niece loves the color pink, and has a black kitty named Belle whom she loves dearly, so that became my theme. On with the pictures!
The closed stationary box:
*I don't remember if the decorative band is on the tutorial or not. It is easy enough to make, and not necessary (box stays closed without it), this is just how I chose to embellish the box.
Take off the lid, and the box opens up! There are envelopes, stationary, address labels, an address book, pen, stickers (forgot to add the stickers before the picture) and a small envelope for stamps.
I made this stationary in The Print Shop 2. This is a set of 16.
I went one step further and had a friend of mine carve some stamps, so that my niece could decorate the envelopes and make more of her own stationary when what I made runs out. I put them in a simple kraft box from Ben Franklin, and added a decorative band that matches the stationary box.
Contents of the box: The three stamps, a black and pink stamp pad, and a pink cloth to wrap the stamps in.
I was so excited to see her open this present! She LOVED it, to say the least! One of my favorite things about Christmas is hand making gifts for people. I love trying to create something unique that they will really enjoy, and it is great to see that happy smile :)
5 comments:
I am in shock! I can not believe you made that!! It is soooooo cool, I bet she was over the moon excited, I would be!
Wow! I just found your blog and I am SO impressed! I loved having a pen-pal when I was a tween and most of the fun was getting the letters and using awesome paper - your niece is a very lucky girl and I'm sure she has already used it! What a great idea and wonderful implementation! I'm bookmarking you! Thanks.
It is so hard to decide what to gift a writer. I think they like only a few things that are related to writing. I have many friends who are writers and I am always confused about which will be the best gift for them. your idea solved my problem. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. This will be the best gift for any writer.
It can be difficult to find the ideal gift for someone who likes writing letters. Personalize stationaries, nice pens or leather bound diary are good options. Sometimes as a busy student I wish I could pay someone to do my class so I could have more time for letter writing. These gifts that show thoughtfulness can only make the letter writing experience better and even more pleasurable.
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