Strawberries that in gardens grow
Are plump and juicy fine,
But sweeter far as wise men know
Spring from the woodland vine.
No need for bowl or silver spoon,
Sugar or spice or cream,
Has the wild berry plucked in June
Beside the trickling stream.
Are plump and juicy fine,
But sweeter far as wise men know
Spring from the woodland vine.
No need for bowl or silver spoon,
Sugar or spice or cream,
Has the wild berry plucked in June
Beside the trickling stream.
~Robert Graves
My grandmother just loves strawberries so I made up a little gift for her. Let's start with the outside first...
I recycled some fruit packaging and to start, topped off the gift with a banner of Striped Grosgrain and Red Chevron Twill as a base. I used the Xyron Cheetah Runner and Adhesive to secure the loops in place and the ribbon to each other. I created the tag with LYB's Poppy Collection's tag and sticker sheets, then tied a bow with May Arts' Red Burlap String (SM14) and secured it with LYB's cork pin.
The gift rests in a regular and coffee stained coffee filter and crimped strips of LYB's double sided paper.
Then to the gift! I started with an egg-shaped foam ball, sawed off the one end to make the strawberry shape, and painted it red and then squirted it with strawberry scent (I had some from the local bath and body shop.) I allowed everything to dry, and then ran adhesive from the Xyron Cheetah Runner around the egg. For extra stability, I then selectively placed a Xyron Adhesive Dot in the bottom, and then began wrapping May Arts Red Burlap String around.
Finally, I added a few stick pins to the strawberry and topped the ends with black enamel accents.
It was a pure joy to work with the three products! Of course, there are prizes up for grabs too! May Arts will be giving away three spools during the week (just post a comment along the way) and a grand prize will be posted on Friday: LYB - Vintage Summer Collection, Xyron - 5" Creative Station, May Arts - Two Spools of Ribbon.
I hope you enjoy the hop, here's a complete listing...
Monday
Virginia Fynes
Sandy Allnock
Leah Farrar-White
Tuesday
Lalo IK
Karen Baker
Wednesday
Jenifer Cowles
Jen Shears
Gini Williams Cagle
Thursday
Erin Thiem
Emily Lanham
Friday
DeeDee Catron
Charlene Driggs
Candy Rosenberg
Karen, I have no doubt that your grandmother will absolutely love this. It is a fabulous project!
ReplyDeleteI think this is my favorite project from you EVER Karen! Wow I am just blown away!!!
ReplyDeleteTHis is just amazing!!
ReplyDeletesuper clever and creative...excellent.
ReplyDeleteVery sweet gift idea for your grandma and great packaging too.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh how cute! I have seen the fruit containers as gift packaging before, but this is so sweet( no pun intended)! That strawberry is so clever and adding the scent to it was a great idea- thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis strawberry is totally unique. Thank you for sharing. This is on my list to try to make now.
ReplyDeleteI just love your Strawberry! It's so sweet! And scenting it too! Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great gift for your Grandma, I'm sure she'll love it. Are you including a little bottle of the strawberry scent so she can refresh it as needed? Love the whole box you made to place it in as well.
ReplyDeletePrecious idea!
ReplyDeleteYou are soooo inventive and creative!! Your Grandma is going to be so delighted, as are we--just getting to look at it.
ReplyDeleteHave I ever mentioned how much I enjoy the poetry at the top of your posts??? Keep them coming. They are a fresh breeze of early summer morning air to me.
The strawberry is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for including instructions on how you did this. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully created and love the idea you did some recycling too.
ReplyDeleteOhhhhhhhhh - I just love how everything is packaged up in one of those throw-away containers. Great recycling!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness ! how cute is this. Love that you recycled a plastic container. Adorable !
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your grandmother will absolutely love this !! Great idea . Thanks for sharing .
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat for your grandma... this is truly lovely and oh so creative.
ReplyDeleteWish I was your grandmother. So much love has been put into this gift, she will cherish it for years to come. Thank you for sharing your incredible talent.
ReplyDeleteyour grandmother is going to absolutely LOVE this! what a clever idea! I bet it smells heavenly. :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous gift for Grandma. Love that you added a strawberry scent and the seeds just made it so much more realistic. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThis is really darling! How on earth did you think of it?
ReplyDeleteKaren, all I can say is WOW!!! There are really no words to describe how wonderful your project is, cute doesn't do it. What a talented lady you are thanks for share your creative spark!!
ReplyDeleteVery inventive. The smells of summer - who could ask for more!
ReplyDeleteHow cute and thoughtful!
ReplyDeleteThis would be fun to hang
up and enjoy the scent and
just the loveliness of the
strawberry.
Carla from Utah
Oh so cute!! I must try this!!
ReplyDeleteThis strawberry is fantastic! LOVE it! Must have taken a long time and a steady hand!
ReplyDeleteI so appreciate all the time and effort that went in to this clever and fantastic gift! LOVE it, thanks for all the great inspirational ideas...the container, the scented twine wrapped foam and using the scraps for crimping!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking as a grandmother I would say that your's will be tickled pink when she gets her present. The strawberry looks so real and the presentation box is really cute.
ReplyDeleteThe strawberry is adorable. You are one clever crafter.
ReplyDeleteYou hit a crafting home run with this. I love the twine, felt, beads--it all looks so great together.
ReplyDeleteHow super creative this is!!! Love it! Thanks for inspiring me!
ReplyDeleteHow creative you are. So cute.
ReplyDeleteKaren, this has blown my mind!!! This hanging strawberry scented sachet is perfection! The burlap string is lovely around the strawberry and I never knew those suede leaves existed until now! This is a must do!!! I could make oranges and lemons and strawberries and limes... Oh I'm so excited now! Thanks!
ReplyDeletethis is so adorable. Wow. So very clever and creative.
ReplyDeleteHow clever and how adorable! This feels so summery, love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is so creative and the scented part makes it even more fabulous! So sweet!
ReplyDeleteClever pretty and useful, lovely indeed.
ReplyDeleteYour strawberry is darling! I love how you sprayed it with matching scent :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful gift! Such a wonderful memento of summer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute gift! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great gift! So very cute!
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea! TFS
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day!
Liz O.
I think your grandma would love this, especially since you made it just for her, great job!!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this, your Grandmother is so lucky...
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! It looks really cute.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! i love this, I'm sure your grandmother will too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely creation and gift! You did a super job of using all the products to advantage. Just love your strawberry and I'm sure your grandma will too!
ReplyDeletevery creative.
ReplyDeleteMY, OH MY!! LOVE everything here! That strawberry is just stunning!! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable gift set! I'm sure that your grandma will love it!
ReplyDeleteSuch a creative and thoughtful gift for your grandmother! Love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I never would have thought to cut off the end of the egg to come up with the right shape! Thank you for sharing a delightful idea.
ReplyDeleteLyn
Karen, this is a little treasure if I ever saw one! Your talent is endless. It's lovely!
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