Well so much for keeping this blog up to date! I've been so busy preparing for Christmas and planning activities for when my lover FINALLY gets home that I haven't even had the time to write a single blog post since the first one. I swear I will write a little more as the planning is basically done and I can't wait to share my ideas with you's!
So as the holidays are approching I decided to try something new this year! I decided that most of my christmas shopping would be handmade items by locals, and also by little online shops. This helps support little buisnesses and also assure a quality product! I had so much fun searching for useful and unique handmade gifts!
My first stop was at my towns Christmas Craft show hosted on the weekend of Nov. 21-23rd. I bought homemade chocolate bark (they are delicious!!!), dip mixes, a bag of beer nuts, some decorations for inside our house and I also found a funny little Christmas ornament made out of a Walnut! I also got myself a pair of gorgeous mittens made out of old recycled sweaters and of course I couldn't help myself to a pair of super comfortable hand knitted woolen socks!
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| Here's Candy Cane and white Chocolate Bark, Almond Bark and Milk Chocolate Potato Chip Bark. |
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Cracked Peppercorn mix and Bacon & Chili mix.
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| Walnut ornament for my John Deere Fanatic! |
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| I just couldn't help myself to these cuties! |
Then I found a series of shops online on the Etsy website (a website where many crafters sell they’re handmade and they’re one-of-kind items). I found a Scrapbook album from a shop called Album Options for my boyfriend. I'ts a high quality product and to make it even more special they let you personalized the spine label of the album. The front of the Album says: ''Our Adventure Book", which was perfect for what I had in mind. I am going to give him the album as a Christmas gift and also add to it a couple of pictures from our first trip together; a long drive across Canada. I will add pages to the album as our adventure continue.
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| You might find the cover a little familiar, it was featured in the Disney Pixar Up movie! |
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| Personalized spine label! |
My boyfriend loves music. He plays guitar and several other instruments so when I found out that I could get a personalized guitar pick, I absolutely had to get this for his stocking! I chose a simple cooper pick (that he can actually use to play) and got "I pick you" stamped on it!
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| Personalized guitar pick from Fired Up' Ladies. |
I also got this beer soap from The Rocky Top Soap Shop to use a a stocking stuffer!
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| Unique Soap! |
And then for my two best friend I got some cup cozies from a shop called 72 stitches.
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| Love em'! |
Hope you enjoyed this post and that it gives you some last minute ideas! If you have any questions about the makers of these amazing products, do not hesitate to contact me!
