5 Types of Mini Gifts for All Occasions

Hello Crafters!!! I think most of you are probably busy decorating and shopping for Christmas. I just wanted to share these cool + cutesy gifts I found online. These mini-gifts are not only good for Christmas but for all kinds of seasons or events like Quinceanera Recordatorios, Mis Quince Gift Favors, Wedding Gift Favor, Sweet 16 Gifts or Bat Mitzvah Gifts. 

PURSES & BAGS....

Purses and Bags are very popular gifts for girls to give out. The Mini Grater Purse is great for Bridal Shower Gifts and the Mini Prada Bag is a great gift to a girl for any occasions.

Mini Grater Purse
Photo Source: goodthingsweddingfavor

Prada Saffiano Mini Bag
Photo Source: Butterboom

TIERED CAKES....

This is my favorite find. The 2-tiered Wedding Cake is surrounded with mini wedding cakes that the bride can give to every guest. It's a fabulous idea to let your guest have to take home their own tiered cake.

Mini-Two Tiered Wedding Cakes
Photo Source: ABCCakeshop

These are Custom Design Quinceañera Exploding Box Invitations. The Client wanted to set the tone of her Mis Quince party right. A 3-Tiered Paper cake was used as the focal point of these Modern + Unique Quinceañera Pop-Up Invitations.

She wanted to have a # 15 Cut-put as the Cake Topper and Butterfly Pop-Up floaties surrounding the cake. The 4 panels have her invitation wordings and information + Quinceañera Photo. Many more designs can be found on JinkysCrafts Portfolio. 

3-Tier Paper Cakes By: JinkysCrafts

COSMETICS....

This OPI Top Ten Mini is a great for Christmas Gift for her, Birthday Gift Favor or Bachelorette Party Gift. In a party it is all about variety! This Mini Nail Color set offers wide array of colors in glamorous, elegant hues to wear especially this holiday season.

Photo Source: swatchandlearn

FASHION....

The sweet 16 jewelry earrings are a perfect Sweet Sixteen gift this holiday season. 

Photo Source: Etsy.com

GIZMOS....

These mini thumb drive are great to use as promotional product. If you have business you want to promote, these mini gifts are prefect!

Photo Source: DIY Trade

Thank You so much for stopping by today. Enjoy your gift hunting!

May Arts & G45 Blog Hop - Multipurpose Holiday Window Gift Box

Hi All,  I have a very festive project I would like to share with you today. May Arts and Graphic 45 have come together for a week of blog hop. Lots of inspiring projects and prizes to win!  Be sure to leave comments both on the May Arts and Graphic 45 blogs for your chance to win some great stuff!!! 

Thursday Blog Hop Participants: 

May Arts

Jinky Kowalski - You are here

Karen Baker

Britta Swiderski

Graphic 45

Sherry Cheever

Hilde Janbroers

I had a blast making this Multipurpose Holiday Window Box. My inspiration is a combination of my Window Gift Box and Chocolate Tower Box from my 12 Days of Christmas Crafts E-Book. 

The G45 Christmas Emporium line is perfect for this project. The patterns are very unique and it helps your creativity and imagination to work. Look at the floor, the inside and outside panel, and the cupcake wrapper.  It almost looks like a real thing. And of course, May Arts ribbons adorn this Holiday Gift Box to have a finished and more presentable look. I used May Arts leaves ribbon as an accent to my front door and I also made a Ribbon Wreath to decorate the inside part of the box. It's true that,  to create beautiful projects,  you must have beautiful supplies and materials like G45 papers + May Arts Ribbons.

When you are gifting, they always say..it is all about the packaging! This ordinary cupcake looks extra-ordinary and anyone who receives such gift will feel extra special. 

All sides of Multipurpose Window Gift Box

Supplies:

Leaves Ribbon

Twisted Rope Ribbon

Double Faced Satin ( Ribbon Wreath)

G45 Christmas Emporium Paper Pack

G45 Metal Hinges

Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Christmas Tree 3D

CutFile - I modified Penny Duncan Cutfile

So, after eating the Cupcake, this Christmas Gift Box can also be used as a Christmas decoration. That's why I call this project a Multipurpose Holiday Window Gift Box. 

Look at my floor, does that not look like a real tile? That's from G45 Christmas Emporium Paper Pack. Also my 3D Christmas Tree, it does not need so much decoration because the G45 Christmas pattern paper is enough. Love it!

Oh, let's not forget the G45 Metal Hinges I used for my side panel to allow some movements. Love it too!

G45 Holiday Window Gift Box



I love to make 3D and Multi-Functional projects.  Thanks a lot for stopping by and hope I inspire you today! 


P.S. If you like what you see and want to win some May Arts & G45 goodies, please leave comments here. 


P.P.S. I love to read comments too, so please don't forget to leave some LOVE! tHANKS!

Santa Pants Treat Box with Drawers - Day 10

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12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts Tutorial E-Book is now available! 

Hi Folks! I am back from my Women's Retreat this past weekend. I really had fun on that retreat, great food, great location and awesome new girlfriends I met. I am in a great mood today and I have a great project to share, which is included in the 12 Days of Christmas E-Book ( 2nd Edition). I may say this is my favorite. I really had fun making this Santa Pants Treat Box with Drawers so I am sure you will do the same.

Day 9 - Santa Pants Treat Box with Drawers

I know some of you can not wait for the release, and I promise it is coming soon.    I always put a lot of thought into which projects to include and that is taking a lot of time.  But guess what, 2 more projects and you can finally have the complete tutorial for all the 12 projects.

This Santa Pants Treat  Box with Drawers is really great for packaging your holiday treats this season. You have the option to just do the box and not bother with the drawers, but I always want to make ordinary projects extra ordinary so if you notice I always have "2 in 1 or 3 in 1" projects.

 Please stay tuned for the release. Be patient, my friends. 2 more to go!

Thanks a lot for stopping by. Please stay tuned for more Holiday projects to come.

Christmas Ribbon Headband - Day 8

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Are you guys excited about the release of my 2nd Edition of 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts yet? We are now on Day 8 so that means there are 4 more projects to go before the release date.

For Day 8, I would like to share with you this super EASY+ FAST+ CHEAP holiday project. It's a Christmas Ribbon Headband. You might not believe me when I say that I spent less than $1 on this headband. Oh yes my dear fellow Crafters. It's that cheap but it is selling around $8-$10 in Etsy or at the retail stores.

Here's the breakdown on the cost.

• 1 yard ribbon ( wrapped around the headband) - $0.25 cents
• 1 yard 2-Toned Ribbon Flower - $0.50 cents 
• feathers - $0.10 cents
• sticky tape/double sided tape/ fabric glue (I already have these supplies but I only used a little so maybe $0.10 cents worth only)

This Christmas Pyramid Gift Box will be in the Revised "1st Edition of 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Gifts" E-book when it is re-released. I temporarily removed it from my Etsy Store because I needed to make some revisions.

Thanks a lot for stopping by. Please stay tuned for more Holiday projects to come. 

Christmas Treat Bag & Drawer Box - Day 7

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 Hello everyone! Are you ready for Day 7 of my 12 Days of Christmas Handmade projects? I love to experiment, and through my experimentation I have discovered some designs that I really like. Today, I would like to share this 2-in-1 project.  A Christmas Treat Bag and Drawer Box. This project is so cool.  Plus if you would like to do the Christmas Treat bag only and omit the drawer, it's possible, so it is very versatile.

Christmas  Treat Bag& Drawer Box - Front Side

I will re-shoot this tomorrow so I can take a photo of the Drawer Box when the drawers are open. This project would be great to package some Christmas Trinkets, Gift Cards, or even jewelries. I think it is also great to use as a promotional product. Just fill the Christmas Bag and Drawer box with small promo items.

Christmas Treat Bag & Drawer Box - Back Side

The step-by-step tutorial for this Unique Holiday Gift Packaging will be available on the 12th Day of Christmas. They will be included in the 2nd Edition of the 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book.

3 in 1 Christmas Treat Bag, Box & Card - Day 6

Welcome to Day 6 of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts. 

So, what is the Day 6 project? It might be appropriate to say projects because it is a 3 in 1! I prepared a multi-functional project for Day 6. It is a Christmas Treat Bag, a Treat Box and Christmas Card rolled into 1! Cool, Eh?!

If they can do 3 in 1 in some electronic gadget, I think we can do it also in Papercrafts. You can do a lot of things with the Day 6 Christmas Project Template. It is great for a holiday promotional product. You can insert your calling card, or attach a card, fill the box with sweet goodies, and use the bag for your promo product such as handmade soap, handmade candles, handmade crafts or stationery. The possibilities are endless.

I used a craft knife for cutting a window out of my treat box and for the other one I used a Spellbinder die. I then covered the hole with acetate, but you could use clear plastic.  Then I filled with goodies and decorated. I must say, this is one of my favorite holiday gift boxes. It is very versatile and you can use it for any season or themed party events.


I filled my Treat Bag with my handmade ribbon flowers. One uses the 2-Toned Color Ribbon Rose Flower and the other one is the Frilly Fabric Flower.

The step-by-step tutorial for this Unique Holiday Gift Packaging will be available on the 12th Day of Christmas. This will be included in the 2nd Edition of the 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book. You can find the first edition here: 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book

But wait! If you are like me and you can not wait sometimes, the separate tutorial for just this project is now available for purchase at my Etsy Shop. If you want to buy just this one tutorial, you have that option now.  But be aware that this will be included on the 12 Days of Christmas 2nd Edition and we can't refund you if you decide to buy the E-book later on (but, you will still get 11 other craft ideas, so it will be more than worth it).

Thanks a lot for stopping by. Please stay tuned for more Holiday projects to come. 

Exploding Cupcake Purse - Day 5

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Welcome to Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts. 

Exploding Cupcake Purse - Closed
Ribbon Used : May Arts

So, I have been thinking what could I do for the Day 5 project in my 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts E-Book. And I kept on coming back to this Exploding Cupcake Purse. I know I made something like this in the past, and I promised a tutorial. So here it is.  I decided to include it now in the 2nd Edition of my 12 Days of Christmas E-Book. 

Exploding Cupcake Purse - Open

With the magnificently Exploding Cupcake Purse, you are able to turn your party extraordinary. This specially embellished Exploding Cupcake Purse will hold your cupcake in place and will allow you to give away your baked goods in style. If you are like me who like to personalized everything when you host a party, this project is perfect for you. Having something like this DIY Cupcake packaging will give a personal touch to your giveaways. And you can be sure your guests will be very thankful for the wonderful gifts they received.

The  Exploding Cupcake Purse template is very versatile, I used the same template in making these invitations for a Quinceañera/15 Años/15th Birthday client in New York.

The step-by-step tutorial for this Unique Holiday Gift Packaging will be available on the 12th Day of Christmas. This will be included in the 2nd Edition of the 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book. You can find the first edition here: 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book

But wait! If you are like me and you can not wait sometimes, the separate tutorial for just this project is now available for purchase at my Etsy Shop. If you just want to buy just this one tutorial, you have that option now but be aware that this will be included on the 12 Days of Christmas 2nd Edition and that you won't be refunded if you decide to buy the E-book later on.

Thanks a lot for stopping by. Please stay tuned for more Holiday projects to come. 

Window Christmas Tote Bag

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Welcome to Day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts. The Day 4 project is a Creative Christmas packaging project. It's a Window Christmas Tote Bag. I don't know about you, but I like gifts that are beautiful equally inside and out. Sure, it is easy to wrap  gifts with wrapping paper using different colors and patterns, but there  are certain gifts that you just don't wrap right with wrapping papers. Here's when creative packaging comes in.

This Window Christmas Tote Bag is made out of 2 pieces of 12 x 12 heavy cardstock but you can always adjust the template according to any size you want or need. Please remember that the template and tutorial will be available on the 12th Day and that there are 8 more Christmas projects to go! Please stay tuned.

The window of this bag is a created using a Christmas Cracker template. You can leave it open or you can cover it with clear acetate. This will enable you to show off the product or gifts inside the bag. With that being said, this would also be a great packaging for promotional products like handmade candles, handmade soaps, cosmetics, or even Christmas ornaments. The possibilities are endless on what you could put inside.

The step-by-step tutorial for this Unique Holiday Gift & Packaging will be available on the 12th Day of Christmas. This will be included in the 2nd Edition of the 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book. You can find the first edition here: 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book

Fabric Flower Chocolate Bouquet - Day 3

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Are you guys ready for DAY 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts. For those who follow my blog you might already know that I am learning new kind of craft. It's fabric/ribbon manipulations, that's why my blog is called Cloth, Paper Crafts and more..

Fabric Flower Chocolate  Bouquet

Fabric Flower Chocolate  Gift Set

So, those of you who are waiting for some fabric projects and want to add color that is fun and unique, and that lasts forever..this Fabric Flower Chocolate  Bouquet is perfect for you. This bunch of flowers with chocolate buds are the perfect touch to your home decor, it really looks great on an entry table or is a great center piece on your dining table.

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This Fabric Flower Chocolate  Bouquet also makes for a lush and classy gift to your loved ones this holiday season. It can also be used separately as party favors. Maybe you can even use some of the beautiful Christmas gift boxes that will be included on the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS HANDMADE CRAFTS E-BOOK to package these fabric flowers.

The step-by-step tutorial for this Unique Holiday Gift will be available on the 12th Day of Christmas. This will be included in the 2nd Edition of the 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book. You can find the first edition here: 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book 

12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts- First Edition

Thanks a lot for stopping by. Please stay tuned for more Holiday projects to come. 

CHRISTMAS WINDOW GIFT BOX - Day 2

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Are you guys ready for Day 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts? I really enjoyed making and decorating this Christmas Window Gift Box. I am always fascinated when I go to malls especially the Holiday season. I love looking at their Christmas window decorations. Decorating this box is like decorating a window in one of those shopping malls.

Christmas Window Gift Box- Open

The side panels of this Christmas Window Gift Box was decorated with Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments cut-out. I cut it out in a card-like manner so you have space to write your Holiday sentiments.

Christmas Window Gift Box- Side View Open

How did I make my gift box? It's pretty easy once you know how. It uses the same technique as my Exploding boxes only I joined 2 flaps together to make a window cut-out and covered it with acetate. The 3D Christmas Tree is really perfect to show case using this box. I used a Sizzix die for my 3D Christmas tree. I used scor-tape in adhering my panels and in making the  Pin-wheel Rossette that adorn my cover lid .You can find my free tutorial here.

3D Christmas Tree Window Gift Box

This box is really great for packaging small gifts like cupcakes, candles or cosmetics. Possibilities are endless when it comes to how you use the template for this project.

Cupcake Window Gift Box

The step-by-step tutorial for this Unique Holiday Gift & Packaging will be available on the 12th Day of Christmas. This will be included in the 2nd Edition of the 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book. You can find the first edition here: 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Crafts E-Book 

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12 Days of Christmas Handmade Crafts- First Edition

Thanks a lot for stopping by. Please stay tuned for more Holiday projects to come.