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simple christmas: handmade gifts: 2

11/20/2014

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simple gifts make me happy!  i love gifts that are beautiful and useful.  i don't need a lot of things, and i don't want to add unnecessary items to someone else's life.  i also don't want there to be much waste from the gifts i give.  in that spirit, we thought we'd bring you a few simple ideas of things we've made and love to use. 
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these necklaces are made from wood beads from the craft store that have been dyed to varying degrees in small amounts of dye.  they are strung on leather cord or single crocheted embroidery floss chain.  add a meaningful charm or additional beads.  simple as that.  it is fun to pick colors, but plain wood would be beautiful as well.  
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it would be fun to wrap one of these in a little handmade paper box.  making these boxes from artwork or painting them for the occasion is lovely.  we also have a couple books from library book sales that we use to make boxes, envelopes, etc…one is a map book and one is full of colorful photos.  (i use this tutorial to make the boxes.)  they can be kept and used to organize or store other little items after they've served their purpose as wrapping…it's like two gifts in one!

happy crafting!

love, 
jane + jo + julia
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