Photo: Sincerely Liz, Inc.
One of my favorite parts of the Coffee, Creamer & Christmas Cheer shoot that I shared last week somehow got buried in the holiday activity juggle. Luckily, it’s not necessarily a Christmas-specific DIY, so I’m extending the fun on into the New Year’s holiday with a super fast tutorial that you can try any day of the year.
The idea was to create a simple favor for party guests to take home and, sticking with the hot drink theme, I decided on knit coffee (or hot tea!) coozies. Of course, I didn’t have to break out the yarn and needles – Instead, I made a quick stop in at our local Goodwill thrift store and picked out three cable sweaters. A quick hot water cycle through our washing machine made them good as new.
Next, I took a pair of sharp scissors and clipped the ends of the sleeves off. If you’re a wiz with a sewing machine, you could easily hem the cut edge, but I used my trusty liquid hem solution to eliminate the threat of unraveling. Although I decided to forgo needle and thread for that phase of the project, I did grab our little sewing set to add neon buttons, one on each coozie, for a bit of flair.
For display of the favors, I bought a pretty wooden box from Target and carefully stuck a chalkboard label to the front edge. A quippy “Get coozie” quote on the front using a chalkboard marker was the final touch.
Easy as that! What other fun favor ideas have you come across? I’m all ears.
For a whole bunch more from this shoot, click through to Glitter Guide.
Oooo, so that was what those are for!! I was wondering if they were packages of gifts inside. You know, I made use of old sleeves too! I loved an old formal top for the texture of the cloth, but the top itself is spoilt. So I cut the sleeves off into sections and then sew the bottom of each small sections together. After that, I loop them onto used-up tape holders to hold my hair accessories (clips, hairbands… I managed to horde many) …. if my wordy explanation is too much, here’s the links to the pictures: http://briefeananna.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/143-sorting/
Also, I actually came to show you the chirstmas gifts I mentioned, in baby socks: http://briefeananna.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/christmas-givings/
pictures are not as good as those you take, but … well, they’ll serve.
Thanks for passing along your own project links!! They turned out to be super cute – and functional!!
Thanks! I don’t really do a lot of projects. Mostly it’s making a new cushion, or a new cover for the cushion cos I wanna wash the old ones, whatever nots. I am always so amazed by how you could keep working projects are projects! Your home is a packful of mini or major projects, and you never seem to tire! How do you do it, I sometimes wonder. I get so tired from daily life normally.