Inexpensive Holiday Treat Bag Ideas

Yesterday I shared my English Toffee 

recipe that my baby sister gave 

to me many years ago.  

You can see it HERE.  

I promised that I would share 

some Dollar Store Gift Bag ideas 

with you today.  

I love giving and receiving homemade treats.  

It's such a fun and inexpensive way 

to wish your friends and neighbors 

good cheer, and let them know 

that you are thinking about them.  

And when they are made 

in your kitchen with love all the better!  

To save on the cost of the packaging 

I went to the Dollar Store 

and put my thinking cap on...  

I found these cute take out boxes 

that were two for a dollar.  

Dress them up with some ribbon 
and greenery and it makes an elegant presentation.  

Here is another one from the Celebrations.com website.

I dug into my ribbon stash 
for these cute paper goodie bags.  
This is the ultimate cost effective solution 
when you have a whole class full 
of goodie bags to give away.  
The kids can help with this one too!  
The jingle bell necklace 
and the paper bags 
were purchased at the Dollar Store.  

 Here is another cute paper bag idea 
from Martha Stewart.  
You could make your own I bet.  

This is a pretty fancy version that I found on Pinterest.

Or how about really saving some time 
and printing right on the bags 
like Simply+Kierste did!

So Adorable!

A small jam jar 
would fit nicely in these Dollar Store linens.  
I just wrapped up the jar with some twine.  
It's like two gifts in one!

Are you giving gifts to people that you work with?  
How about placing your goodies 
in a paper clip holder?  
Perfect for guys!  

Well, I hope I gave you some clever 
and inexpensive ideas for your holiday treat gifts.  
I had fun making them 
but I ate most of the English Toffee 
so I had better start another batch! 

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

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Hostess Gifts~Ruffled Tea Towel

Do you need a fun Hostess gift for any of those Christmas 

and Holiday Parties you will be attending?

I just finished making these adorable Ruffled Tea Towels 

and have included a short Tutorial.

Earlier this summer, I found these Christmas tea towels 

at an Estate Sale.  

This lady was a hoarder of sorts.  

She had so much unused and brand new stuff 

still in the bags with the price tags.  

I bought a whole grocery bag full of these towels 

for less than $10.00.  

I think I paid less than 50 cents a piece.  

I had plans to ruffle up some towels for gifts 

and thought they would be perfect.

I picked out some fabric squares at JoAnn's 

and I had this ribbon on hand.  

The squares are about a 1/4 yard each.  

I cut them into strips about 2 1/2 - 3 inches wide 

and sewed them together to make a strip 

approximately 42" long.

 I ironed a small hem at the bottom 

and topstitched the hem with this decorative pattern.  

You don't have to do this, you can just sew a straight line but since my fabric was solid and I have these options on my machine I thought it would be fun to try.

Create a ruffle in the strips by sewing 

a long basting stitch and gathering it.  

Lay the ruffle on the towel and cut the ends 

leaving 1/2 inch on each side.  

Iron 1'4 inch and another 1/4 inch to create a hem on the sides and topstitch it down.  

Do this for all three ruffles.

Pin it carefully to your towel and sew the top of the ruffle.  

I like that my towel had a nice line on it for me, 

it made it much easier.

Pin the next ruffle 1 1/2 inches above and sew that ruffle too.

Repeat these steps for the last ruffle.

I pinned the ribbon onto the top of the last ruffle 

and topstitched it down.  

I left about a quarter inch on each side 

and tacked it onto the back to hold it.  

Isn't it cute and festive?  

Of course I would fold it nicely.

Like this!  

This project cost next to nothing.  

I even ended up using scraps that I had from other projects.  What Hostess wouldn't love to receive a gift like this?  

And hey, if you run out of time 

just take one of these cute Tea Towels sans ruffles 

and wrap up a bottle of wine!  

Still a great gift!

 Thanks for stopping in to see me.  I know in light of the terrible tragedy that a silly tea towel seems trite, but I guess my message is: Let's do things that make others happy, spread joy and happiness around and be with those you love and cherish most of all. I'm off now to spend time with precious Miss Beaux and some chocolate.

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves

XO Cindy
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