Christmas in July (Craftaholics Anonymous Homemade Gift Exchange)

I decided to take the plunge and participate in

Craftholics Anonymous'

Handmade Gift Exchange Summer 2013.

I have been getting my crafty on

in recent months,

so this seemed like a great activity to participate in-

not only to get great ideas from someone else,

but to also give away some of the crafty goodies

from my Etsy shop,

WonderYarn!

Since I had a lot of Christmas cards made up,

I decided to make a 

"Christmas in July" themed gift pack.

(And since my partner's name is Holly,
I am HOPING she will enjoy the irony...)

The package included:

*A variety of handmade Christmas cards

(Here's a closer look...)

*A Christmas colored scarflette

(These colors always remind me of something a

Who from Whoville would wear in

The Grinch...)

*A matching yarn brooch for the scarflette

*Another yarn brooch,

in Winter White...

...which I packaged in a mini Christmas stocking

(And no, I did not make the stocking!) ;0)

 I explained the theme of my package

 with a handmade Summery-colored 

Christmas card...

..and packed everything together with some red tinsel.

And to give a "warning tot eh recipient... 

...I drew a Christmas Tree on the front

of the package.

I hope all these items put her in a

Christmas mood,

inspiring her to get a head start on her

Christmas crafting,

which I know I should be doing right now...

;0)

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Check out what other crafters 

have pulled together over at the

 Handmade Gift Exchange Summer 2013 link up...