Hostess Thank You Gift

Good Morning,

I have a little story to tell that I hope you will enjoy.  About 10 years ago, I was at a crop and the woman that was sitting at a table behind us was talking about her future son-in-law very loudly.  She was complaining that when he came to dinner, he never brought a hostess gift!  I thought "Lady if that is your only complaint, then you are truly blessed."  When I got home, I called my son who was single at the time to check and make sure he was bringing hostess gifts!  Of course he was, I think I learned from my mother-in-law never to go to a party empty handed.  I know most people bring a bottle of wine or some beer but I like to make my gifts.

I saw this free svg file from Dreaming Tree called Watermelon Snack Bowl and knew it would make a nice hostess gift.  Because everyone seems to be on some kind of diet these days and sugar is the enemy, I decided to fill my bowl with a chunk of watermelon soap.  I bought the soap from a shop on Etsy.  If you go there and put watermelon soap in the search, you will find hundreds to choose from.

Dreaming Tree has a Facebook page that is super friendly, we all help each other out. If you would like to check it out, go HERE . One of the gals on the site had this very clever idea of using tiny clothespins to hold the piece together until it dried.  I tried it and it worked really well.

As you can see in this photo, the rind and the seeds are made from glitter paper.  

Another great tip I got from the facebook page is to shred the left over scraps to make the filling.  My husband has a shredder in his office so it is easy peasy.

Here is my hostess gift all wrapped up and ready to go.  The ribbon and the tag were in my stash.  I will probably untie the bow and make it prettier before I give it away. I think this would make a cute 4th of July gift.

I would really like to encourage everyone to try one of these free files and see how you like making them.  They all come with a video tutorial and you can make them with Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio or Sure Cuts Alot.  Dreaming Tree has 100 free files!  Wow!  To check them out go HERE.

I am entering this Watermelon Snack Bowl into the following challenges:

DLART Thankful Thursday - #244 "Thank You"
Not Just Cards - June -ATG
Craft Rocket Challenges - #60 - June - Summer is Coming
Ellibelle's Corner - June/July  - Summer Scenes, Summer Treats or Summer Colors
Papercraft Challenges - #39 No Cards
Crafty Cardmakers - #236 Anything But a Card

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I appreciate all of your comments.

Hugs,