Creative Day #10... Frugal Friday... Gift Basket Filler

I am leaving shortly to drive up to the Canadian border to speak for a wonderful group of ladies from Family Bible Church in Oak Harbor... it will be a five hour drive but most definitely worth it!  Of course... you're prayers would be appreciated... thank you! 

But I really wanted to share this great idea with you before I head out...
let me know if you think and if it's something you might find useful!

Okay... have you ever wanted to create a gift basket and not anything to use for a filler just to make it look pretty and more bountiful. I have a bunch of times and usually don't have anything on hand. So... the other day when I was creating my Gift Basket to give at the last church I was speaking at, I had the same dilemma and I was just about to scrunch up a bunch of colored tissue in my basket... which I don't like the look of... when I had this GRAND IDEA! 

I simply cut 1/4" to 3/8" strips off the end of my folded tissue paper and separated them into a fun fluffy filler.

(I did find that licking my fingers helped the layers to come apart much easier!) But because comes with several layers... two slices gave me plenty to pretty up my gift basket and one slice filled this little box with beautiful color and look of whimsy. (Also to note is that I did scrunch a white plastic grocery bag in the bottom to fill the space and lift the gifts up for better eye appeal.)  Love it!

The great thing about doing this is that it's very inexpensive (you can buy colorful tissue at the Dollar Store), there are a great variety of colors available, and you can still use the leftover pieces of tissue to poke into a gift bag if you need to.

I also wanted to share with you another Faith Block... isn't it SWEET?
These will be available in my Webstore soon... they make a sweet gift at a sweet price.
I'll let you know when they arrive in the store.

Every good and perfect gift is from above.
James 1:17

Lord God...  thank You for giving us the creativity to make the most of the money You allot us...even in these trying times. Help  us all to be more frugal and yet more giving at the same time... to bless and encourage others through the work of our hearts and hands like you have us. Love You Lord. Amen.

Comments

[Michelle Hamm]

Great idea Karla! I love making gift baskets and do run into the same problem of extra filler too. I will definitely use this idea and my next trip to the dollar store I will stock up on all colors. By the way, I love Faith blocks, I usually stick one in with gifts for friends and family. Blessing to you always!
Michelle

[Hattie]

Oh! Karla! How creative and how Beautiful!! An idea that I will definitely use. Thanks for sharing with us. What I like about it best is.... It's beautiful and Simple enough even I can do it!
Love & Hugs,
Hattie

[Deb]

Creative and different from scrunching paper! Love it! And, yes, the gift bag definitely looks useful. I hope you had a safe journey and will have a wonderful time with the ladies there.

[Tamara]

Fun post - love the cupcakes and happy color of pink - just sings of little girls to me... which I love. I used your Thankful Thursday picture this week and it was so fun - thanks for letting us borrow your artwork for our blogs! Hope you had a lovely speaking time.

[Angie]

What a great idea. I can't wrap presents without the present ending up looking like a three year old wrapped it, so I rely on bags a lot. I'll have to use this idea the next time I give someone a gift. Thanks.

[Trish]

What a great idea Karla! The pink tissue is so pretty...and so easy to do -- I love it!

[gifts philippines]

I never try making gift basket on my own cause I only just buy when I need it. But I like that kind of gift basket. Thanks for the instruction. I will also try it.

-fern-

[gift to Philippines]

I will try this instruction soon,thank you so much for bringing up this. Now,in any occasion i can do on my own. :)

ford

[philippines gift]

How nice work Karla congratulation very innovative i will try this on my own for sure. Keep up the good work.

vee