Bazaar Boutique's Blog: 2015

Friday, 1 May 2015

Floral Gift Wrapping

Gorgeous gift wrap shouldn't just be for Christmas. A few easy but effective wrapping ideas can ensure your presents are the most beautiful! Here are some of my favourite Spring/Summer floral ideas that you can do too...

Use copies of old botanical prints for your wrapping paper. This idea is nice with the tonal print, undyed string or raffia and a few sprigs of fresh or dried flowers. So simple and so effective.

Home & Garden NL

Need something special for a bridesmaid or a wedding gift? This idea of a fresh flower corsage used as a gift topper works really well. The topper could be dried later as a keepsake!

The Pastel Corner

Bright paper and tissue paper flowers are a really simple way to make a big impact. Lots of color and texture!

marieclaireidees.com

All you need here is a collection of paper flower cutouts. If you've got a paper punch, then this will be super quick. Stick them on top of your parcel to create a gorgeous 3D floral display.

Sarie.com

This image is for soap packaging, but you get the idea... Get some sample wallpaper or vintage fabrics to wrap your gifts. The more bonkers the print, the better! If the print is really bright and busy, then just use a simple bakers twine or string to finish off the look.

the fabric of my life

I hope this inspires you the next time you are wrapping up that special gift.

If you like these, then head over to my Pinterest board for more ideas https://www.pinterest.com/bazaarboutique/bazaar-boutique-gift-wrapping/

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Handmade Mother's Day Gifts From The Kids.

Well, it's Mother's Day this Sunday and I love, love, love receiving a handmade present from my wee one. Usually it's just a card that hubby has helped with but here are a few easy Mother's Day crafts that you can do with your kids. Keep them, or gift them to Granny or another amazing Mummy!

Painted Tin Can Planters
I am all for some upcycling, and this is a great way to get a little bit creative and repurpose your tin cans ready for the recycling! Just make sure there are no sharp edges before letting your kids decorate their cans.

1. Painted Tin Can Planters from Dosfamily

2. Decorated Tin Can Planters from Make:

3. Decoupage Tin Can Organisers from iCreativeIdeas

Handmade Sugar Scrubs
Mum deserves to be pampered, so here are two really easy sugar scrubs to make. Save a nice jam jar and some ribbon to make this gift extra pretty.

1. Baby Rose Sugar Scrub from Smart School House

2. Lemon Sugar Scrub from I Heart Nap Time

Wooden Lolly Stick Photo Frames
You can buy these wooden sticks in the craft sections in the supermarkets now. With a little PVA, paint and some embellishments, kids can be as creative as their imagination can take them. You could use shells, dried pasta, beads, glitter, pom poms, yarn...

1. Popsicle Stick Frame from What I Live For

2. Craft Stick Picture Frame from Zing Zing Tree

3. Photo Frames from Pinterest

4. Photo Frames from Pinterest

I hope you have lots of fun making these great gifts...oh and Happy Mother's Day when it arrives! x.

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Kid's Valentine's Crafts

I love getting my little one involved in holiday crafts. It makes the celebration more fun for us both.
I've pulled together a few of my favourite Valentine's craft projects that you & your kids will love to do.

1. These yarn hearts are super easy once you prepare the heart shape for your little one. This crafter suggests floral wire, but you could use pipe cleaners which are probably easier to come by. I'm sure the kids will love using lots of brightly coloured yarn and how about adding some beads or sticking on sequins too?

Yarn Hearts by Family Chic

2. Crayon hearts are a beautiful way to decorate the window. The kids will love to see the light shining through them. This one requires the use of waxed paper. You can buy this online as its not readily available in our supermarkets. You'll need to help melt the crayon shards but the end result is amazing.

Crayon Hearts by Martha Stewart

3. These Fruit Loop or Cheerios Bird Feeders are a great way to bring a bit of nature into your crafting. You'll need some cereal hoops and some pipe cleaners. The kids will love seeing the birds feeding from their little creations.

Fruit Loop Bird Feeders by Sweet and Simple Living

4. Toilet paper roll heart prints are super easy! Add a bit of glitter for the finishing touch.

Toilet Paper Heart Prints by I Heart Craft Things

5. You can make versions of these suncatcher hearts. Use PVA glue and get the kids to decorate the the glue heart with clear beads, glitter, sequins, etc... or if you've got them, use Hama/Perler beads to create a heart.
Another method involves putting clear coloured plastic beads into the heart cookie cutter and placing in the oven until the beads have melted together. Once cooled, you have a heart shaped plastic suncatcher!

Suncatcher hearts by Where Imagination Grows

6. Using lots of coloured paper and heart shapes, you and your child will be able to recreate these cute animals. This link has lots of animal suggestions. I love the Panda!

Heart Shaped Animals by Crafty Morning

I hope you have fun making lovely things with your little cutie pies.

Saturday, 3 January 2015

Glamourous Cocktails

New Year celebrations are over now but that doesn't mean we need to stop having a bit of fun!

It's always nice to catch-up with girlfriends with a few cocktails, so here's a few ideas on how to make your drinks deliciously gorgeous!

1. Even if you choose to have a non-alcoholic drink, you can be sure that you won't be missing our on the glamour with these pretty floral ice cubes.

http://allthingsgirlyandbeautiful.tumblr.com

2. To keep your drink cool without it getting watered down, just freeze fresh fruits onto cocktail skewers.

http://weddbook.com/

3. Adding a sprig of herbs seems to be the new trend in cocktail making. Check out these cocktails with herb garnish.
Vodka Lavender Lemonade; Blackberry Thyme Sparkler; Bourbon Rosemary Fizz