Products I Love: Personalized Money Envelopes

Happy Holidays! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Now that we're done stuffing  ourselves full of turkey and fixings, it's time for Christmas shopping and stuffing stockings instead.

And today is one of the best shopping days of them all....Cyber Monday! But what do you do for the people on your list that need cash for the holidays and not an actual gift? We have a son in college, a sister and brother-in-law who are installing wood floors in their new home, and a nephew and niece-in-law who are expecting their first baby. For some cash is much appreciated during the holidays. Because you can only fit so much into a dorm room, who needs more candy, and more baby clothes just becomes over whelming.

I don't necessarily mind giving cash, I understand it's much needed for some. But it's hard to make giving cash fun and festive during the holidays. So how can we make giving cash fun for you to give? Well, I'm glad you asked!

A few years ago I found these darling personalized money envelopes from Littlebeane Boutique on Etsy, that dress up your Christmas cash for gifting to your favorite people. And they're not just for Christmas, they also make personalized money envelopes for Birthdays, Graduations and even the Tooth Fairy! Plus they take custom orders too.

I purchase these money envelopes every Christmas and every Christmas they are a hit. People love to see their names on products and people love money even more. It's a win, win really.  And seriously, most people just toss the card that you spent all that time searching for. People tend to keep a hold of these personalized money envelopes to put in a scrapbook, or they hand it right back to me to use for another Christmas and Birthday.

If you're looking for a fun way to give out holiday cash to your family, teachers and adult children, go to this link and purchase yours today! And they are about the same price as a card, at $3.99 each and can be purchased from this link at www.littlebeaneboutique.etsy.com PS turn around time is great too!

So while you're shopping on this fun Cyber Monday, go to Littlebeane Boutique and purchase some of these cute personalized money envelopes for your favorite people on your list.

Etsy

For the last few years I've had an Etsy shop. I used to make homemade hair bows, and well, I wasn't that great at it...for a beginner I wasn't terrible, but I wasn't great either. {I still can't figure out how to make them just right.}

Then I started to see all these melamine plates and platters all over Etsy and started looking into how to make them. After a lot of trial and error I figured it out and now that's what I've been selling for the past 3 years. My work is nothing fancy or brilliant, it's just fun and different. I recently started to make dish towels and mugs as well {from a printing source, I don't personally make them}.

I don't sell on Etsy necessarily for the money, cause lets face it, you can't rely on that much for income. I kind of do it for a hobby and kind of for a what if dream. What if my work was loved by someone like Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray? And then they put it in a magazine? The what ifs are fun and give me good ol' day dreams that we all need.

Here are some of my works and if you are ever interested in purchasing, please contact me and I'd be happy to design a platter or plate for you....or even a mug or dish towel:)

Blessings!

Biscuits and Gravy dish towel and coffee mug

BBQ Platter

Harvest Personalized Platter

A Best Seller, BBQ Personalized Platter

To order any of my work, please check out my Etsy site: 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SouthernSweetys

Southern Style Spice Rack

I used to have all my spices in a drawer and like most people, most of my spices had long since expired and were just piling up. Just an FYI, as with your medicine cabinet, you should check your expatriation dates on your spices. Fresh spices help bring flavor to your favorite dishes, and spices that are in clearly marked, wide-mouth jars make it even easier to use. Cause, let's face it y'all, things shoved in drawers and in the back of cabinets get lost and before you know it, you have 4 of the same spice! 

Awhile back, I had seen this imagine of a mason jar spice rack in the background of someone's kitchen and just loved it. I searched and searched on-line for that mason jar spice rack and nothing. Recently, while shopping at Wal-Mart, I saw a little spice rack and turned my head to find half pint mason jars....this was the mason jar spice rack I had been searching for! Seriously, right under my nose the whole time. It's a put together southern style spice rack and I love, love, love it!!  That day I bought what I needed, assembled my spice rack and I have mine on the kitchen counter instead of putting it away. It's just too cute to hide!

I also searched for labels and ordered some on Etsy. These labels not only fit the half pint mason jar tops but also they fit my style. Look for what you like and 

what fits your style/kitchen theme best. I don't own a color printer, or else I probably would have just made my own. Do what works best for you. 

So here is how I put together my southern style spice rack; the cost and the link for the labels if you want the same as mine. 

Enjoy y'all!!!

Southern Style Spice Rack

1-Better Homes & Garden Bamboo 3-Tier Cabinet Organizer ($5.74)

1-12 pack Anchorglass Half Pint/8oz Mason Jars ($6.97)

**Both of these were found at my local Wal-Mart in the canning section/kitchen**

Labels were purchased through Etsy at this link:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/250890978/printed-all-purpose-label-stickers-set?ref=shop_home_active_14

The labels cost me $12.99 total for 24 blue label stickers. Expensive, yes, however the labels themselves were only $2.99 but they were shipped from India. Shipping from India is what made them expensive. But I splurged a little for them.
Again, you could easily make your own, if you want. 

Pour your unexpired spices into each jar and label with sticker. 

The spice rack holds 9 mason jars, so you'll have a few left to use for other spices or for things like push pins and such. 

I hope you enjoy making your Southern Style Spice Rack!