Tying It Up in a Bow: Dish Towel as Gift Wrap
How often is it that you read about an idea in a magazine and then immediately get to execute it? For me, the woman of grand ideas but little execution, the answer is rarely. But no sooner had I read about forgoing expensive-for-what-it-is gift wrap for pretty dish towels that the opportunity presented itself. And then I was reminded of one of life’s truisms: nothing I do ever looks as good as it does in a magazine. A related truism is: Life isn’t like the movies. I’m still working to accept both of these as facts. It’s slow-going thus far.
The important thing, though, is that my friend got to unwrap her bridal shower gift and delight at the measuring cups inside. Then we drank more mint juleps and ate some of the finest pulled pork I’ve had in my life and sweet potato rounds topped with bacon. It’s the thought––not the execution––that counts, right?
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday: That is a pretty sweet idea.
…then for her baby shower you can wrap up her gift in a baby blanket.1 year ago
Ella Pretty: The dish towel present looks sweet – like a stork’s bundle LOL!1 year ago
Haha–yeah, it does look like gift from the stork! Such a good idea to use a baby blanket next time around. I like this cause it’s like two gifts in one!1 year ago
Victoria: so glad you liked the food so much! maybe we’ll have to plan some sort of thing where you come over for dinner and tell me how awesome i am… that’s a thing right?1 year ago
Hilary: Looks pretty spectacular to me—whenever I try the dishtowel wrap, I can’t get the knot tied (do you spose this has deeper implications?) so I get ANOTHER useful container involved (enter some pottery) and wad the dishtowel around the gifting object…you can just imagine that it only gets more complicated.1 year ago
Victoria, That is TOTALLY a thing.
Hilary, Oy, yeah. You try to simplify, but it just gets worse!1 year ago
Starlene: I love doing this! I usually wrap up a loaf of bread I’ve made and a hand embroidered dish towel as a hostess gift when I’m not sure what else to bring:)1 year ago
Starlene, And then does the hostess look at you in utter awe? I would! Amazing hostess gift.1 year ago
Starlene: cheap and easy sister! just find a bread recipe that works for you (it can even be muffins or zucchini bread or?) and practice your embroidery on tea towels so you have a few extras laying around. it’s the poor girls equivalent of my sister’s “gift closet”!1 year ago