{"id":11828,"date":"2015-11-02T12:28:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T20:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highdesertmg.wpengine.com\/our-holly-days\/2015\/11\/02\/diy-ornament-gift-a-thoughtful-way-to-spread-holiday-cheer\/"},"modified":"2015-11-02T12:28:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T20:28:28","slug":"diy-ornament-gift-a-thoughtful-way-to-spread-holiday-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/2015\/11\/02\/diy-ornament-gift-a-thoughtful-way-to-spread-holiday-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Ornament Gift, a Thoughtful Way to Spread Holiday Cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift\/\">Holly Sosa<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift9.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift9\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><em>This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PackInMoreMemories #<\/em><em>CollectiveBias<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, I want to spread holiday cheer and show appreciation for the often forgotten people on our lists. From the mail carrier to the neighbors, sometimes we forget to show these people just how meaningful they are to us and Christmas is the perfect time to express our appreciation. Small tokens of love can mean the world, so I created a simple way to spread some holiday cheer using some simple craft supplies and my favorite gum that transform into a DIY Ornament Gift suitable for all the people in your life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift1.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift2.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift2\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUPPLIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ribbon<\/li>\n<li>scissors<\/li>\n<li>chalkboard tags<\/li>\n<li>chalk or chalk marker<\/li>\n<li>tape<\/li>\n<li>Extra\u00ae Peppermint Gum<\/li>\n<li>Doublemint\u00ae Gum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To start, trim a few pieces of ribbon to roughly six inches in length.<\/p>\n<p>Fold the ribbon into a classic ribbon twist and secure it to the back of a pack of gum with tape.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift4.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift4\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift5.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift5\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p>Address your chalkboard to the recipient (World&#8217;s Best Mail Carrier, World&#8217;s Best Teacher, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift3.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift3\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\"><\/p>\n<p>Secure it to the front of the gum with tape.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift6.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift6\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift7.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift7\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift8.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift8\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p>This easy DIY Ornament Gift makes an adorable tree decoration and convenient snack; who doesn&#8217;t love a pack of Extra\u00ae Peppermint Gum or Doublemint\u00ae Gum? It also makes a simple gift for mail carriers, neighbors, teachers, Bible study leaders, coworkers, a Secret Santa, and more! The possibilities are endless and Christmas is as good a time as any to spread love to as many people as you can.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift10.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift10\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift12.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift12\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift11.jpg\" alt=\"diy ornament gift11\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span>Save on Extra\u00ae and Doublemint\u00ae gum this holiday season with Dollar General Digital Coupons. <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/cbi.as\/113hs\" rel=\"nofollow\">Add this coupon<\/a> to your DG Digital Coupon account. Not a member? <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/cbi.as\/1205h\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sign up, today<\/a>!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>This entire craft was insanely affordable because I found all of the supplies at my local Dollar General. If you follow me on Instagram, you know our sleepy little desert town recently opened a Dollar General and I was more than a little excited about it. We previously had one small market for all our needs, so having a Dollar General with groceries, crafts, office supplies, seasonal decor, and even clothing was such a gift to us locals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Do you have a clever idea for gifting Extra\u00ae Peppermint Gum or Doublemint\u00ae Gum? <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/cbi.as\/113hs\" rel=\"nofollow\">Don&#8217;t forget to grab your BOGO coupon<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p>The post <a target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift\/\">DIY Ornament Gift, a Thoughtful Way to Spread Holiday Cheer<\/a> appeared first on <a target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/\">Our Holly Days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/ourhollydays.com\/2015\/11\/diy-ornament-gift\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"DIY Ornament Gift, a Thoughtful Way to Spread Holiday Cheer\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Holly Sosa This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PackInMoreMemories #CollectiveBias This Christmas, I want to spread holiday cheer and show appreciation for the often forgotten people on our lists. From the mail carrier to the neighbors, sometimes we forget to show these people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.highdesert.com\/our-holly-days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}