“I respect wood. I revere wood. I’m considerate of wood.” (Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
While I was looking forward to being out of work for four days for Thanksgiving break, I had to scramble to find the perfect gift for my friend. My bff turned 31 last week. Thankfully, her before me. It’s okay that we’re getting old though, because it just gives us more excuses to drink our life away. Or at least our birthdays away. So in spirit, I had to send her a margarita basket (you can view her box here), since she likes margaritas more than she likes me. She’d argue that, but I doubt she’s going to read this anyway. Hence why I’m blogging about part of her gift before she even opens it.
After putting the basket together, I found these adorable coasters on Pinterest. I had to make them. Instead of giving you the directions, I’ll just recommend you visit the site above. She gives much better instructions than I would anyway (and printable sized pieces).
They turned out perfectly unperfect for me. I hand sewed each one, and I loved the end result. I hope she does too. I don’t know that they’ll compare with the bottle of Patron or the Skinny Girl individual servings, but they might come in third place. Third place still gets a trophy. Third place is perfect for me.
Love the coaster. When do you find the time to do all of this?
When I’m not on the phone with you! 🙂
Ooooo they are sooo cute!!! I wish I had a friend like you to send me cute handmade things for my birthday!! Except I don’t drink so not sure what you would make me haha
Ohhhhh I would totally make these for you! You don’t need to drink alcohol to use coasters! 🙂
Ohh yeah I guess that’s true lol I was just saying cause the basket you made was centered around margaritas haha it could totally be done without though. It would be so cute to have them in a bunch of different fruits!! Like lemon orange lime and watermelon
I know!! The tutorial I followed made them in all colors. I’m thinking they will be perfect summer gifts for my family! My grandma would love them by the pool!! 🙂
Yes!! So cute!! Do them in all the rainbow colors! They would be perfect by the pool!
That’s so adorable! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Lots of love
Thanks!! We had our first “Homeowners” Situation, so it was a bit of a mess. But we were blessed to have family visit, so everything worked out. 🙂
I’m glad that it turned out ok in the end! It’s always nice to be with family! Have a great day sweety! <3
You too!! 🙂
These are so cute! <3 Great gift for the holidays too! 🙂
Thanks!! They were really easy to make…a little time consuming, but worth it!
Sooo cute! I love the colors, too. Lucky BFF.
Thanks!! She is probably so overwhelmed with my craft projects, she may disagree with you. 😉
I have a brother who loves Margaritas so I am stealing your entire gift box idea! I’m certain he’s tired of knit scarves and hats.
Awesome!!! Did you see the little “Lime” card that I made too? It’s super easy to do, to go with the basket…although I guess men probably don’t care so much about handmade cards. 🙂
http://raeofsparkles.com/2014/10/09/tequila-or-corona-corona-please/
Are you kidding me! Tooo cute.
Eck, i cant post on it for some reason, but it is soo soo cute. I’m very impressed.
Wow. What a lucky BFF you have! I know she loved this Margarita box sooooo much. I bet you she even read your blog (even if it was a little late!) love you!