Create a Piece of Art from Greeting Cards
We love sending and receiving greeting cards, but hanging on to them for sentimental purposes can take up a good chunk of space.
A few years ago, we turned wedding cards into this little piece of art. Using a 1" heart punch, a glue stick, linen paper, and a frame, you can take a piece from the sweet cards you've received for a special occasion and make them into something you can appreciate much more than a lonely box of cards sitting in the back of your closet.
Fun Holidays: National Lemonade Day (and a Lemon Loaf Recipe)
Cheers to National Lemonade Day! When life gives you lemons, what do you do? We love these beautiful Rifle Paper Co. cards included in a past Celebrate VelvetCrate collection.
If you're interested in baking with the lemons life brings, Baked, one of our favorite bakeries in New York, has a delicious Lemon Lemon Loaf using a recipe from their cookbook, Baked: New Frontiers in Baking, using fresh juice and zest from fresh lemons. The Lemon Lemon Loaf is a flavorful accompaniment to your morning coffee and it also makes a yummy dessert alongside some raspberry sorbet.
Click here to view the recipe for this yummy Lemon Lemon Loaf from Baked.
Back to school gift idea for teachers
It's hard to believe that it's already time to sharpen up for back to school! Wow a new teacher with a new gift from our current gift crate collection and start her year off feeling appreciated. Or, send a gift to a mom who has been go, go, go all summer long.
Fun Holidays: World Emoji Day
Birthdays. Thinking of You. Thank You. Congratulations. Get Well. There are so many occasions that are perfect for sending a VelvetCrate. There's a handful of "made up" holidays out there that are fun to celebrate too. For example, World Emoji Day!
The talented cookie design team at Baked Ideas made us these dancing girl emoji cookies that we just had to share with you. Also pictured are the fun and engaging Girls Night Out TableTopics Conversation Starters that were included in our Fall Celebrate collection.
Tell us: What's your favorite emoji?
Key to Happiness: Keep a One-Sentence Journal
"Ever since I can remember, my grandma has kept a daily journal. Not a “Dear Diary,” emotion-filled journal — just a couple of lines jotting down what she did that day and whom she was with. Often, when the family is together, she’ll dig out one of her old journals and tell us what she and various other family members were doing on a random day, in, say, 1994. I've always been amazed at how interesting these little moments are in retrospect." - Melissa Dahl writes in The Science of Us section of in New York Magazine.
This beautiful One Line A Day journal is included in Our Just Because collection and is also available for individual purchase in The The VelvetCrate Shop.
The lazy days of summer make for a good time to start reflecting:
"Putting pen to paper might seem old-school, but journaling your accomplishments —both big and small — can work wonders for your self-worth," says motivation expert Heidi Grant Halvorson in Dr. Oz's magazine, The Good Life.
Send her a beautiful journal gift today!
Although no longer in stock, we also love these beautiful Rifle Paper Co. journals from last year's Summer collection. You can never have enough journals, right?