{"id":46,"date":"2012-12-30T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2014-04-27T11:24:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T18:24:37","slug":"diy-wild-at-heart-gift-basket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"DIY Wild at Heart Gift Basket"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m so excited to finally blog about a gift basket that I made for my dear friend’s 22nd birthday.\u00a0 Through some creative thinking, I came up with a gift basket idea that I knew <\/em>she would love.<\/p>\n

The idea began when I was shopping online for Bare Escentuals make up.\u00a0 She loves my Bare Escentuals eye shadow, so I thought I would find some to get her for her birthday.\u00a0 I ended up finding a make up kit (complete with eye shadows, mascara, and lip gloss) called “Pretty Wild.”\u00a0 I ordered it right then, thinking that it described her perfectly.\u00a0 (Plus, it was a great deal!)\u00a0 It was shortly after I ordered the makeup set that I found the bedazzled liquor bottle idea on Pinterest.\u00a0 Ah!\u00a0 I had to do it!\u00a0 After thinking about the bedazzled bottle of Tequila and the makeup set “Pretty Wild,” I came up with the idea of making her a gift basket that had a theme.\u00a0 The perfect theme that came to mind?<\/p>\n

Wild at heart!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

Here’s the finished basket, and a breakdown of what I did, what I got, and roughly how much money I invested in this project.<\/p>\n

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So, here the basket is all put together!\u00a0 I basically made a list of things I knew I wanted in it, and then shopped to find the best deals.\u00a0 Here’s a breakdown of the things I purchased, and did not make:
\n-The silky leopard print panties with lace trim at the top were purchased at Ross for $2.99.\u00a0 She laughed when she saw them, and I knew a pair of fun, wild panties would be an inexpensive touch to add to the basket.
\n-The glittery frame\u00a0with pink gems was exactly what I was looking for, and I found it at Ross for $4.99.\u00a0 I wanted one for myself too!\u00a0 I put a picture of us at a rooftop bar in LA to keep with the “wild at heart” theme.
\n-The polka dot box has a wine opener in it that says, “I drink better than I cook.”\u00a0 It was a funny Ross find for only $2.99, and I knew she didn’t have a wine opener in her apartment.
\n-Finally, the “Pretty Wild” makeup kit.\u00a0 I ordered it online at a great sale price (less than $20.)<\/p>\n

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Now for the DIY touches! First, the basket.\u00a0 I looked everywhere for a sturdy, cute, bright or animal print basket. I ended up having to go to the Dollar Tree, just because I knew they would have bright colored baskets. (They have a ton there of all shapes and sizes.) To make it cuter, I glued gems leftover from bedazzling the Tequila to the front to make her initial. So, this monogrammed basket was $1.<\/p>\n

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Okay, so my bedazzled liquor bottle looks nothing <\/em>like the fabulous ones I found on Pinterest.\u00a0 But, I was at least able to add some sparkle with gems I purchased at Wal Mart and my handy hot glue gun.\u00a0 The roundness of the bottle did make this project a little difficult, and gems did eventually fall off.\u00a0 But I’m sure that’s bound to happen.\u00a0 Regardless, she loved it!<\/p>\n

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This was super easy to make.\u00a0 The frame I already had, but it was originally purchased at the Dollar Tree.\u00a0 The letters were a great buy I found at Target in the scrap booking section.\u00a0 A pack of them\u00a0for $.99!\u00a0 Beware, they are VERY glittery.\u00a0 I knew I needed to have something to show the theme of the basket, so I simply glued the words to a piece of paper and framed them.\u00a0 Only $1.99 and super easy.\u00a0 Plus, I love how it turned out!<\/p>\n

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Since I wanted to somehow incorporate chevron into this basket, I used a piece of ribbon that I already had to tie a bow to the basket for an extra touch.\u00a0 I then used sharpies and glitter puff paint to add the chevron\u00a0design to the ribbon of the bow.\u00a0 It was just an easy touch to add since I had everything for it already.<\/p>\n

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And, ta da!\u00a0 The finished basket.\u00a0 She loved her birthday present this year, and I loved putting it together.\u00a0 Now I’m constantly thinking of random gift basket themes I can make for special occasions.\u00a0 I’ll keep my blog updated with any more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m so excited to finally blog about a gift basket that I made for my dear friend’s 22nd birthday.\u00a0 Through some creative thinking, I came up with a gift basket idea that I knew she would love. The idea began when I was shopping online for Bare Escentuals make up.\u00a0 She loves my Bare Escentuals… [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crafty","tag-give","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42QGB-K","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_2919.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1464,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/1464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}