Monday, October 1, 2012

Photo Essay // A Parting Gift

I'm hosting a small gathering of a few close friends this weekend, consisting of a thoughtfully crafted autumnal menu. I've always enjoyed spending time on the simple details in hopes of my guests' overall experience to be a unique and charming oneso a parting gift was a must. Fortunately, I came across a selection of beautifully hand painted, oversized tea cups at Anthropologie that had just been marked down and thought they'd make a perfect little gift, but that wasn't enough. 

While shopping around Holiday Market later that day, I found one container of house made candied orange peels, and another of dark chocolate covered coffee beansthe sweetness of the orange peels balanced out bitterness of the dark chocolate coffee beans perfectly. I simply filled the tea cup with coffee beans and orange peels, then placed them in a plain brown paper bag and tied a bow of twine around to wrap. Simple as that.


If you're on a budget, I have an alternative that's just as beautiful and creativeplace beans and peels into a clear bag, print out tags (or type on a manual typewriter if possible), tie together with twine and a decorative autumn leaf. (p.s. They had lots of autumn decor at Michaels Crafts Store and I picked up a handful of leaves that had fallen on the floor, which the cashier said I could keep at no charge).



a few photos from the first batch I took:

4 comments:

  1. you have a wonderful blog..so pure and inspiring..thanks for sharing..I really love it to look around here.. /ti

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    1. thank you! and thanks for checking out my blog, I'm happy you enjoy browsing through :)

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  2. I love! Absolutely, perfectly beautiful! And captures the perfect bit of fall!

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    1. Thanks, Leigh! It was my first time working with light/shadows in that way and I was pleased with the outcome myself.

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