thrifty projects and gifts...

It's graduation gift season...

and as is the case every year, I have a hard time trying to decide what to give for gifts.

Because I'm on a tight budget, I always try to find something creative and inexpensive

and at the same time usable...

So this is what I came up with this year...

A little bit of this

 {most of which was already on hand}

A little cutting and gluing...

 more cutting and gluing...

Add a white board marker...

Simple, but usable gifts...

And since I had several frames sitting around the house that I've been waiting to use,

I decided to make two more for myself...

One for the kitchen to use for a calendar/memo board...

And one in the bathroom for quotes and notes...

 I've picked up both of the frames at Goodwill for a couple of dollars over the last year.  The paper backing was gift wrap- purchased a while ago at Target. And I bought white board markers at the Dollar store.  It's a cheap and easy way to pass a little encouragement to your family...

we've all been having a good time posting notes to each other.  

This morning I was greeted with 

"Don't hate me cause I'm beautiful" from my daughter.

Tomorrow she'll probably find something like 

"True beauty starts deep within your soul"...