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The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift Basket

May 1, 2014 1 Comment

The Ultimate Mother's Day Gift Basket at Hands Occupied

What woman doesn’t love wine, chocolate, and a good book? When I found out I’d be teaming up with Dove® to design a Mother’s Day gift, I immediately texted my mom to get her input. She literally had their dark chocolate almond Promises in her purse when I texted. “That’s the good stuff!!” was her initial reaction. :) According to my mom, this chocolate goes great with red wine, so I figured I better listen to my mom and make a mother’s day gift the woman REALLY wants!

So, wine and chocolate is a starting point, but to make Mom’s gift basket extra special, I wanted to add a couple personal touches, and for me, that’s a great book I think she’d like, as well as a handmade gift that will for sure last longer than the wine and chocolate – some monogrammed (momogrammed?) stenciled wine glasses just for her. Read on for how to make the glasses and how to make the basket come together!

Supplies

Stenciled stemless wine glasses

stemless wine glasses
adhesive stencils
glass paint
sponge spouncers
waxed paper or silicone craft mat

The Ultimate Mother's Day Gift Basket at Hands Occupied

The basket

a good book  (in this case, Once Upon A River by Bonnie Jo Campbell)
a bottle of red wine
Dove® Dark Chocolate
a pretty gift basket
recycled paper packing material

Directions

Start with a clean and dry wine glass, and place an adhesive stencil on your glass, using the top edge to line the stencil up straight. Since you’re working with a curved surface, you’ll have to be careful when placing it.

The Ultimate Mother's Day Gift Basket at Hands Occupied

You’ll see that I have some folds over the curved sections of my glass, which is inevitable and ok! You just have to apply paint more carefully over those areas to avoid paint getting under the stencil, messing up the design.

The Ultimate Mother's Day Gift Basket at Hands Occupied

To apply your glass paint, dab your sponge spouncer in the glass paint, and wipe off some of the excess paint before applying it to your stencil. Excess paint is the number 1 way to end up with paint leakage while stenciling. :)

After you’ve painted 1-2 layers of glass paint onto your glass, carefully peel away the stencil while it’s still wet. Then, if you want to add another stencil, like I did with my mom’s first initial C below, just wait for the first stencil you painted to dry before adding the second. So easy! So cute!

The Ultimate Mother's Day Gift Basket at Hands Occupied

The Ultimate Mother's Day Gift Basket at Hands Occupied

The full basket

How delicious does the basket look all put together? Two of the glasses have my mom’s first initial and a leaf design on them, and the others say the word mom. Then, I’ve got a nice bottle of wine, the book, a few large bars of Dove’s Silky Smooth Dark Chocolate, and it’s all topped with handfuls of Dove Promises candies.

The Ultimate Mother's Day Gift Basket at Hands Occupied

Compensation was provided by DOVE® Dark Chocolate via MomTrends.  The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions of Dove or Momtrends. 

Filed Under: Giveaways, Reviews & Sponsored, How-to Tagged With: books, dark chocolate, diy, dove, gift basket, gift basket craft, gifts, monogram, mother's day, stenciled wine glasses

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author, designer & creator specializing in yarn crafts like knitting, crochet, latch hook & macramé. Her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now.

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  1. Heidi's Mom

    May 3, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    It’s lovely and health for you. I really did have Dove dark chocolate in my purse and candy dish. The basket look great.

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