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Weddingbee Secret Santa

December 25th, 2007 @ 3:00 pm by Mrs. Bee

This year, 47 past and present weddingbees participated in a Secret Santa exchange!  Confession: I’m actually sending out my Secret Santa gift tomorrow!  But it was a ginormous diy project, so hopefully my Secret Santa will forgive me when she sees what it is. ;-)

With a budget of only $20, here’s a peek at some of the wonderfully creative gifts the bees sent! 

Weddingbee Secret Santa :  wedding diy holidays Z124355 bellpepper —-> Weddingbee Secret Santa :  wedding diy holidays Z12435501 caramel

To have and to hold orbs and bird salt/pepper shakers from Scarlett Alley.

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Custom handmade zipper bag with matching thread inside from Etsy.

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Mini piggy bank and super strong magnets from the Container Store (Coincidentally, it’s the very same piggy bank Mrs. Corn loved and bought for her nephew, and the magnets she decided not to splurge on!)

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Two sets of personalized stationery, stamp, green ribbon and peppermint candy.

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DIY decoupage frame, customized note cards, and initial stamp.

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Weddingbee Secret Santa :  wedding diy holidays Z12435009 plumeria —-> Weddingbee Secret Santa :  wedding diy holidays Z124350010.jpg

A vanilla bean extract infusion kit (fill with vodka or rum to make vanilla extract), hand-knit fingerless mittens, and votive holders with a pink damask theme throughout.

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DIY flower pin w/ feathers and wine covers (Miss Dahlia loves red and wine!).

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Scarf and a recipe (Mrs. Tomato is a foodie)!

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3 Pendants from Etsy.

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Weddingbee Secret Santa :  wedding diy holidays Z124350014.jpg—-> Weddingbee Secret Santa :  wedding diy holidays Z124350016.jpg

Custom note cards with Miss Lovebird’s married name.

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Homemade hot cocoa and diy recycled magazine coasters with 2 mugs.

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DIY album with pictures from Mrs. Plum’s wedding, and diy covered altoid tin with candies.

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We had so much fun that we hope to plan a wedding themed swap for readers in the coming year.  Feel free to comment with swap suggestions/themes if you have any!

Happy Holidays everyone!

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19 Responses to “Weddingbee Secret Santa”

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GeLLiBeLLy

all of the bees are so creative!! such wonderful gifts. :)

 
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M&M

wow! such great gifts!!! i REALLY want those to have and to hold orbs from scarlett alley. i can’t find them on the website though! does anyone know where they are hiding? :)

 
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Mrs. Bee (message)  3,235 posts, Sugar bee

m&M - unfortunately they’re sold out, and i don’t think if they’re going to be made anymore. :(

 
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Mrs. Snow Pea

Holy smokes! Everyone had awesome gifts!

 
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Tea

so this was what you all were talking about on the chat. the gifts all look fabulous! i can’t believe there has been THAT many bees!

 
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Miss Flamingo (message)  1,366 posts, Bumble bee

Oh what awesome gifts everyone!!!!

 
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Jennifer

This is so nice!!! All the bees are so creative :)

 
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Mrs. Plum

I feel so un-creative - I just gave a gift card rather than making some crafty goodness like everyone else :(

 
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Mrs. Plumeria (message)  260 posts, Helper bee

So much fun! =) Yay for bee bonding.

 
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Miss Emerald

Aww, everyone was so crafty! I’m a slacker =P

 
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lisa

makes me feel so uncrafty!

 
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jilian (message)  783 posts, Busy bee

Miss Toucan - when you return from Hong Kong I’d love the ‘recipe’ for those DIY recycled magazine coasters :)

Great gifts by all the bees!

 
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Nicole

Can you please provide a link to the bluebird salt/pepper shakers? I hope they aren’t discontinued like the “to have & to hold” orbs! I can’t find them on the Web site…

 
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Mrs. Bell Pepper

Nicole,

I found the salt/pepper shakers from a local boutique called Happy Go Lucky. I’m not sure but I think they are sold somewhere online. Mrs. Bee is right, there were only a handful of orbs left and I happen to pick up one of the last. The guy who handpaints the orbs decided to discontinue them. I think he’s still creating a few orbs, contact Scarlett Alley by e-mail and they’ll give you an update on the orbs.

Hope this helps!

 
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Mrs. Caramel

hee hee, I’m so glad people liked my gift as much as I did! They are SO adorable! I thought I was supposed to take a picture of the gift we received, so hmm, uh oh.

 
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Tiffany

Wow, you ladies have amazing taste!

 
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ghoties

Mrs Spider/Miss Dahlia: I just saw those wine bottle covers online yesterday night and thought they would be super-cute to put on the wine each table. Are they decent quality?

 
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Mrs. Spider (message)  120 posts, Blushing bee

ghoties, they are pretty good quality! and very, very affordable!

 

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