Christmas Gift Pot Holders and Dish Towels

This holiday season was extremely busy for my family this year. We took a trip to visit my dad in Michigan and I was hosting Christmas, along with trying to shop for gifts and maintain my sanity. This year I decided to save a few bucks by making gifts for my co-workers instead of purchasing everyone a store bought item. I have about 10 co-workers to give gifts to so I needed to find something that did not cost an arm and a leg. I checked Etsy and found SVG files for these cute potholders.

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The materials needed to the potholder project are as follows:

• Red Potholders (Dollar Store $1 each)
• Whisk or spatula (Dollar Store $1 each)
• Cookie mix (Dollar Store $1 each)
• Cellophane wrap (Dollar Store $1 per roll)
• Ribbon
• Heat Transfer Vinyl
• Iron or easy press 

After I purchased the SVGs I uploaded them into my cricut design space (for those of you who do not have a cricut go to a craft store and buy one ASAP). Then I cut the images onto HTV....

You then use an iron or an easy press to attach it to the potholder. This was such an easy and cheap project I decided to not only gift these to all my coworkers but also decided to make dish towels and gift them to all the women in my family. 

Here is the final gift ready product.

Literally, the entire office was shocked that these were home made and loved them! The dish towels were also super easy and I was able to buy the towels in bulk on Amazon for super cheap! 

The towels turned out amazing and I tied them together with a burlap string and wrapped them in cellophane just as I did the potholders. Overall, the cost breakdown for each item was only $3 but they looked much more expensive and personalized. Be sure to keep a lookout for next week's blog as we start making Valentine's Day decor for your home or as gifts!