DIY Foodie Gift Set – Handmade Holidays 2015 Day 3

Oh my gosh, it's the final day of the 5th Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! Every year for the last 5 years we have hosted a blog hop all about handmade gifts that you can make to save money, use your craft supplies, and create something meaningful this holiday season and beyond. I have people on my list who are HARD to buy for – they have everything! Luckily, most everyone I know likes entertaining so today I am sharing a foodie gift set that I created based around a wood tray and a glass water bottle. This post contains affiliate links and product provided by Walnut Hollow, DecoArt, Stencil1, ICE Resin, Cousin Corp, and Minwax – all opinions are 100% my own.

I received an apple shaped cutting board as a gift from my friend Elena about 10 years ago and it is something I love to use at parties for serving cheese and other delicacies. My best servingware have been gifts and if they are handmade, even better because they become conversation pieces at parties. I created this gift set with that in mind. Shhhh, I think we're supposed to give it to my brother-in-law but I kind of want to keep it!

Speaking of gifts for guys, I recently shared a gift guide for Millenials with lots of ideas of things you can buy (there's a hop and a giveaway for that too: Millenial Gift Guide). Be sure to check out the giveaway, especially if you like crafts because it has goodies from some of the Handmade Holidays sponsors like Walnut Hollow, Clearsnap, and Tombow USA.

This gift set is actually pretty easy to make and it looks like it cost mega bucks (but it totally didn't!). We created a wood cheese tray or serving tray that can be paired with your favorite foods to make a fabulous DIY foodie gift set: jars of spice mixes, favorite tea, honeycomb, fancy cured meats, and a set of cheese knives.

I've been seeing capped water bottles at trendy restaurants for a couple years and now you can get them at Target. I created several interchangeable bottle charms to adorn the water bottle.  But who wants to have the same glass water bottle as everyone else? These can be clipped on and off and also used on wine or any other bottle with a narrow neck. Crate a different one for various occasions. I created these bottle charm with 3 interchangeable attachments: an agate slice, and ICE Resin bezel with tassel, and an ICE Resin bezel with two charms.

Here's all the supplies to make this DIY Foodie Gift Set:

Tray:

• Walnut Hollow Plank, stained or painted  – I stained this one in this video: How to Ombre Stain a Wood Slice
• Walnut Hollow Versatool (to cut the ends of the bolts off)
• Stencil1 Anchor Stencil
• DecoArt Metallic Gold Paint
• Cool metal handles
• Drill with drill bits

Glass Bottle Charm Set:

• ICE Resin
• ICE Resin Shattered Inclusions
• ICE Resin German Glass Glitter
• ICE Resin Art Mechanique Bezels
• Chain
• Lobster Clasps
• Jump Rings
• Jewelry Pliers
• Charms, Tassels
• Agate Slice with Jump Ring
• Glass Bottle with Lid

Other Items to Include:

• Assorted tea
• Honey with honeycomb inside
• Preserved meats, Summer Sausage
• Fancy jar mustard
• Fancy jellies

How to make a DIY wood serving tray:

1. Stain the wood plank using wood stain.
2. Attach a stencil to the center of the wood plank with washi tape or masking tape. Apply gold paint through the stencil and allow to dry.
3. Spray the plank with a clear sealer.
4. Mark the holes for the handles on each side of the plank.
5. Drill the holes for the handles. Attach the handles to the plank, countersinking the nuts on the back.
6. Use a hacksaw or rotary tool to cut the ends of the bolts flush with the back of the plank.
7. Sand the ends of the bolts smooth.

How to make interchangeable wine bottle charms:

1. Cut a length of chain about 1/2″ shorter than the diameter of the bottle. Attach the chain together at the ends with a jump ring. Check that the chain can slip on and off the top of the bottle.
2. Create bezels using ICE Resin, glitter, and shattered inclusions to use as charms.
3. Attach charms and chains together to make tassels. Attach these to a lobster style clasp with a jump ring.

How to wrap a gift to give at a party:

Holiday parties are a great place to give a gift like this, especially for a hostess. To wrap this gift, thread a wide ribbon through the handles of the tray. Place the items on the tray and tie the ribbon around them. Place the additional bottle charms in a box lined with felt. Add a small basket with cured salami, cheese, fancy mustard, and other accoutrement.

Today I also posted over on the Clearsnap blog. Click on over HERE to check out the kids art set gift tote I created with Clearsnap's gorgeous pigment inks:

Thanks again for stopping by!

Continue on the hop by clicking the next link in the list below. Be sure to visit all of the blogs so you can enter our amazing giveaway of over $600 in craft supplies from all the sponsors.

Enter the giveaway by using this widget below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway