How To Make Homemade Gifts Look Store Bought

For the last few Christmases, I've made most of the gifts that I give. I really like doing this for a few reasons: I avoid the malls, I avoid the stress of shopping, it's a good financial decision, and best of all, I can give my loved ones gifts that are hand crafted from finer materials (real wool, real leather, all natural cosmetics etc) than I could normally afford to purchase.
In the hopes of inspiring some of you to make the gifts you give this year, today I'm releasing THREE video tutorials; the first two show the easy way that homemade gifts, (beeswax lip balm and a sugar body scrub), come together. And in the third video, I go over how to take your homemade gifts and elevate them through the use of pretty packaging.
See below for supplies and related tutorials.

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SUPPLIES:

WREATH STAMP PRINTABLE: shaydacampbell.ca/2016/12/preparing-packaging-h…

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MY MOST USED ART SUPPLIES:
These are the products that I’d want with me on a deserted island (cuz I’d obviously have lots of time for watercolor and hand lettering!) ;)

Pens + Paints:

Staedtler Watercolor Pencil Set (36): amzn.to/2ilEgyr
FineTec Watercolor Disc Paints: amzn.to/2ATMt4z
Artists Loft Watercolor Discs: amzn.to/2yO6Rmi
Sharpie Ultra Fine Point (Black): amzn.to/2hwlZ0w
Staedtler Triplus Fineliner Pens: amzn.to/2hEYtlI
Sakura Pigma Micron Pen Set (Black): amzn.to/2yO3gVt
HB, 2B, 4B, 6B Pencil Set: amzn.to/2yNZlbe

Papers + Sketchbooks:

Strathmore Cold Press Watercolor Paper: amzn.to/2hy1kcI
Strathmore Sketch Book: amzn.to/2ilUecc
Mona Lisa Graphite Transfer Paper: amzn.to/2AUphTO
8x11 Tracing Paper: amzn.to/2hx93HM
Graph Paper: amzn.to/2yMz2Cb

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ADDITIONAL TUTORIALS:

Stamp Carving + Block Printing: youtube.com/watch?v=QTsauc7iHyo&t=441s

Faux Calligraphy: youtube.com/watch?v=qHQbYViMWCI&t=15s

All Natural Lip Balm: youtu.be/GwxmbRaATH8

Homemade Sugar Scrub: youtu.be/6TB68BT8Gac

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