A little Photo Shop magic, and it's no longer an Oprah Magazine cover with Oprah and Ellen, but a personalized magazine cover with my friend's and my face! I printed this image as the front cover of the birthday card I made to look like a magazine. Hilarious!
Instead of writing a happy birthday message inside the card, I wanted to stick with the magazine theme. I decided to write a letter to the C&D Magazine subscribers of course mentioning my friend's birthday and how amazing she is. It also gave me a chance to explain the gift.Just four of the items included. |
For the actual gift, I bought 10 items that are some of my friend and my favorite things. Each of these items was tied with a tag made on my Cricut machine. I tried to keep each item within a budget, so some items were purchased and others were handmade. For example, my daughter really wanted to make my friend something too, and she decided to color a Little Mermaid picture for her. I cut out the coloring book page after Ella was done, backed it with card stock, and then added it to the gift. My friend loved it!
Inside the card/magazine, I explained the included items much like Oprah does in her magazine. I did all these pages on Microsoft Word with images from Google. I cut them to be 10"x7" (my card was 5x7) and folded them in half to place inside the "magazine". I didn't have a stapler large enough to reach the fold, so I hole punched two small holes on the fold with my mini punch and threaded thin white ribbon through them/tied a knot to secure the book.
I also included some advertisement pages. I did this mainly to fill up blank spots in the "magazine", but I also thought it would make it seem a bit more authentic. I chose images that I could easily manipulate with text boxes, etc, so that I could personalize them.
I had a lot of fun making this gift, and my friend really got a kick out of it. I wanted to share the idea with my readers in case you are looking for a creative way to present a gift in the future! Enjoy!
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