"Cool" Summer Treats

Best remedy for the summertime blues when you're missing your grandkids? Put together a care package filled with treats to send them!

My sweet and crafty friend Lori created this adorable set of stationery items, including matching notecards, decorated notepad and a super cute bookmark/clip. Whenever our granddaughter comes to visit us, we enjoy taking her for shaved ice at the shaved ice stand near our home so I knew right away I wanted to share this adorable set with her.

Then for some added fun, I put together this matching "Card in a Box" style card to send along with the trio of goodies. The svg cutting file for this shaved ice stand box card comes from the Lori Whitlock Store. I just love all the different kinds of box cards you can find there! 

The shaved ice stand box card included the signs, the cups of shaved ice on the stand and even the bottles of syrup but not the bears. The cut file for the paper pieced teddies are from Marjorie Ann Design's "Franklin Brain Freeze" set. After resizing and assembling the two bears, I attached one to the strut inside the stand to hold one of the bottles of syrup. I attached the second teddy with the shaved ice to the front of the stand using foam tape  After assembling everything, I used a small paint brush to add a generous coat of Stickles glitter glue to the cones of shaved ice for an icy sparkle.

I added our Happy Summer sentiment to the back of the shaved ice stand.

Like all box style cards, this one also folds flat to fit into an envelope for mailing, although in this case it didn't matter since it was packed in a box with other things for mailing.

This last photo was taken by my daughter when they received the "care package" of goodies. I asked her to send me a photo because I forgot to take one of the "jelly bag" you see in the back that I put together at last minute to hold some of the treats we sent. The cutting file for this "jelly bag" was offered as a free gift with purchase from SVG Cuts. It reminded me of those "jelly" bags and sandals that were all the rage while my daughter was growing up! It was surprisingly easy and quick to put together and I was really happy how it turned out. I hear it was quite a hit with our granddaughter as well!