Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Secret Santa Gift post. Have you ever participated in a Secret Santa exchange at work? In 2015 I did and for a while, had no idea what to get the lady who’s name I had drawn. After a little bit of chatting with some of her work friends I found out she liked jewelry. So I put on my thinking cap and designed a necklace for her. Let me show it to you!
Secret Santa Gift
Here is another 2015 Christmas gift catch-up post. We had a secret Santa gift exchange at work this year during our Christmas party. The coworker I picked likes jewelry so I put my thinking cap on and came up with this pretty resin and bead necklace.
Once again I dug out my EnviroTex Jewelry Resin, Iced Enamels German Glass Glitter, a small touch of Shattered Inclusions in Opal and silver and teal colored beads. I just love how this glass glitter catches the light with every movement.
Such a pretty necklace needed an equally nice gift box, of which I did not have. So what’s a crafter to do?? She makes her own!!
To make the gift box and necklace card I used one sheet of silver, white, and black card stock along with the We are Memory Keepers envelope punch board and corner chompers. I then used a piece of white ribbon to tie it all closed.
Thanks for joining me for today’s Flashback Friday Secret Santa Gift post! There’s not too much to this one, but it’s still a fun little tale. Not only did I make the pendant, but I also hand-crafted the silver and blue seed bead segments to go along with it. I remember how proud I was when I finished—the necklace turned out to be the prettiest one I’d made so far, and I was sure the recipient would love it! And, well, she did… in her own way! It found a second life as the perfect re-gift to a mutual friend, which honestly made me smile. As long as someone enjoyed it, right?
Have you ever re-gifted a handmade item, or had one of your projects re-gifted? I’d love to hear about it—drop a comment below! And if you’d like to explore more resin creations, check out some of my other posts here: Resin. Have a fantastic weekend, and see you back in the craft room soon!
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