Keeping it clean

It's sometimes hard to think of a gift for ladies who fall into that 'older' age bracket - grandmotherly age I guess.

I tend to think of funky bags or hairclips or even a handmade brooch for friends my age but am not sure that this is right for the more mature lady!

So I wanted to come up with something that suited this age - just a small gift of thanks for four great ladies who run the playgroup that our two eldest girls attend each week.

I wanted to do these tea towels and pot holders but for the life of me could not find plain white waffle tea towels, which I love the look of, anywhere.

Once I had these in my head nothing else would do of course.

(If you know where to get them in Melbourne, please leave a comment and put me out of my misery!)

I came up with this little care pack of tissue cover, matching hand-towel and soap.

I still used the tea towel tutorial above by 'I have to say', just did it on a hand towel. Then I used this tutorial by tutti frutti for the tissue holders, which are super-easy to make.

The fabric is all from Anna Maria Horner's chocolate lollipops range that I bought from Amitie a while back.

Soaps were a pack of five I got at a discount department. I took the outer wrapper off, then added a piece of spotty chocolate grosgrain ribbon using some double sided tape.

My husband said this gift perhaps implies I think they are snotty, dirty and smell bad.

That's definitely not the case, I'm sure they won't take it that way.

I just need to buy the tissues and wrap them then we're good to go.