It’s that time of year we celebrate those who are about to embark on a new journey in their lives. Maybe they are about to enter the fun and crazy-filled college years. Or, maybe they are celebrating a milestone of a college graduation and about to enter the ‘real world.’ We salute you grads of 2012. Congrats!
For those of you stopping by the endless open houses and celebrations, we found some fun and creative gift ideas via our new favorite site, Pinterest, that will make your gift stand out from the crowd.
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8 x 10 Art Print She Turned Her Dreams Into Plans by Lindsey at Pen and Paint via Etsy. Lindsay at Pen and Paint is offering Tutto Bella readers 10% off with code BELLA10.
Write Your Own Way Necklace, Waxing Poetic {$79}
DIY Caddy, Creation Corner
{fill a shower caddy with Top Ramen, a book reading light, ear plugs, shower shoes, 5 hour energy, first aid kit, Febreeze, Pop Tarts, Hand Sanitizer, ear plugs, etc…visit Artsy MaQnolias for more kit ideas}
We all know new grads LOVE and NEED money, so step out of the box a bit and package it creatively with a…
Money Lei, Your Home Based Parties
Here are some other grad gift ideas we found around the web too…
Dogeared Jewels Forget Me Not Necklace, $64 from Zappos
{Make a wish and put on your necklace. wear it as a reminder that I love you.}
Here’s to You by Dan Zadra and Kristel Wills, $14.95 from Compendium Incorporated
{This company has SO MANY great products and gifts for the grad including, Dream Every Day Journal, The Book of 5 by Dan Zadra and I Believe in You by Dan Zadra}
Curly Girl Stainless Steel Travel Mug, Shine Your Light on the World, $19.99 from Amazon
{this would be adorable filled with a Starbucks gift card or VIA packets for all the late night studying for those soon-to-be college students…I bought this for some of my grad parties this year}
{images via Pen and Paint, Waxing Poetic, Creation Corner, Your Home Based Parties, Zappos, Compendium Incorporated and Amazon}
love the graduation gift basket, but im not allowed to see the original page is was posted on, any chance you could get me the little poems?
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. That’s weird – its not working for me now either and it worked great before. Sorry about that. I did find some of the poems from the Creation Corner basket on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pin/174162710560070264/, http://pinterest.com/pin/162833342747351469/ and http://pinterest.com/pin/162833342747351465/.
Thank You for looking into it for me 🙂 I though it was a super cute idea and without the poems it seems a little less cute