The Gift Of Money

My oldest turned 19 years old the other day. (writing that statement and seeing it in print doesn't make it feel possible or the least bit real!) 

I had a really hard time deciding what to give her for this year's birthday. I really love giving sentimental gifts so at first, I thought that even thought I knew she wanted it, cash was out. I considered gift certificates, gift baskets, handmade gifts, etc... but kept coming back to the cash.

THEN as usually happens, PINTEREST came to my rescue!!! 

I found THIS pin, and got to work!

I used a small kleenex box and some leftover red satin fabric left over from The Quiet Book - The Barn Page, to wrap it and some pretty colorful ribbon. Here is what it looked like:

See the little tag that says 'Pull'?

Fabric is NOT easy to use as wrapping paper! 

I think she liked it... it was soooo fun to watch her pull out all that money!!! I taped 70ish ones end to end with scotch tape and rolled them all together. Here are some photos of her pulling and pulling and pulling:

As you can see, she seemed to enjoy the fun and so did my 12 year old. :) My husband and I got quite a kick out of watching this! I wish I could have put in a few hundred dollars!!! haha!

So, Thank you to LOVEZILLA for your idea!!! What fun!!!