As I have mentioned I have been doing tons of embroidery lately. A few months ago my grandma sent me some plain dish towels I could embroider along with some iron on patterns and I was so excited to get started. Then I realized I had no one to give these to so I should wait which was hard but I did.
When we received an invite for a friends birthday I got to stitching.
It might not seem the most conventional gift for a 25 yr old guy but he loves to bake and having some pretty dish towels is always nice in the kitchen. I also thought it would be appropriate since he invited us for a fika party which is essentially cake and coffee!
After I wrapped it all up and was showing Mr. H I had one of those o my goodness I am a grown up moments. I had wrapped up a present that I made myself in in kraft paper with a ribbon that co-ordinated perfectly with the card I had stamped.
Ok it was more of an on my goodness I am one of those ladies rather than just a plain old grown up moments. As a kid I was always so impressed when kids would arrive at parties with a perfectly wrapped up present and I was carrying something shoved in a re-used gift bag. As I was standing there being all impressed with myself Mr. H was smiling and said to me “like grandmother like granddaughter” which is just so apt as if my mother or aunt did this everyone would die of shock!
The Hemborg Wife 
What a great gift idea, and it is so lovely to receive handmade items as it means the person really gave it some thought. I am a bit of a craft fanatic and look forward to doing more of this kind of thing – although my husband thinks craft presents consist of pasta pictures or similar (he is stuck in 1st grade when it comes to crafts)!
Molly @ The Move to America
Well in my opinion American has some of the best craft stores so you will be set!
How sweet that you share a talent/hobby with your grandma. My grannny taught me to quilt (decades before it became the the cool thng to do). I’m working on a quilt now with fabric she saved from the eighties. Think carebears, strawberry shortcake, and ducktales – and I’m definitely keeping it for myself because I loved my eighties childhood.
That sounds like an awesome looking quilt!
Such a wonderful gift. I love the dish towels. I have recently been to the store Anthropologie and they sell very similar tea towels at a hefty price (£16+) per towel. I am sure your friend loved them.
O my goodness that is a lot, and he ended up thinking they were tablecloths but I felt bad correcting him!
Oh my! They are so cute! 25 yr old guys have so much to learn.