Last night I promised that I would share what I did with the top portion of the canvas shoe organizer and I'm keeping my promise. I have to give a quick disclaimer that this is my mom's Mother's Day Gift so if you're reading this and you want to be surprised you should stop now. Luckily, I'm pretty sure she won't be reading it because she is distracted by her new granddaughter Kylie Anne Russell. My mom loves to garden, but usually she sticks to flowers. She can name all of them and always gives the greatest tips to Joe since she knows that I don't have munch of a green thumb. Before we had Riley we had an amazing herb garden, but it got taken over by Riley's sandbox, which I'll be showing this weekend. My mom always loved the herb garden so I made my butterfly corkboard planter sticks and included it in the basket with the seeds for the herbs.
Here's a close up of the butterfly corkboard planter stick.
I took a canvas shoe organizer and poked holes through all of the pockets so that water can drain out of them.
I cut the top eight pockets off so that mom could use the shoe organizer as a canvas shoe planter. The organizer came with three over-the-door hooks that I included in the basket.
I showed you yesterday how I turned the lower half of the organizer into my canvas shoe planter.
I packed the gift basket with potting soil, the canvas shoe planter, over-the-door-hooks, herb seeds with their corresponding butterfly corkboard planter stick, and shears for easy gathering of the herbs.
Here's the herb garden gift basket already to go. Mom already saw my mason jar tea light for Riley's great-grandma (Gigi) and my Tile Photo for my sister (Aunt Katie) and she loved both. I hope she loves her gift just as much.
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MiaB
Brilliant!! What a thoughtful gift. Thanks so much for sharing at Sharing Saturday.
Trish - Mom On Timeout
What a great gift for a gardener! Pinning this one! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
Kadie
How clever!! I love all the details you put into this! I am featuring this on my facebook page. Thanks for sharing with us at Link It Up Thursday.
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Six Sisters
This gift basket is darling! We are so glad you came to another week of our fun "Strut Your Stuff Saturday". Please join us again! -The Sisters
Hubba
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Pams Party
Thank you so much for sharing your posts on Dare to Share. Your basket is such a thoughtful gift. I look forward to seeing what you share next.
Pam
Pams Party
Thank you so much for sharing your posts on Dare to Share. Your herb basket is such a thoughtful gift.
I cant wait to see what you share next.
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Deana
What great ideas....thanks for linkin' up @CountryMommaCooks....have a wonderful weekend : )
Yoli N.
That is a fabulous gift!
Lady Behind The Curtain
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Marilyn Clark
This is a great gift! 😀
Claiming Our Space
What a sweet gift. If my mom didn't have a black thumb :-), I would totally give her one of these gift baskets. Thanks so much for sharing on Tout It Tuesday!
Tara @ Tales of a Trophy Wife
I would love something like that:)
The Crazy Busy Bunch
That's an awesome gift! I know about 5 people I want to give this too right away! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Heather
Phil and Darby Hawley
This is such an awesome idea! I love that gift basket idea for a housewarming gift!
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Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com
Love this! We love for you to share this on our Kitchen Fun and Crafty link party going on now.... http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/05/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link_10.html?m=1
Recipes We Love
such a cute idea
Natasha SerenityYou
what a great idea to use this for herbs, fab!!!
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Oh my gosh, I love this idea! One of my favorite wedding gifts was a little basket filled with herb plants. How can you beat a gift that is beautiful, smells great, and feeds you? Just lovely 🙂
Amy - while wearing heels
What a sweet and thoughtful mother's day gift!
Michelle
I love herb gardens too! Hope your mom enjoys hers! 🙂