Homemade Gifts: Spice Blends

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Every year I try to make s a little homemade something to give to friends and family. Sometimes it’s embroidered kitchen towels, other times it’s homemade candy. Last year I did homemade vanilla extract everyone just loved. This year I decided to go with these tasty homemade spice blends. I use these little homemade gifts to accompany gift cards. I think it makes giving money a little more personable. And the best part is these types of homemade gifts are super easy to make.

For the spice blends, I decided to go with these three, a blackened seasoning blend, a BBQ rub and a Espresso Rub. These spice blends can be jarred in little jelly jars as shown, or any other jar you find at your local craft store. You could put them in a basket with a pretty kitchen towel and a new oven mitt for a friend or neighbor. Or you could just give them with a gift card like I do.

To wrap these, I just used a piece of burlap to cover the metal lid and a small bow. Then I added a gift tag on top. You could use any type of scrap fabric accompanied with ribbon to wrap these.

You can find the recipes for these rubs at Craftsy, or just Google some ideas for spice rubs. I’ll be posting my own recipes for these rubs in the next few weeks.

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