Let's be honest, homemade gifts are objectively more thoughtful than Bloomingdale's gift cards, but there's a creepy element to them. The handmade wreathes and turkey drawings were cute when we were in kindergarten and didn't have money to purchase real gifts; but now, as a grown-up, if you're gonna gift a homemade item, it better be nice and nicely packaged. We don't want recipients thinking, "When did you make these gluten-free oatmeal raisin cookies? And what exactly is in them?" We want them to think, "Wow, are you Rachel Ray's sister? Not because of your voice but because I think you're crafty."
This is where San Francisco-based Yellow Owl Workshop comes in. They offer various stamps that help you personalize the gifts coming straight from your kitchen or garden. How about drying those mint leaves from your garden and instead of putting them in a plastic Ziploc, packaging them up in a small tin and stamping your gift of tea? After all, we don't want those tea leaves to be mistaken for anything else, just like how you don't want to be mistaken for Rachel Ray's sister.
