May Day Gift Bag | Cherry Blossoms

May Day is such a whimsical holiday – secretly sharing spring blooms on friends’ and neighbors’ doorsteps.  It is one of those things I say I’m going to do but never remember to do on the first of May.  I do, on occasion, leave special treats outside my friends’ doors throughout the year – cookies on valentine’s days, homemade candy during the holidays or farm fresh sweet corn in the summer.  When Mike and I got engaged, I left these “Will you be my bridesmaid?” peony bundles on my bridesmaids-to-be doors.  Hello old camera and old front door!   I do realize it is not May Day today, as I write this.  However, Mike and I owe our neighbor a big “Thank You.”  So, as I was documenting this Cherry Blossom inspired Thank You gift, I thought it would be great inspiration for May Day, as well.

My gift bag included a loaf of Cherry Almond Pound Cake and a bundle of Blooming Cherry Branches, along with a thank you note.

  The recipe for the Cherry Almond Pound Cake will be posted tomorrow (update : here is recipe the link!).  I hope everyone is not bored of pound cake posts yet – they are just so great, the perfect little sized cake for me to whip up during the week… and I always have all of the ingredients on hand. 

As I said in my Banana Cream Pie post, I really need a nice wide window sill in my new kitchen…

 

I wrapped the cake in parchment (source here) and put one of my kitchen labels on it – Shop all of my favorite Packaging Essentials in my store, here > No printer or computer needed to create this Thank You Card.

I used a stamp with a chalk inkpad.  I love that with this stamp I can turn anything into a Thank You gift. I wrapped the branches in clear cellophane – it is one of the things I always keep in the house.  I use it as filler in bags and baskets, too.

Ready for delivery!

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Here is the easy-to-pin strip!

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