Dinner last night!

The hubby had a clergy appreciation dinner last night.

He wanted an appreciation gift that was practical and inexpensive

But what do you get the clergy?

Seriously ~ my one Uncle is a priest and he has everything he needs for himself
... the things he really needs cannot be bought on a tight budget!

So on a trip to Christmas Tree Shops the other day (are you detecting theme ~ I love this place) ...

after scouring almost the whole store... I came across these little faux leather notebooks

At 1.99 each these are adorable and they have a really nice attached ribbon bookmark!

So we picked these up for all the priests
My idea is that they are always writing things down and these are compact enough to keep in a jacket pocket  

I knew I would be able to package them up nicely via the cricut!!!

I put the notebook into a cellophane bag from dollar general ( 30 for a buck)

And closed it with  a cross stamped cricut cut tag and my favorite black and white ribbon

The hubby wrote thank you on the back of each tag

I think they are nice and I hope they know how much they are appreciated!

It was a beautiful affair and I am so proud of my husband!