Wired Ribbon Favor

I made these for a bridal shower and then again for a tea party, placing one on each persons plate. I normally put a couple of little chocolate bars in them, but since all of those have been snacked on, this favor holds a box of matches.
The only supplies needed are wired ribbon, small ribbon roses and a glue gun.



I cut my ribbon to 7 1/2 inches in length, and I use a piece of cardboard that is 2 3/8 inces in width as a guide for wrapping the ribbon around. I start by ffolding about 1/4 inch ribbon over the edge of the cardboard.



Wrap the ribbon around the cardboard one complete rotation. Fold the tail end in half, then fold the front flap over.





Slide the piece of cardboard out.




Open the ribbon and glue up the two sides that will make the sides of the packet.



Fold the front flap down and sttach a ribbon rose.

Reusable Shopping Bag

Using the directions from this post on Craftster, I made a reusable shopping bag out of thrifted fabric, (more recycling!) The bag folds up into itself making it easy to tuck into my purse. I 've been cutting out fabric all day so I can make a bunch to put in my soon to open Etsy shop.

Thank Yous.

First to Kim at Todays Creative Blog, for featuring me on her blog back in August, and saying such sweet things about me.
Second to Laurie, at Tip Junkie, for giving me the Rockin Girl Blogger award!
Thanks, you two!

I'm passing the award over to Jessica at Sweet Pea Designs. Who is just getting her craft blog started.

B is for Bird

The latest of my bird collages.

Paper Flowers

I had all my scrappy bits of paper pulled out for doing the paperbag book tutorial, and because I'm fidgety, as I talked on the phone or watched tv, I would start cutting out shapes. Those shapes turned into hearts, which in turn I glued together to make paper flowers. The bottom picture is of Lisa's newly crafted memo board, adorned with one of the paper flowers. She stopped by my house Friday morning with an old cork board, trim from Walmart and some scrapbook paper to use as inspiration for color. She rightly figured I'd have the rest of the supplies needed to put together her new memo board, and it made for a fun morning!

Paperbag Book Tutorial

Supplies needed:

Lunchbags, stapler, glue stick, paper trimmer, scissors, glue dots, decorative paper, ephemera.

For a six page book, use 3 paperbags. Alternate the opening of the bags and stack them on top of each other.



Fold the bags in half.




Now you can pull out your sewing machine and sew up the middle, or do it the fast and speedy way and staple the center. I like fast and speedy.



Pull out all your collage and scrapbook supplies. This is where the fun begins.




I cut a piece of decorative paper to cover the spine of the book and glue it on with a glue stick. I've tied riboons around the spine on this book. You can also punch holes and thread yarn and ribbons through.
Now you can turn this into anything you want. I mailed cds to a friend using the bag openings to hold the cds. You can use this as a photo book, an art book, keep recipes or decorating ideas in it. Whatever you want!

Coming Soon!

I'm working on the tutorial for the paperbag book. Hope to have it posted in the next day or two.