Gift box is a Yogi Tea Box, carefully unfolded and then refolded inside out. They print the best pattern on the inside.Rebecca's birthday has come around again (not to make you feel old, m'dear - you'll always be younger than me). She is always the recipient of my random little gifts, and is such a good sport about it. This year, to mark the occasion:
A little, rosy-cheeked rabbit, with a hidden heart. This little amigurumi pattern is from Crafty Is Cool, and I only edited it a little bit.
On a recent trip to the toy store I came across a pack of shrinky-dinks. I used to love these as a kid, and wanted to find a way to use them now, at the ripe old age of thirty. When visiting Susanna the other weekend, I broke out some of her stamps and went to town on the shrinky-dinks. When I got home, I colored them and put them in the oven. Here's what I learned - your stamp ink really should be permanent. Apparently the ink I used was water-based. But, here's what I also learned - when you pull them out of the oven and the ink has bled and you think it's a lost cause, just wipe the back with a wet towel, and voila, good to go.
I cut some discs out of shrinky-dinks (punching a hole in them before shrinking).
And then glued the stamped pieces to the discs - shiny side up on the stamped pieces, rough side up on the discs.
Added a little ribbon, and hopefully Rebecca can find some use for them as gift tags - or whatever.
2 comments:
Awesome! The girls have made some recently and I have been racking my brain on what to do with them! I will be using them to make Christmas ornaments....love what you did! And love the bunnies!
Oh and loved the idea for the tea boxes! I'll be "borrowing" that idea too :D
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