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Then using some 'wood' contact paper I packaged some up to give as gifts.
We've no ink in the printer at the moment so I had to hand stamp the label - this needs work, I'll admit!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Homemade & Handcrafted: Gift Tags
As Creative Director, I have exercised my right to experiment last week and tried three new takes on the homemade tags. I used embossing powder on wood (which incidently is chopped painstakingly slow, by hand, from a Jenga-style game piece) - this tag needs much more finesse before I can put them in the shop. I also made faux leather tags using my own homemade polymer clay - they look much more convincing in real life, albeit they aren't flexible like real leather and they dont feel like real leather, but they certainly look good - I may have to make more! Lastly I stamped butterflies onto a white heart.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Handmade & Homecrafted: Gifts for Kids
This year my pledge is to give handmade gifts as often as possible to family and friends - I'm even getting the kids involved (but forgot to take photos of their gifts for Grandma - doh!). After continually tidying up after 2 young children and trying to find a home for everything, I have come to realise that birthdays are a nightmare for accumulating the clutter, and so the gifts we'll be giving will be a mix of small ditties, useful ditties and edible ditties. Here are a few that I've done so far for my daughters school friends and their siblings. Sadly many of them are not yet available in the shop but only because I havent made enough to stock supply yet....maybe in the not so distant future....perhaps.
Notelet Set - Pack of 8 - Includes a pencil, sealers and 1st class 'stamps'!
Perfect for writing thankyou notes for all those lovely presents.
From top left: The Fifi Jo Boutique Set, Fast Cars and Flyers Set & Hook, Line and Sinker Set.
All stamped with my own hand carved eraser stamps (yes, even the 1st Class stamps!)
The label for the Science Gak the kids and I made at home. I've packaged some up in a plastic egg-shaped container and called it Achromatic Gak - it can keep kids occupied for ages! Packaged with the Hook, Line and Sinker Noteset in one of my upcycled gift bags, this will be a present for a 7yr old boy.
Monday, March 7, 2011
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