Posts Tagged ‘gifts’

Good things come in small packages….

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
paperweight 1©

I learned a long time ago that sometimes the smaller the package, the more exciting the gift. My first watch, which I just HAD to have at age 11, was tucked in the tiniest box under the tree, and I didn’t even know it was there until Christmas morning.

My good friend Barbara Rankin taught a cool class several months ago where we used a magnetic base with an acrylic topper for custom paperweights. We used scrapbook paper and stamps for that one, but yesterday I was looking around for something made of glass to try out my newest Viva Glass Effect Gel pens and ran across this paperweight that was an extra from the class. (more…)

Repurposed CD Tin

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
notepad tin for bradford with ©

I was going to write about the sweet potato vine that has taken over my deck today, but ran across a photo of a project I made late last year as part of a series of repurposed items. My friend Janet and I had shared an order of cd tins and several arrived with slight dents. Since it would have cost more to send them back and there were very few damaged, we just shared the handicapped ones as well. (more…)