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How to Make Cold Porcelain

Tissuepapers — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:51:40 GMT

There are lots of reasons to love polymer clay, but if you're of a DIY mindset, you might try making some cold porcelain—an air-drying clay that's amazing for jewelry and other small projects. Here's how!

What you'll need:
3/4 cup white glue
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon cold cream (such as Pond's)
1 teaspoon glycerin
1 cup cornstarch, plus additional for dusting your hands

Assemble all your ingredients before you begin. If you have trouble finding glycerin, try a drugstore's skin care aisle, or a cake-decorating store.

If possible, use an old saucepan and spoon for this process. The ingredients in cold porcelain aren't toxic, but they can be sticky, so don't use your best utensils!

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Mix the wet ingredients over medium heat.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Begin by mixing the white glue, water, cold cream, and glycerin in a saucepan. Stir this mixture over medium heat until it's smooth. (You may need to mash that cold cream up a bit in order to get it to dissolve.)

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Add the cornstarch and continue stirring.</td></tr></tbody></table>

When the wet ingredients are nice and smooth, add 1 cup of cornstarch. Be ready—the mixture will transform very quickly at this point. Continue stirring. The mixture will rapidly become quite stiff.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">At first, the mixture will look like cottage cheese...

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">...and within minutes, it will stiffen into something that looks like mashed potatoes.</td></tr></tbody></table>

When the mixture forms one clump and has pulled away from the sides of the pan, it's done.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Wrap the hot clay in a clean, wet dish towel.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Next, you'll be kneading the clay with your hands. But it's still pretty hot to the touch at this point. So, take a clean, old dish towel and wet it with cold water. Drape this towel over a plate and place the clay on it.

Take a moment to fill your saucepan with hot, soapy water. Soak any spoons or other utensils you've used.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Knead the clay through the wet towel until it's cool enough to handle.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Wrap the wet towel over the clay and knead through it. Pause every couple of strokes to pull the towel from the clay, then repeat the process.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Continue kneading, dusting cornstarch on your hands to prevent sticking.</td></tr></tbody></table>

In a few minutes, the clay will be cool enough to handle, so you can continue kneading with your hands. Keep a small bowl of cornstarch nearby, and keep lots of it dusted on your hands so the clay doesn't stick. You can also dust the surface of the plate with cornstarch as needed.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">This clay recipe makes a ball about the size of a grapefruit.</td></tr></tbody></table>

After about five more minutes of kneading, your clay will look like this—smooth textured, elastic, and no longer sticky. If you want to add some color to your clay, you can knead in a little acrylic or oil paint at this point.

Place your clay in an airtight container while you proceed to wash all your utensils and surfaces. You don't want any of that glue mixture to dry on anything!

By the way, if you don't want to make your own, you can buy lovely premade cold porcelain in lots of colors online from Cold Porcelain Designs.

When you work with your cold porcelain, prepare a work surface that can double as a drying place. I like to put some foil over a cookie sheet and work on that because when I'm done, I can set the cookie sheet someplace safe while my work dries.

Now, cold porcelain does so many things. Cold Porcelain Designs has some fun examples of hand-modeled figures and tiny roses. And the shop offers some great tutorial videos on You Tube. You can also see cold porcelain creations at Cold Porcelain Flowers.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Candy molds are great for making cold porcelain pendants.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Or, here's a very simple project: candy-mold pendants! Just rub a little cold cream into a candy mold (and a little on your hands) so the clay won't stick. Then, press a tiny bit of clay into the mold at a time, taking care to press clay into every nook and cranny. Keep adding more clay a little at a time until you've filled the mold.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Check the mold to make sure no air bubbles are trapped inside.</td></tr></tbody></table>

If your mold is transparent, check it from the other side to make sure there aren't any air bubbles trapped in the clay. See that little bubble in the star above? I'll need to press that out, so it won't show up in my finished pendant.

Leave the clay in the mold overnight. It will shrink a bit as it dries, so you should be able to pop it out of the mold easily.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Press an eye pin into the top of the pendant.</td></tr></tbody></table>

You can then press an eye pin into the top of the clay, like this. Leave the clay to dry. Depending on the size and thickness of your pendant, this can take anywhere from overnight to several days.

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</td><td style="width: 143px;">Cold porcelain shrinks as it dries. See the difference between this fully dried pendant and the original mold?</td></tr></tbody></table>

When dry, the clay wil be very hard, slightly translucent, and quite a bit smaller, as you can see. Because the clay shrinks as it dries, the eye pin will be very securely fastened after drying.

Once dry, you can paint and embellish your pendant any way you like. I decoupaged some washi paper onto mine. You can also rubber-stamp onto this clay, or draw on it with markers. Be sure to seal your work with Mod Podge or a water-based varnish.

Thanks to Diane Gilleland http://www.craftstylish.com/item/2802/how-to-make-cold-porcelain

8 Track Tape Wallet

Tissuepapers — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:03:17 GMT

Super easy to make and so much fun - have fun and enjoy!

Here is a list of what you will need to make this wallet

- 8 track

- hot glue gun

- fabric

- pliers

- long zipper

First you will use your pliers to open up the 8 track - once open remove the music tape. With your pliers try and remove some of the ugly plastic from the inside. It will make it much nicer to close and to add your items.

Use the fabric to trace the outside edge - then cut out leaving enough on the edge of the fabric to turn under.

Using your trusty hot glue gun - glue the zipper to all edges of the 8 track.

Once you have finished glueing the zipper to both sides use the fabric to line the insides of the 8 track with your hot glue gun - it will hide any flaws that might have happened while glueing the sides and the inside of the 8 track.

Then you are done - put your favorite lipstick and some change inside and you are on your way!!!

Enjoy!

Beautiful Beaded Spring Flowers

Tissuepapers — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:36:51 GMT

Tricia of Oh So Crafty has posted a tutorial on how to create sweet, simple beaded flowers. I love seeing the beaded petals coming together throughout her tutorial - they are so beautiful!

Supplies: Beading wire, I used 24 gauge

a package dark color rocaille beads
a package of light color rocaille beads
a package of assorted rocaille beads
a small piece of felt
glue gun
pliers/wire cutters

1. Forming a petal.
Cut a piece of wire, 9 inches long. string on two of the assorted color beads, (I used clear,) then string on 10 of your dark color beads and 2 more of your assorted color beads. Push the beads until they are about 2 inches from the end.

Form a loop with the beaded portion and twist once to hold the beads in place.

Working with the long end of the wire string on two assorted color beads, 20 dark color beads, and two more assorted color beads.

Form the beaded section into a loop going around your first loop, and twist to hold.

Working with the long section of wire, add 4 of the assorted color beads, 25 dark beads and 4 more assorted color beads. Form into a loop and twist.

You have now completed one petal. Follow the steps to make a total of 5 dark color petals, and 5 light color petals.

2. Assembling the flower.
Stack 5 petals together alternating light and dark. Twist the stems together.

Put on stack on top of the other and twist the stems together.

Spread the petals out, overlapping them.

On the back of the flower, curl the wire around, flat to the flower and trim.

Hot glue a piece of felt over the wire.

On the front of the flower, put a dab of hot glue in the center where the wire is showing. Sprinkle on some of the assorted color beads, a rhinestone or a large bead.
(I used the clear beads.)

Now you can add a pin back, barette, or magnet to make the flower into what ever accessory you want.

The Smitten

Tissuepapers — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:39:09 GMT

This is the cutest thing I have ever seen - Great for Valentines Day too.

Knit a Smitten for you and your lover…

or for a loved one to use as a muff…

either way, nothing says love quite like

a smitten

Here is the detail from Cocoknits PDF How to

http://cocoknits.com/knit/garments/accessories/cocoknits_Smitten.pdf

I Heart My Dishes

Tissuepapers — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:58:52 GMT

I wanted to buy a new dish sponge yesterday and while I was looking at all of the square sponges in the store I was inspired to make my own. Square is so boring - right and with Valentines Day just around the corner I decided to make a "heart" themed dish sponge. Here I used a pink washcloth that I had hiding in the back of my linen closet. I first made a simple pattern of a heart of out paper then used that to cut out 2 perfect size hearts for the sponge. I then hand stitched around the edges - turned right side out and stuffed with the scraps of the same washcloth ( super easy to make ) Now for the entire month of February I will use my themed dish sponge and say "I Heart My Dishes"

Valentine's Day Teabag Wrappers DIY

Tissuepapers — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:56:05 GMT

Creature Comforts offers these free Valentine's Day printables for making custom, I love you teabags for your sweetheart.

Materials:

computer and printer
standard weight paper
scissors
tea bags
needle & thread

Simply click here for Ez's tutorial and printables!

DIY Weekender Bag

Tissuepapers — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:38:21 GMT

So this weekend will have you jetting off to the coast for sun & surf? For a weekend excursion you need a quick trip bag. Forget the luggage (too bulky); you need a versatile tote made specifically to carry all your belongings from wallet to swimtrunks for a quick weekend getaway. Here is a fun choice in a cotton waxcloth outer with leatherette base and trim, perfect for the do-it-yourselfer.

Dimensions: approximately 18″ x 8 x 17″ [45cm x 20.5cm x 43cm].

You will need:

6 pop rivets
1 metal slider, 2″ dia [50mm]
2 latch hooks, 1″dia [25mm]
2 d-rings, 1″dia [25mm]
1 square ring, 2″ dia [50mm]
2 dome snap set, 5/8″ dia [15mm]
1 heavy metal zipper, 25″ [64cm] long
1-2/3 yds. [1.5m] of nylon webbing, 2″ [50mm] wide
heavy-duty thread
1 yd. [0.9 m] of upholstery weight fabric, 54″ [137 cm] wide
1/3 yd [0.25 m] of polyurethane leatherette, 39″ [100 cm] wide

PATTERN

1 square = 1 inch [2.5 cm]

CUTTING

Bag - cut 1X on fold

Pocket- cut 2X

Struts - cut 4X

Handles - cut 2X

Handle trim - cut 2X contrast

Bag Bottom - cut 1X contrast

Tab - cut 6X contrast

DESIGN TIP: Use a permanent marker in the leather colour to carefully “dye” the edges of the leather pieces if you get a white edge after cutting it.

ASSEMBLY

To make D-ring tabs, wrap tab piece around D-ring and stitch close to d-ring. Open ends of tab flat.
To make latch hook tabs, wrap tab piece onto latch hook and stitch close to ring.
To make Shoulder strap, cut a length of webbing 6″ long and another, 30″ long.
On the 6″ piece, wrap one cut end of the webbing with a latch hook tab and X-stitch in place. Secure tab with a pop rivet. On the opposite end, slip a square ring onto webbing and turn end back on itself and X-stitch it closed.
On the 30″ piece, wrap one cut end of the webbing with a latch hook tab and X-stitch in place. Secure tab with a pop rivet.
Slip a slider on to the webbing. On the opposite end, slip the strap through the square ring on the shorter piece and back on itself through the slider.
Stitch across the end of the webbing and secure with a pop rivet.
On pocket piece, turn the top edge under 2″ and stitch down.
Apply the top portion of the snap kit to the pocket following manufacturer’s directions.
Place pocket up-side down at points G,H and stitch bottom edge to body using 1/2″ seam allowance.
Fold the pocket upward and mark contact point of snap on body portion.
Apply bottom portion of snap kit to the body.
Turn under long edges of struts 1/2″ and press flat.
Place a pair of struts at points A,B,I,J and C,D,K,Lon the body portion with pocket sides under the strut pieces.
Topstitch struts in place.
Repeat the above proceduces for the opposite side of the bag.
Center contrasting bag bottom piece onto bag and overlap strut ends. Topstitch in place.
On bag straps, turn under 1/2″ on both short ends. Press flat.
With right sides together, fold the strap piece in half lengthwise and stitch along the length using 1/2″ seam allowance. Press seam open. Turn strap piece right side out. Press flat. Topstitch perimeter of bag straps.
Fold the strap in half lengthwise and center a contrast handle trim along the open side of the strap. Wrap the trim around the “doubled” handle edge. Topstitch in place.
Repeat this for the other bag strap.
Align the ends of each strap level with the top of the pocket and sew an X-stitch to pointsA-B and C-D. (Note: ensure you allow for 1/2″ seam allowance at top of bag.)
With right side together, align and match up the side seams of the bag. Stitch seam using 1/2″ seam allowance. Press seam open.
Fold across the bottom, centering the side seam in the middle and stitch across the open end using 1/2″ seam allowance.
On the top edge of the bag, position the zipper FACE UP inside the bag on the wrong side of the fabric. Center it. Pin and baste in place. Unzip the zipper.
With right side together, sew the pair of zipper plackets together across the short ends using 1/2″ seam allowance. Press seams open. Turn right side out.
On one long edge of placket, turn under 1/2″ and press flat.
With right side of placket to wrong side of body, pin/baste raw edge of placket over the zipper opening. Stitch around circumference of opening using 1/2″ seam allowance and ensure that you are securing the zipper tape in the seam.
Fold over placket face up to right side of bag and align the folded edge with the machine-stitching. Topstitch in place.
At top of each side seam, below the placket, center the D-ring tabs and apply with topstitching.

9 Tips in creating a very creative space

Tissuepapers — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:32:07 GMT

If this time of year gives you an organisational/creative kick in the pants you could do a lot worse than start with Amy Shearn's 9 great tips for making a creative space.

1. Choose a Space - ('choose'might be a bit of a stretch for those of us who are still apartment dwellers.) but finding a nook and designating it is a good idea.

2. consult the masters - she's talking feng shui not something creepy.

3. go on border patrol - meaning define your space with a screen or even just a rug

4. to thineself be true - She means that if you know you need a lot of space to work, then allot yourself as much as possible, if you work best with a laptop in Starbinkies then that's all good too. Also the quote is 'To thine own self be true', (It's Polonius' advice to Laertes in Hamlet). Persnickety nerd? MOI?

5. it's clean-up time! essentially, get rid of junk and anything that isn't relative to the task at hand an you'll be more creative.

6. get organized - she advises some quality time with The Container Store.

7. eliminate distractions - Ms. Shearn says "You know what distracts you. Get rid of it. (Wait, unless it's your spouse, or a child or something. In that case, perhaps politely asking them to leave is best.)" ... this doesn't work too well on an 11 month old.

8. prepare your arsenal - gather your tools to hand so you don't have to scrabble about for them, simple no?

9. And lastly, my very favorite tip, gather your totems - surround yourself with things that spark your creativity and inspire you.

Check out the atricle for more in-depth information on each tip. Image from here

Pom-Pom Scarf

Tissuepapers — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:12:41 GMT

Here is another great use for Pom-Poms - I totally love this.

Cathie and Steve from Creative Juice show us how to make this playful pom-pom scarf, perfect for adding a burst of color to these chilly January days.

How To Make Pom Pom Flowers

Tissuepapers — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:05:49 GMT

I have a thing for flowers that look like pom poms. Mums, allium, chive blossoms, dahlias - love ‘em! Since fresh flowers aren’t always in the budget, and because I have a brown thumb, I started thinking about what I could do to brighten up our apartment with flowers without actually using flowers. Soon, the idea for some sort of pom pom flower started bouncing around in my head, and this is what I came up with.

How to make pom poms? I googled around and found a number of tutorials, including several that use the cardboard donut method, which can be found here, here, and here. Unfortunately, I’m impatient and not particularly coordinated, so cardboard donuts were flying everywhere. My favorite method is found in the pom pom tutorial at Bella Dia. This method makes slightly more yarn scraps, but you can recycle the scraps by using them as stuffing for craft projects, or you can put them in a small fabric pouch and add a few drops off lavender, rose, or another type of essential oil to make a drawer sachet.

Though my method basically follows the Bella Dia tutorial, I have made some slight variations, so I’ve posted my method below.

What you’ll need for the project:

yarn
small, sharp scissors
wire cutters
a hot glue gun and glue sticks
materials for the stems (paper or fabric covered floral wire or my favorite, branches or twigs)

Using your thumb, hold the end of the yarn against your fingers as you begin to wrap the yarn. After a few wraparounds, you should be able to let the end go and continue wrapping. I size my pom poms by fingers: 2 is small, 3 is medium, and 4 is large. Don’t wrap the yarn too tightly, or you’ll have blue fingers and won’t be able to slip the yarn off easily later!

The more times you wrap the yarn, the fuller your pom pom will be. However, try not to overdo it, or you may have trouble in the later stages because there’s too much bulk. For small pom poms, I wrap between 50-75 times; for medium, 75-100; for large, 100-125. Yarns come in many different thicknesses, so you may find that you need more or less wraps to achieve the fullness that you’d like.

After you’ve finished wrapping the yarn, carefully slide it off of your fingers.

Cut a piece of yarn that is between 4 and 6 inches long to use as a tie. Place the wrapped yarn on top of the cut piece, trying to center it as much as possible.

Pull the cut yarn as tightly as you can over the wrapped yarn, and tie a knot.

Using a small pair of sharp scissors, cut the top of the yarn loops th entire way around.

After you cut all of the loops, you’ll be left with a shaggy looking pom pom.

Using your scissors, trim off the longer pieces of yarn until you’re satisfied with the appearance of the pom pom. Fuzzy!

Fire up your glue gun, and find a place on the pom pom where the yarn looks a tad sparse or where things are a bit flat or uneven. Basically, you’re looking for a good place to glue the stem. Part the yarn to expose the more dense area of the pom pom. This will make a sturdy anchor for your stem. Apply a small amount of hot glue to your choice of stem, and press into the exposed anchor area.

Ta da! You’ve got a pom pom flower.

Use wire cutters to trim the stem to the desired length, and have fun figuring out where you’re going to put your flower!

Via http://www.domestifluff.com/2008/10/how-to-make-pom-pom-flowers/

Make Your Own Cleaning Products

Tissuepapers — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:59:38 GMT

A lot of people seem to be reorganizing and revamping their homes right now for the new year, and these DIY cleaning product recipes from Jolly Mom could be just the kick-start you need to inspire you to work on own place. You can pick up plastic bottles at your local dollar store or supermarket - have fun cleaning.

Glass Cleaner
1 cup distilled white vinegar
2 cups water
1/2 tsp dish soap
10-15 drops essential oil
Spray Bottle

All Purpose Cleaner
1/2 tsp washing soda
1/2 tsp liquid Castille soap
2 cups hot water
10-15 drops essential oil
Spray Bottle

Disinfectant
Hydrogen Peroxide
10-15 drops essential oil
Spray Bottle

Hardwood Floor Cleaner
4-5 Tbsp Murphy's Oil Soap
2 Cups Water
Spray Bottle

Furniture Polish
2 cups oil (vegetable or olive)
1 squeezed lemon
15 drops of lemon essential oil

Air Deodorizer
1 tsp baking soda
1tsp vinegar
2 cups water
10 drops essential oil
Spray Bottle

Top Crafting Ideas

Tissuepapers — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:34:23 GMT

Here’s a list of free tutorials and craft projects from 2008 to inspire you to create something in 2009.

There are many sewing tutorials, plus lots of other crafty projects.

For the Home:

Crochet Heart, Bella Dia
Fabric Gift Bags, Jo Calvert for Canadian Living
Fabric Vase Covers, How About Orange
Papier Mâché Bowls, Painted Fish Studio
Easy Roman Shades, A Merry Mishap
Fabric Bird, Spool Sewing
Fabric Calendar, I Heart Linen
Wine Tote, Kathryn Goodman for Sewing Republic
Mushroom, My Little Mochi
Pom Pom, Molly Chicken
Butterfly Collage*, Ali Edwards
Toadstool, Lucy Kate Crafts
Rice Pillow, Wise Craft
Napkin Set, Angharad
Quilted Patchwork Hot Pads, Coyote Craft for Sew Mama, Sew
Picnic Blanket with Rock Pockets, House on Hill Road for Sew, Mama, Sew
Phone Charging Basket, Oh, Fransson!
Matryoshka Note Paper & Labels, A Print a Day
Fortune Cookie, Lady Harvatine
Yoyo Coaster*, Sew Take a Hike
Pleasant Kitchen Dishtowels, Alicia Paulson
Fabric Covered Boxes, Wink Designs
Plate Transfers, Skinny Laminx for Design Sponge
Doily Bowl*, Jane Schouten for Design Sponge
Felt Votive Holder, Kate Pruitt for Design Sponge
Felted Sweater Flowers, Betz White for Craft Magazine
Ribbon Bookmarks*, Wee Wonderfuls
Fabric Bucket, Pippijoe
Recycled Bath Mat, New York Etsy Street Team

Homemade Oven Mits - So Neat

Tissuepapers — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:36:11 GMT

A great way to showcase a small amount of really special fabric. They get lots of use and visibility, totally practical, easy to make and always welcomed as gifts. A perfect project for a few spare hours. These can also keep your hands nice and warm on a wintery day if you miss place your mittons!

Thanks to http://soozs.blogspot.com

You will need:
*Fabric for the glove outers - about 50cm x 70cm. Make it something special and make sure it is machine washable
*Fabric for the glover inners - about 50cm x 80cm. Ditto the machine washable and make sure it co ordinates well with the outers.
*Cotton batting to line the gloves - about 100cm x 70cm
*Hanging loops - I used cotton tape 12mm wide x 30cm long, but scraps of either your inner out outer fabric would do
*Thread for the sewing machine
*Scissors, pins, iron

How to do it:

1. Cut 4 outer mitts. Make em bigger than you think they could possibly need to be and then add a bit. You'll lose a lot of size in the seams and because of the batting and other layers and there's nothing worse than small mitts. Make sure you have right sides facing so you have two pairs of outers and not 4 all facing the same way. Pay attention to the pattern if you need to so bits face the same way and all that.

2. Cut 4 inner mitts. These are basically the same as the outers but a fraction smaller in every way except length. Make them about 5cm longer so you can turn the excess up as a cuff later.

3. Cut 8 pieces of batting. Make them the size of your outer mitts minus the seam allowance.

4. Quilt each of the outers to a piece of batting. Use a contrast topstitch. Go crazy. Press good and proper so they are nice and flat.

5. With right sides facing sew each pair of outers togethereverywhere except across the bottom opening. Trim the excess seam allowance from around the curves.And clip in to the crook of the thumb.

6. Turn the outers right side out and press the side seams open.

7. Quilt the inners to the batting. Yep, all 4 of them. Press them well. Then sew them together, clip and trim as for outers.

8. Put the inners in the outers. Makes sense, huh? Make sure you get them in good and tight as far as they will go.The bottom edges of the inners should be horizontal with the bottom edge of the outers.

9. Turn up the excess edge of the inners by 1-2 cm and then turn again to form a neat folded cuff all the way around the bottoms that encloses the raw edge of the outers.Slip the hanging loop between the outer and folded cuff on the side seam and pin in place.

10. Hem all round the bottom edge making sure you catch the loops well and add a few extra rows of stitching for strength.

New Years Resolution Post Card Craft Swap

Tissuepapers — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:47:53 GMT

Who is ready for 2009 - Have you thought about your 2009 Resolutions yet? Here is an opportunity to write down your New Years Resolutions and send them out to friends. Will you stick with your resolutions or give up after 2 weeks? Just a fun way to get involved in the new year and try to make your resolutions come true.

Post Card Craft Swap

This is a swap for you to send out postcards to old friends or new all over the world! And when I do something I do it big! For this swap you will be given at random 10 partners that you will send 1 postcard to each person. That means 10 different locations! Send 10 postcards out - you will get 10 postcards back with everyone’s 2009 New Years Resolutions listed.

Who doesn't love to get postcards the old fashion way - snail mail. Be as creative as you would like.
How to play along:
If you wish to join the swap please email me no later then January 9th with your name and home address to:

lancarrowmaltby@yahoo.com

I promise to keep all info safe!
With the title "New Years Resolution Post Card Craft Swap". On the 10th I will then send out the address of your 10 partners that you will be sending your Resolution post cards too.

Invite your friends to participate - the more the merrier.

Please send out your cards on or before January 31st 2009

Thanks so much, and Happy New Year 2009

Planning for the new year

Tissuepapers — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:48:20 GMT

Over at etsy for how-to tuesday helps you get organised with this weekly planner - download a pdf or create your own. Great for planning your New Years Resolutions 2009