Neat Little Packages in the New Year

Here's a peek at the DIY I created for Hambly Screen Prints this month. Please pop on over to the Hambly Blog to find to more about this project and get the complete instructions.

Crafty Gadgets

During my christmas crafting season, I treated myself to a couple of new craft gadgets - a pair of fringe scissors and a scoring board. Both are from the Martha Stewart craft line.

Now that quiet January has rolled around, I've finally had a chance to break them out of the box and do a little experimenting.

The first project I created with the gadgets was this paper flower garland. I made it for my monthly contributions to Hambly Studios, and I used their paper exclusively.





I used the scoring board to create the leaves, and the fringe scissors to create the blooms.



I'm looking forward to spending a some more time with these new tools and exploring all the possibilities!

This Makes Me Happy

And now it lives in my crafting room.

I found it here in Tacoma, at an antique shop downtown. It's from the 1940's and I like trying to imagine the flower shop where it once hung, the hands that made the corsages and the occasions they were for.