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Finding a Balance Between
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creatress - > Teeter Totter ~ Finding a Balance Between Me-Hood and Motherhood -> A Crafty Gift
A Crafty Gift

A friend of mine has a wedding coming up in a few weeks and I decided to make them some gifts rather than buy. They're the kind of people who put right on the invitation not to get them ANYTHING, but being who I am, I can't do that. So I figure a hand-made little something might fly under the radar.

The first thing I made was this little bath bag. It has organic rose petals from my own garden, organic rose oil and bath salts. You just drop the whole little sack in your tub like a tea bag. I wish you could smell it on my blog. Simply divine!


The next gift I made for them is this leather art pencil case. They are both fun and creative people, so I thought they might enjoy it. The faces are gold polimer clay that I made.
Here's the inside with colored pencils on one side and a drawing pencil on the other. Also leather. These "pockets" were just glued with fabric glue (worked great by the way.) I tried to add some simple imbellishments with silver and black ink on celtic stamps. It's ok, not great though.
This is the front. I hand sewed up the sides with a coated nylon thread and used fine copper wire at the top. I used the fabric glue for the red leather patch, copper wire for the center face and glue (for extra security.) Red suede ties are on the sides.

I hope they like their gifts!

Topics: craft, gift, wedding, project, art, creatress
posted by creatress on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 11:30 AM
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posted by MiaMama on Nov 12, 2008 at 12:14 PM
I LOVE  the gifts!  They are fabulous!
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posted by creatress on Nov 12, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Awww, thanks doll! I'm working on a little hand-made journal to go with them.
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