13 Days of Halloween - Day Two

Okay, I'm sticking with the brown bags today (since I have 40 of them!) Again, this one is super easy for crafters of all ages!

 Get a Hoot of this Brown Bag Owl!

Take the brown bag and bring the two top corners together to find the middle, pinch at the top to mark the center point.

Fold in each of the top corners to the center point as shown.

 

For the eyes, take the 2 1/2" Clever Lever Circle punch (pink) and punch two circles from brown cardstock.

 

Take the 2" Clever Lever Circle punch (blue) and punch out two circles from white cardstock

 

Take the 1" Clever Lever Circle punch (green) and punch out two circle from golden yellow cardstock. Take the 3/4" Clever Lever Circle punch (green) and punch out two circles from black cardstock.

 

Layer all of the pieces as shown and tape together for the eyes.

 

Fold the pointed flap down. Place the eyes under the pointed flap and tape in place.

 

Cut a triangle from orange cardstock for the beak. Tape over the point of the flap.

 

Fill the bag with treats and tape the flap down. You can also use sticky back velcro if you want to open and close it a lot. You can also add feathers at the top corners for more detailing.

 

 

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!!!

 

Today, I went to Celebrations' "Adventures in Bento Making" event featuring Crystal "Pikko" Watanabe.

Crystal is the co-author of Yum Yum Bento Box and she demo'd some fun bento style food.

 

She made little ghosts from quail eggs and a tombstone from Okinawan sweet potato.

 

 

She carved pumpkins from persimmons.

 

She showed us how make a free-form shape musubi and made a skull. She made little soccer ball rice balls using a special ball mold. I bought one of the molds because I want to make snowmen later.

 

Then she showed us how to make cute sandwiches with the animal shape cutters.

 

So much fun and so cute! Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are having a great weekend!

 

P.S.  - Don't forget to go to the Ben Franklin Crafts store to enter the JOC 10th Anniversary giveaway! we're drawing the names for the first set of winners on Monday!





Fold-Out Box

So, I see these boxes in the stores and I'm thinking that maybe they would be great for organizing some of the stuff I have on my desk. So, here is what I did...

The box opens up and reveals four little covered trays, perfect for stashing some paper clips and loose change.Or band-aids and candy? Anyway, I'm thinking I should dress it up a little.

Because I do love the kraft paper look, I left a a little 1/4" border of it around for most of it. Plus, it made it easier to cover by making these panels.So, for the three sides, I cut red cardstock 3 3/4" x 6 1/8". Then, layered a printed 3 1/4" x 5 7/8" cardstock on top.

For the fourth side that opens, I made two panels: one with red 1 1/2" x 6 1/8" and printed 1 1/4" x 5 7/8" and the other panel was red 1 3/4" x  6 1/8" with printed 1 1/2" x 5 7/8".

For the tops of the four inside trays, I made 3 1/2" squares in red with 3 1/4" squares printed on top.For the bottoms of trays, I just made red 3 1/2" squares.

For the front of the trays, I made red 3 1/2" x 1/2" pieces.

 For the sides red 3 1/2" x 1" pieces.

For the rest of the inside of the box, I thought about treating it like a multi-panel card and measuringeach section, minus 1/4" around to make the panels.Then, I thought it would look to busy because of the floral print I chose, so I left it plain. Sometime, you just gotta know when to stop!

All in all it was pretty fast and easy just taping the panels in place. And these boxes are regularly $3.99, in-store for $2.99, not sure for how long at that price!I think the whole project cost me less than $6.00, I think I'll make another one!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are having a great week!

Two for Tuesday - Round Containers

When I first saw these clear round boxes in the stores, well, I just couldn't "contain" myself! They are a good size for gift and favors, especially if you want to give things like a few yummy cookies!

OK, so Got Containers?

Wrap some fancy paper around, add a few layered circles on the cover, trim with velvety scalloped ribbon and top it all off with a glittered vintage rose.Simple enough, but looks really elegant.

Or, let the paper inspire you! Here, I spied the little funky bird.

Since it was made from simple shapes, I just made a larger version for the cover. I might make a matching mini circle album to put inside, I don't know yet.

Anyway, so that's the 2 different projects using the same containers from our Ben Franklin Craft stores. You should pick up a bunch at Saturday's BYOBag sale, save 20% when you bring your own re-usable bag!