Tea Party Pocket Letter

Hello my friends!
Today I am starting "Tea Party" serious of projects that created for a special person (the package is on its way to her, so as of right now she is incognito)..
This is very simple and  well known by now on YT project of Pocket Letter...
There are so many ways to create those and decorate...
Mine is Tea Party related, I used DCWV Tea Part paper by Craft Smith paper pad and Coupon holders from Dollar Tree.

 for the charms/ dangle decor on the side I used: "A Tree for Me" Christmas decoration from Hobby Lobby, some thrifty find of shell bracelet, handmade bead charm and decorated pre used tea bag.

 Altered paper clip, decorated with handmade paper bow using We R Memories Keepers punch board.

 Printed out images of tea party, cups , ect will make great anthemera for the recipient, which can be used in any craft project.

 I used quote notes from paper collection to add encouraging/ loving messages to this project....

 "You are my cup of tea" paper page was trimmed to a size of two rows of Pocket Letter & split in the middle for an easier band.

 Creating a shaker box in unused space with sequence , beads and metal filigree created double sided window in your PL + it is a moving (forever alive) substance, that makes your project more interesting. I used fuse tool to seal that pocket and ran a decorative washi tape across, to cover any imperfections.

 To add more 3D effect to this project I used tiny applique and a metal spoon placed right above the tea cup image. Now it looks like I have napkin and tea spoon laying right next to the cup.. Very realistic tea party set up.... Makes you want to have that cup of tea, right?

 A cup out of word "friends" brings special meaning to this project, which is really self explanatory.. But adding snippet of lace and securing it with altered paper clip - makes the word sing and fill how special recipient is.

 Lets flip this PL on another side.....

 That handmade paper bow has covered back - it makes big difference in a look ans in a sturdiness of this element... I used couple Life Project cards to tack into this pocket: those are functional and easily can be used in any other project. Handmade tag with couple rows of laces makes this pocket....

 The see through shaker box covers well the back side of this PL as well and by adding some Rhinestone bling finishes this whole ansamble.

 Each paper pad has a border page (it is almost looks like a small sample of the whole collection) and look how beautiful it looks as a background for the pocket. By adding more cut outs and tea party related images finished fullness of this Pocket Letter.

Hope you enjoyed this project and got inspired.
Have a great day!
XO-XO-XO, Natasha

Birthday gifts presentation & packaging!

Hello my friends,
I am always late.. so I am late with few BD gifts for my wonderful crafty sister Luisa Diaz
I did manage to make for her Decorative planner dividers, but the rest needed to be finished
So one day I had a burst of energy and I finished it all.
What I want to share with you it is presentation or gift packaging ideas.
Here we go!

that's how it looks in a pile...

Yummy!!!!!!!!!!
Let's take a closer look to few items
Prima Bloom Girls decorative dividers for planner you have seen already (click the link to that post above). Those were my inspiration for the rest of gifts...
I took empty packaging from Dollar Tree doilies and decorated the background with scraps, then pulled different doilies from my stash and sealed it  with plastic. On the side I made a small altered paper clip. In all it looks so adorable.

Well, altered paper clips are so much fun to make. You can use any little element: felt or paper or resin stickers, flowers, lace, paper, bling... anything that your heart desires. And those are such a sweet addition to your gift, because it is personalized to colors of your gift.

 But if making those is fun and easy task, presenting those might be challenging.....
What I came up with: I put those on my deck in order I liked those (it happened to be three rows of 4 PCs); then I took a 12 by 12 " paper and by overlapping it on top of layered PCs I cut out doubled size of paper, so I can cut slits for PCs on one half of the paper and fold another half behind those.
Let's imagine that I am working with 6 by 12 " paper piece...
I am cutting slits for each PC individually on the left side of  6 by 12" paper.
Put your metal ruler across paper long way and start bringing each paper clip  placing it above your ruler and visually marking how big a slit must be.
Put your PC aside and cut that visual measurement with exacto knife.
Put your paper clip in the cut slit.
Then repeat above for the next PC and next row...
After you are happy with placing of your PCs fold right side of 6 by 12 " paper behind right PC display and you can glue it or leave just folded.
Hope it helps!
And of course you have to package that.
Cellophane bag with paper doily on top secured with another altered paper clip.. Looks nice!

Next item on the list is.....
Altered salad container.... I just love using those!!!!!
1st you are recycling; 2nd all loose things are packaged and well presented; 3rd recipient can leave that packaging out in all times, because it is very pretty decoration and even after they use all the goodies inside, they can use it for storage of other items (having a lid preventing items from dust and moisture)

 I usually adhere two doilies on the lid and on the bottom part of container (inside and outside): total of 4 paper doilies.
From there you can take it by using your imagination and go as far as you like...

 I decided to create a colorful cluster of flowers and a small banner

 and topped it with cute paper bow...

lets call this one done!!!
Next on the list are.......... storage cupcakes... OMG those deserve a separate post.. But I am not ready for it yet... ( I will share it when I have more time). Meanwhile you can check out my video on how I made those.

those are 0 calories sweets for a birthday girl...
"DowNot" Be Afraid donuts, cupcake with cherry and ice cream
Of course we packaged ice cream in a cupcake box

here you can see that those are two cute items

 and my ice cream is a container with itself.. where I put pre made resin pieces...

Oh so cute, right?!
And what is the gift w/o candy bars?

 how about another cupcake for a bouquet?

Adorable!
Well now put it all together and you got yourself pretty cute little BD gifty!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy!

Gift Wrapping idea using Paper Clips a la Craftyirina

Hello my friends,
today I am sharing with you quick and easy gift wrapping idea:
You need:
1. your gift
2. lunch bag
3. paper doily
4. stamp with a message, ink
5. paper clip
6. scraps of paper, ribbons, lace, floral sprays - what even you can find around you
7. hot glue
and get crackalackin....
Step #1 Put your gift inside lunch bag and fold it shut.
Step #2 Fold paper doily in half and stamp your message. Place it on top of your lunch bag.
Step #3 Punch out shape out of cardstock or scrap of your paper, you can stamp regular paper and punch out shape of a heart or even take a sticker. That will be your base. Be sure to turn it fancy side out
Step #4 Preheat your glue gun. Place your base (#3) wrong side up put a dab of glue on the bottom and place a paper clip. Start adding scraps to cover and secure paper clip till you are happy with finished result.
Have fun!