Shoebox: Macrame, Baby Wipe Note Cards, Magnets Carol Duvall Show : Episode CDS-1727 -- More Projects » By Carol Duvall
Once again we opened the Shoebox to share some of the ideas that you have shared with us, and at the top of the pile was a letter and some photos from Dianne Babin of Houston, Texas. Dianne stated that she was very much into doing macrame some years ago when it was the current craze and then, like all crazes, it all but disappeared from the crafting scene. However, Diane is back at it again, and she states that her current mission in life is to bring macrame back into popularity. From the photographs that Diane sent, I'd say that she is certainly doing her part. She has made a number of hanging glass tables for her home that range in size from 24 to 36 inches in width. The macrame hangers are 7 feet long! Diane also mentioned that while she is able to get some materials at her local craft store, the supply is somewhat limited; however she has discovered a website that meets all her needs, and she sent the address along for any potential macramers out there. It's www.Kingskountry.com.
Gina Dettile of Sayreville, N.J., sent in several pretty note cards made from, of all things, baby wipes! Gina first uses the moistened sheets to clean her rubber stamps and she noticed that after cleaning a number of stamps, the sheets were very colorful and, in many cases, very pretty. Instead of tossing them out, she spread them out to dry and then glued them to sheets of card stock. Now THAT's recycling!
Shelly Hannig sent in a set of the cutest refrigerator magnets that she made from those tiny tins that are sold in many bead stores for storing your beads. They come in many sizes, but these were the tiny ones--no more than an inch or inch-and-a-half in diameter. Shelly used a set of very small rubber stamps she had called A Tree For All Seasons, stamped a tree for each of the tins, then cut it to fit and placed one in each of the tins. She also added tiny punch-outs to go with the seasons...colored leaves for fall, small squares that she drew lines on to make kites for spring, colorful flowers for summer, and for winter she added white glitter. With a magnet added to the back of each one, she had a set of shaker tins for the refrigerator.
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