Monday, 8 February 2010

Lovely Sweetie Packs

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This idea would be suitable  for both  Valentines Day and Mother’s Day
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I’ve used Twilight mints, using one wrapper to make the template from .  I left the other wrappers on and just put the new wrapper over them, it was less fiddly.
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The paper I have used is by Making Memories from the Love Notes range and have stuck the ends down with double sided tape.
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I have added a small wooden heart and a clear flat back gem for extra fiddlefart.
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The cello bag I have used is very narrow (2ins x 9ins)  and can be found on e-bay as either pretzel or lolly bags. They cost about £1.99 for 50 plus p&p. I always have a good stock of them, as they are brilliant for little sweetie projects like this.

When I made these, I used Twilight Mints leftover from Christmas, but I have a funny feeling that the makers have only recently changed the wrapper to one single plasic wrapper (instead of the foil and paper layers) - but I am not 100% sure - it might be worth double checking, if you can, as it will have an effect on the overall appearance! Bum! I am now on the look out for a substitute mint!

6 comments:

Lesley said...

Luv em!!!
Lesley

Greenpixey said...

What a lovely idea :)

Karen said...

Thats a fabulous idea Helen. The twilight mints I bought at Christmas just had the single sealed wrapper. xx

Twiggy said...

Another clever project, fab :)
Twiggy x

Glen said...

I have loved looking back on your creations and am amazed by what you make with your buys and finds. TFS. ~Glen~

Highland Handmade said...

twilight have indeed changed the wrappers for a single wrapper!! :(

Lovely idea, I shall be borrowing your idea!