Wednesday, 5 May 2010

What’s On My Kitchen Table Wednesday

No shopping today, and no room in my craft room for this mammoth project ……
I foolishly agreed to make 100 favour bags (plus a few extra) for a friends wedding … mouth, brain, engage?????
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Fortunately, my lovely sister Jan has agreed to help me.  In our first session we achieved  lot more than we anticipated, managing to punch out all the shapes we needed, (400 of everything!)  and even managed to stick a few bits together.
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The idea is to have four covered mints in each packet, two of each colour way.  The colour scheme is blue and ivory, one set of mints will be covered as below, the other set will be in the opposite order - i.e. cream flower on blue circle etc.
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They will be put in a tall, slim cello pretzel bag, with a blue bow and cream tag.  In the centre of each flower will be a clear flat backed gem. I will post again when we have moved on a stage.  We must be stark staring mad!!!!
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10 comments:

  1. Angie5 May 2010 at 00:33:00 BST

    WOW ...that is a labour of love ...what is it about crafters and the inability to say 'NO' ....look forward to seeing the next stage/

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  2. Di5 May 2010 at 07:55:00 BST

    Nice one Helen! i know what you mean about opening the mouth too soon, i've just started making 120 wedding invitations. I was trying to stuff the words back into my mouth as they were coming out but failed. Di. These are a great idea but i'll be keeping my mouth firmly shut. Oh and i also offered to do all the flowers!!

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  3. Sandra5 May 2010 at 09:31:00 BST

    ok, I'm impressed ... more than impressed in fact - well done to both you and your sister. Looking forward to seeing the next stage too.

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  4. Julia Dunnit5 May 2010 at 10:11:00 BST

    Yep, you're both nutters. But oh how lovely they are and will be and how happy you will make your chum!

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  5. RosieB5 May 2010 at 10:21:00 BST

    yes you probably are barking mad :) but I love the sound of these! look forward to the pics!

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  6. Jenny5 May 2010 at 17:54:00 BST

    Best of luck! Looks like you've made a good start though :)

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  7. Jewelry Making Tools5 May 2010 at 19:13:00 BST

    Ah, your friend is so lucky your mouth got ahead of your brain! It will be a lot of work, I'm sure, but it will look so wonderful! Looking forward to seeing more pictures.

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  8. Tinkertaylor5 May 2010 at 19:28:00 BST

    These look fab lucky friend

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  9. Judith5 May 2010 at 20:28:00 BST

    why do we do it?
    you have really made a great start good luck with the rest of it.
    They are going to look fab x

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  10. Caroline and Jayne5 May 2010 at 22:28:00 BST

    Another one here having to make over 100 invites at cost price but atleast i get a invitation lol !

    We are running a craft competition for our 2nd Birthday , Why don't you check out www.fiskarettes.co.uk

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