Blast From The Past - Lottery New Year Favours!

As you know,  I like to make little favours for the first day back at work after a major holiday ….  and seeing nets of chocolate coins reduced to 25p with a use before date of August 2013 … well I just couldn’t resist, and came up with this idea…..

I created the sheet of sentiments in Publisher, using  “High Tide”  font free  from http://www.fontpalace.com/font-details/2Peas+High+Tide/

If you would like a copy of my file you can download it free here :- https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vzvploygfll6yl/lucky%20monkey.pdf

I cut the sentiments out and backed them onto the back of a lottery ticket,  trimming the edges to fit the narrow cello bags I used (9cm wide)

I put three coins in each bag,  which then I sealed with my Elitech bag sealer.

I made another sheet of “Happy New Years” which I punched out,  to stick on the front of each packet

Et voila, all that was left to do was pop them in everyone’s sling or pigeon hole on the first day of term.
It's an idea that could be altered to suit other events .....and I shall put my mind to doing a couple more versions of the wording and then offer them as a free download, so watch this space ......

First Day Back At School Gift …..

As you know I like to make a little “fairing” gift for some of my friends at work to “bring in” the new school year ….

…. and this is what I have come up with for this year …. small jars of assorted chocolate buttons, Milky Bar, Cadbury and Thornton's smiley face ones The plastic jars came from a poundshop, but I can’t for the life of me think which one, but I would really like some more now that I have tried using them, and have other ideas …. and at just 12 for £1 they are a real bargain.

I cut the mop tops from some cotton patchwork material I have had for ages with pinking shears….

…. and then punched out and handwrote the tags ….. not much crafting I know …. just very quick and simple, less is more!

End of Term Gift for Teachers

I know this is really, really early to be thinking about the end of the summer term, but I am always on the look out for interesting sweets that can be used for projects and it might help to give others a hint of an idea too……..

These are foam ice creams and cost 10p each. 
The bag topperes are made using my Bigshot and Nestabilities Labels Set 9 and Stampin' Up scalloped and plain circle punches.

Sometimes it isn’t the cost of a “Thank You” gift that is important, it’s the thought put into the “Thank You”