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| Today I needed 2 little gifties to mail in two cards...one as a tiny b-day gift and one as a thank you gift. It was so much fun to make these little beauties with things right in my craft stash. |
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| I found four coordinating papers in my scrapbook supplies. I used cardstock for the bookmark base, and the other papers as embellishments. I folded the approximately 8 inch long cardstock strip in half and used my sewing machine to stitch on the coordinating blue rectangle to its lower half. Next I put the brad through the printed circle and into the bookmark. Now it was ready for the final stitching...just all the way around the exterior of the folded bookmark. Lastly came the punched flowers, a foam dot gave dimension to the top flower, and a button finished it off. I added 3 small pink ribbons to the top, gluing them to the back of the bookmark. And glued a piece of blue paper over their tails on the back, to keep it neat and tidy. Printing out the word 'friends' in Courier font and attaching to the front was the last touch. |
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| Lastly I added a handscripted message with a black fine tip gel pen, and the little bookmarkers were ready to pop in a card and mail. I hope my friends will feel loved and special when this bit of handmade love is delivered to their mailbox. Making bookmarks with paper, embellishments, and the sewing machine (or hand-stitching if need be) is fun, easy, inexpensive, and easy to mail. Could be a sweet stocking gift or teacher's gift too! Enjoy!! Blessings, Donna |
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