Recipe Folder with Cake Ribbon



 

 

I'm sharing with you a recipe folder I have made for the Inspirations site.

 

 

I got the template for the idea from the Art of Pen Pals course Ronda Palazzari is running.  We are using them as letter holders but this one I have repurposed for a recipe folder.

I've used regular 12x12 sheets of card and some freebie stamps and Banana Frog stamps for the decoration...

 

And the yummy cake ribbon from Crafty Ribbons.

I've used one pocket for some of my Granma's recipes and one pocket for a couple of recipes from my Mum.

 

 

 

Did any one else have a favourite birthday cake as a child?  Mine was a Harriet Hedgehog cake...  Yum!

 

 

I've also added a loop of ribbon to make a pen holder so any adjustments for ovens or half quantities can be jotted down easily.

 

 

I reckon Birthday ribbon for a card holder, macaron ribbon for a biscuit recipe folder, paw print ribbon for a vets folder or pet insurance folder, car ribbon for a road tax and MOT folder...  Super cute, easy to keep all our bits in one place and easily personalise-able!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!!
:)

Letter Holder

 

 

I'm taking Ronda Palazzari's Art of Pen Pal course and one of the first things she taught us to make was this really cute letter carrier.

 

 

 

 

It's such a cute idea that I have already made one more and have papers ready to make another!  I think they will make perfect gifts or RAK's, especially for those who send letters or cards regularly.  I've also repurposed my second one for a recipe folder...

 

Ronda gives us heaps of options and keep saying 'make it you' so I did...  It's green - very me.  It has paisley - very me.  It has washi - very me.  It has a little glitter - very me.  The one thing it is missing is ribbon but I fixed that with make number two which I will share in a separate post tomorrow.

 

 

Inside has two pockets - I'm keeping sheets of paper in one pocket and envelopes in the other pocket at the moment.  During the course I will send and receive letters and art from the same person, they will become my pen pal for want of another term.  I intend to put her letters in one of the pockets to keep the safe and all together and use the other pocket for things I will be sending to her. 

 

 

 

It has quite a high capacity... I reckon you could get quite a few letters in with no problems.

 

 

So there you have it.  A cute letter holder.  I'm sharing this with my classmates and Ronda.  And if you drop by from anywhere else Ronda is running the course again in September, so far I've learnt a lot and I would recommend giving the course a go  :)


Thanks for stopping by
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Ribbon Rose Brooch

This week at Crafty Ribbons the challenge is no designer papers... well I didn't use any paper at all!

I've used two lengths of two tone wire edged ribbon, a brooch pin, a small circle of felt and a needle and thread to create this;

 

 

In this photo you can also see my ribbon necklace - more photos of that here.

 

 

I'd love to enter this at Simon Says - flower power challenge
Take care and thanks for stopping by
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WOYWW 206

Welcome to WOYWW and you are in for a surprise today... my desk is tidy!

Well, it's Laura-tidy, not normal-person-tidy.  It's not completely clear but I maintain that I need stuff out on top so it is within easy reach.

Hopefully by the end of the day it won't be so tidy!!  :)  :)

I have some new washi...

And I won some candy too...

And I did a little crafting with my favourite 11 year old.  Actually she doesn't need any help anymore so I just watched her craft with stuff from my stash.  Love her to bits :)

Not much planned for today.  Just resting and cleaning out this little monkey...

As usual I will visit and comment on as many desks as my health allows
Have a fab week...

Eng-er-land!

 

 

Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land!  No I'm not a football lout, honest!!  But I do get passionate about football as documented here in this LO...

 

 

And a few close ups of the details...

 

 

 

 

I had a few photos - by the way it is very hard to take a photo of yourself with your eyes shut!! - That I wanted to add so I used them as a journaling card and tucked them in to an envelope behind the main photo.

 

 

So there you have it, a crazy fan who wears her teams flag as eye make up preserved as a layout!

 

I'd like to enter this at Frosted Designs - Black & White + 1 (...I hope there is enough black to count as Black and White + 1)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

:)

 

 

 

Pink and Green

So I'm still trying to catch up from my health dip...  I never got around to writing a post about this canvas I made for Crafty Ribbons challenge (although you may have seen it on the Inspirations site)

I had a miss hap with some black oil paint - long story short it didn't dry - and rather than discard the whole thing I cut the canvas from the wooden frame.  I sanded the frame and gave it a couple of coats of gesso.

 

Then I got all the pinks and greens from my ribbon collection and started lining them up to find the right widths and patterns.

When I had the order pretty much set in my head I started cutting lengths and stapling them to the frame at the top, stretching them around taught and stapling them at the bottom.

 

I then wove the horizontal ribbons (I'm sure the ribbons running one way are the weft and the ones running the other are the warp... just not sure which is which!!) in.  I only started stapling them when I had them all in place.  This just left a little more leeway.

Here are some of the ribbons I used:
wide green stripe
sheer dots
hearts
saddle stitch
lime fibre
cerise fibre
green grosgrain
pink satin
pink grosgrain (I used the reverse side)
and more!!

And here it is sitting on my shelf...

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!!