I love Mini Muslin Bags!

I love these little bags. They are so cute, so versatile and so user friendly!  

It costs $16.95 for 8 bags. They are stampable, 100% cotton with a drawstring 

closure (10.2 x 14cm). They can be found in the new Holiday Catalogue here.

Here is a whole bunch of beautiful ideas that I found of how to use them!

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My green glass collection

I love green glass. My love of green glass stems from my love of green. My house has green dotted all over it. Lucky my hubby has a love of green also.

A couple of years ago I bought the large lime green jug on the left in the picture above on a whim. I just loved it. It was green, gorgeous, and I had to have it.

And then shortly after buying my first item of green glass, I saw this photo on Pinterest.  And I knew I had to start my own green glass collection.

Ever since then I have been on the lookout for more. 

I love the piece above. It's the darkest piece in my collection and I found it in an Op Shop for only a few dollars.  My favourite kind of find!

My aim with my collection is to have quite a variation in colours, sizes, shapes etc. I don't want my collection to just consist of bottles, jugs & vases.  I am on the lookout for pretty much anything green!

Recently we got a new dining suite and I'm so pleased to have a special place for all my green glass to live now, right under my green collage fabric canvas! 

Do you collect coloured glass? 

Or maybe you collect something else. 

What is it?

A tutorial: How to make your own Woodmount Case Covers

First and foremost, have you heard about the *NEW* Woodmount Cases? 

They are fabulous! It means that you can now change over all your woodmount stamps from those dinky plastic cases to these awesome cases.  They are the same design as the clearmount cases (similar to a DVD case) but are alot deeper, to accommodate a woodmount stamp. The price is excellent, at only $11.95 for a pack of 4 cases, which works out to only $3 a case.  BUT, there is a downside. No sticker or case cover which has the name of the stamp set on it. But do not fear, you can just make your own case cover!

So here we have the before.  A stamp set in a new case, but with nothing there to identify it. Now to make your own cover.

Using Whisper White cardstock (#106549) cut it to 15.9cm x 17.8cm.  And then score it on the longer side at 3.3cm. 

Using your Brayer (#102395) ink it up with your Wild Wasabi ink pad (#126959). I used another piece of cardstock to mask along the top about 3.5cm down. Run the brayer up a few times until you're happy with the colour intensity and coverage. 

Next, using your Alhambra Jumbo Wheel (#126940), ink it up with your Gumball Green ink pad (#126861) and run it across the green strip. 

Next, using your StazOn ink pad (#101406) stamp the images of the stamp set onto the front cover.  I am making a cover for my Perfectly Penned stamp set (#128703). 

Now to add the name of the stamp set to the cover across the top and also on the side spine. I used my new Simply Serif Alphabet (#126360) mini stamp set, once again using StazOn black ink. 

And then put it in the plastic cover, put in your stamp set and you're done!

How great does it look! I have about 10 that I have made up so far, and I love them.  Certainly looks better than a boring clear case!