Dog treat jars

Good afternoon to you all. No painting today as have had to do the dreaded housework but I would like to share with you 2 dog treat jars that I made to go to my dog groomers to sell.  I made a generic one and a personalised one ( Jo my groomer's English Bull Terrier is called Albert, so did one for her to put on display as an example). These are made from empty Douwe Egberts coffee jars, adhesive vinyl die cuts, some ribbon and gems.  I decorated the lid of the generic one with heat embossed paw prints. I hope you like them.

I used a labels die and alphabet die for the front

For the back I used my XCuts dog die

Label and alphabet die on the front. Lid has photo of an English Bull Terrier (not Albert though)

Same X CUT die but different dog shaped to look like Albert.

Thank you so much for looking and for any comnents which are always very much appreciated.  Hugs Lainie xx

Quick and simple pen/scissor/ruler etc holder

Good morning, friends, followers and fellow bloggers. Well it's not as warm here today as it was yesterday and ghere's no sun 😔.
The project I would like to share with you is one that I saw on Pinterest,  which inspired me to have a go myself.

It's a very quick and simple storage solution for my scissors and rulers, as they just either got in the way or fell out of my other containerts which I have on my craft workspace. I hate rummaging in drawers for things and like to have everything close to hand. 

So, this is so simple and so perfect, plus it has been stuck to the side of my shelf unit, so is out of the way too. Happy days! 😀

So here's what you do

First remove any labels and cut your plastic container (either shampoo or bubble bath, lotion etc) to the height required. I cut about a third off the top of mine.

Second, smooth the rough edges by placing the top of your bottle against the bottom of a hot iron, this makes them nice and flat and smooth. Please be careful not to melt it though.

Third, decorate any way you choose.  I found these adhesive butterflies worked well for me.

Finally, attach large sticky foam pads to the pack and your pot is ready to go.

If you don't want to stick your pot to a wall or cupboard etc. then you will probably have to weight the bottom to stop it tipping over.

I hope you like this simple and very inexpensive or should I say free? project.

Thank you for visiting and if you do leave a commen,  many thanks for that too.

Hugs Lainie xx

Those dragonflies again!

Good morning friends, followers and fellow bloggers, it's lovely and sunny here in Kent again today and slightly milder than it was at the weekend.  Wow that wind had a nasty chill to it.  Today I would like to share the recycled coffee jar I turned into a jar for storing makeup pads.  As I love making the ribbon dragonflies so much, I got to thinking what else could I use them for apart from hair clippies and voila!  They make gorgeous embellishments for almost any project.  With just some die cut labels and a ribbon bow, I think the job is done. What do you think?

This image shows the dragonfly on the lid a bit clearer.

Thank you for hopping by to take a look and if you do leave any comments, I am truly grateful.

Have a super day all.

Hugs Lainie xx