Getting the mojo back with a teeny tutorial ~

Yesterday I woke up and headed straight to the studio....
mostly to work on a couple of orders I had.
I cleaned up a little
(that always gets me in a creative mood)
and ended up making something sweet
that I want to share with you :)

But, first I have to show you this gorgeous graphic from my sweet friend

Karen of The Graphics Fairy!
She featured this wonderful label today

and I just have to share it with you
because I know you'll love it....

visit her blog to download the largest size too!

PLUS she features it in reverse for transfers.

A few weeks back I found this sweet little package of sepia colored beads on clearance!

I loved the colors, loved the beads (great for custom pins you know)

and thought the packaging was so wonderful!

Well, after taking out the tiny bottles, I kept staring at the package.

It looked like a teeny, tiny theatre to me!

So, in my nutty, creative state I thought, what can I make of this????

I begin to deconstruct the package.

Gently slipping open the glued side

to see what it opens up to be.

Then I removed the clear acetate type window that was in the front.

Yes, I could have used it but I don't like the glare, you know?

Using my exact-o knife I also removed the tabbed part that they use to hang

this item in the craft stores.....

I tossed it into an old box and sprayed the front liberally with Elmer's spray adhesive....

Then pressed it down onto the BACK of some scrapbooking paper that I loved ~

remember it's face down onto the back.

THIS is the FRONT of the scrapbooking paper, pretty...don't you think?

Using my exact-o knife, I used the package as my guide and trimmed out each and every edge.

After I finished and flipped it over...a new, prettier package!!

I even used a make-up sponge lightly pressed in brown ink

to rub around the edges of the pretty opening.

I wanted to use older papers you know...maybe sheet music or dictionary pages,

but they don't have the strength that scrapbooking paper has.

ANYWAY....start folding the package back into it's creases...to form a box again!

You have to burnish well on each and every crease.

Can you see below the seam that was originally glued?

I'm not going to glue it back quite yet :)

After folding the little package all back together, what do you think?

HOW PRECIOUS IS THIS?

It really is so tiny, you know. It measures about 2 3/4" wide by about 2 1/2" tall ~

But don't you think it looks like a small theatre of sorts????

Now to decide what to place inside!

Hopefully now you will always look at packaging as....

A POSSIBILITY!

And I also finished my special orders!

Here they are...a few pincushions and a pin keep too ~

Creativity is always bubbling....just below the surface around here ~

who knows when it will show up!!!

Make something beautiful precious friends and thank you so much for visiting me!

Have a wonderful Friday,

hugs and love,

Dawn