Little Bit Funky: 20 Minute Crafter
Overall, the fabric and thread you can find in Michaels and Joanns works perfectly wonderful. I've splurged and bought Cosmo online once and didn't find anything to be worth the extra money. DMC all the way. I like cute little sharp scissors and they seem to be hard to find. I've had one needle minder for sometime that I LOVE but when I went to look for more, they couldn't be found.
They were either not at all cute or way too utilitarian. So I decided to figure out how to make them! They are SUPER easy. This is ALL you need! They need to be thin and light enough for the magnet to "work through". I just walked up and down all the aisles of Michael's to find things. Above you see some thin magnets, some wooden buttons and some regular buttons.
To test your items just hold a magnet on one side and see if the other side has a strong enough pull to hold a needle and thread. Any number of things could work, just be creative as you look around. Are you ready for this challenge, Allow to dry completely and you are ready! You place the decorative piece on top of your needle work and on the backside you hold it still with another magnet (on its' own). Here's a needle minder I didn't make in action. It just provides a nice place to rest your needle while you change thread or run to the bathroom or something.
I, personally, had purchased a gift card and attached it to the "money tree". At Greek weddings, it is traditional to give a monetary gift on the day of the wedding even if you had purchased something earlier for a shower for the bride and groom. A money tree is just another option for gift giving. Not really into money trees since I think guests already have to get a wedding present, presents for the bridal shower, and maybe even the bachlorette gift..
Terrific gift idea. I'll remember to look here the next time I'm at a loss for what to give as a gift. I invite you to visit my lens. I made a money tree as a gift for my kids. I wrapped dollar coins in red and green tissue paper and called them "cherries" and "leaves." It made receiving money a lot more fun. Even though I believe in hard work and all that jazz, I also believe in luck and a part of me believes that money does grow on trees.
When I get rich I have a dream of tying dollar bills to the tree limbs in a city park and letting someone come up to the surprise and find their own money tree. I hadn't heard of anything like this before, but what a great gift idea! I've seen lots of money trees at weddings and sometimes even children's birthdays.
GREAT JOB on this creative page, Mickey! That is a cool idea! Thanks for the idea. This is a really awesome idea! Great idea. Do you think if I planted one of these in the backyard that money will grow on it, What a lovely idea! Your Money Tree looked great! The tree you created with the branches is top notch. Black would be perfect for the bats.
Now Boris Johnson could be on it. Plus this is the 4th plinth quiz. The Colors Of Global Brand Identities which illustrates very neatly how much of the power of a brand icon lies in the choice of colour and how much in the design of the graphic and use of colour.
I had one of those "duh" moments when I realised that Kodak, Shell and McDonalds are virtually identical in colour use - and I'd never spotted it before. I use all the time as a background colour on my website is called "Tusk"! The header for this blog has "Patina" as its central colour and "Laser" in the corners and used as the background colour for all the titles in the right hand column!
