packing up

Scrabble letters seem to be popular to work with, but I have never really used them. Recently, I was given a bagful, and thought I should see what I could use them for.

So, I just drew on a few with ink pens and will use the game pieces as accents in the swap bags I am making up, matching up the letters to each person's name.

It was a quickie and fun thing to do and now I am looking for all sorts of places to use these tiles!

I added one to this aqua and purple tag that I made for a friend whose name begins with "P".

While I had the tags out, I finished off a few that I had started at Beth's on Tuesday.

I was experimenting with her cuddlebug,  and embossed a few tags and some vintage wallpaper.

And, I figured it was time to start being inspired by the "Pre Bella, Get Inspired, Get Acquainted Swap" and use some of the stuff I received!

Heather had this ballerina on a card she sent to me, so I cut it out and glued it to the tag I made at Beth's.  Dark ink around the figure really makes it look shadowed and 3-d, doesn't it?

The flowers on this one and previous tag are from Holly. The velvet ribbon is from Andrea.

I was trying to do a trick that Beth uses a lot, with gluing bits of wallpaper into a  kind of crazy quilt look.  The two tags with the green ruffle are listed on Etsy, the other two will be soon.... if I can get organized and get it done, that is. 

Down in Beth's Bargain Basement, I found this glass doored cabinet and decided to switch it out for the robin's egg blue child's hutch that I had been using as a glitter cabinet. This white one is more convenient. 

And now, I can give the hutch to Sugarwings, since I bought it for her to use in the first place. She says "MINE" every time she sees it, so I think she wants it.

Have you ever tried Martha Stewart's glitter glue? It is 25% off at Michaels this week, so I bought a jar.  I got the kind with the brush attached to the lid, like  a little kid's paste pot. It reminded me of the first day of school and the joy of dipping into a fresh jar of paste.  Seems like a fitting thought for the first week of September.

I am extremely happy with the stuff. The brush was fantastic for getting in and out of the crevices of the birds and roses I was glittering up.

And finally, I got the swap goodies packed up!

Here is a picture of all the gifts together, ready for the box. 

I added a few more things:

a bag of buttons

some cuddlebug tags

an old earring

chocolate

and the scrabble initials

  Everyone was so generous with the postage, I wanted to add some weight to the boxes!!

If you'd like to see all the photos of the swap goods, I have started a flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/876636@N23/pool/

Well, back to taping up packages.   

Comments

[Terri]

Everything looks grand! Looks like you are mailing out Christmas! Hope you a the ladies have a wonderful time!
The sunflowers are to die for. Could you come and fix my studio too? Don't forget to bring your Sugarwings! Hugs, Terri

[Rachael]

Nice use of scrabble tiles! Rachaelxo

[Brenda Kula]

Do they still have that paste that had the stick in the middle? I remember that now. Some of the kids use to eat it! Ugh! Please tell me what Silver Bella is? People who don't know have been asking. I sort of know it's some event. But got lost in the translation somehow...
Brenda

[Alissa Millsap]

what beautiful tags....looks like some wonderful swap goodies!

[Jean Eakin]

Who knew scrabble tiles could be used to make something beautiful. Noone but you Karla. The swap goodies are fantastic. You have a wonderful evening.
Jean in Virginia

[Robin-Thrifty Miss Priss]

I like the letters you did! very clever! I'm really into "words" and letters/numbers at the moment! That glitter case is wonderful...and I have not tried that glitter glue....I'll have to find that...I like the paste pot idea...I used to try and EAT mine! Did you use the glitter glue on those birds? If so they look terrific!

[Kathy]

Hi,
Thank you so much for stopping by my new blog and posting. I really appreciate it : ) I LOVE your web page. So very pretty and fun. And I love the tags you made, will be heading to your Etsy shop to check it out!
Kathy

[The Beautiful Life]

Congratualations on your blog award!! I can see why you won it! :)

Isn't this blogging-thing so fun??

Lovely blog!!
-Ruth

[robin]

Everything looks so pretty, Karla! Love what you did with the scrabble tiles
!

[karen]

Everything you have done is beautiful Karla!
I got some of Martha's black glitter for some halloween projects and really like how fine it is...I went over a couple of things I made last year with her glitter because it was so superior to what I had!
Everyone will be lucky to recieve the packets...you are always so thoughtful about who you are giving it to!
karen....

[Wanda]

As always, I'm awed by your talent! The tags are wonderful!

[Amy P]

That looks so good! And I can't believe you can remember who gave you what and where your supplies come from, that's incredible!

[Andrea]

The scrabble tiles are pretty like that! I love all the wallpaper tags you and beth made! I have tried to glitter glue and I was dissapointed as the brush came off and I had to hot glue it back on, not once but twice and I thought it was really clumpy ..I use scotch's quick dry adhesive with a precision tip ,it works great for fine lines of glitter!

[Dawn]

My goodness Karla! You a one busy girl!!! Look at all of that packing up you're doing ~ I love your tags, they're just beautiful...xxoo, Dawn

[Bobbi]

Oh my goodness Karla! I'm so excited!!! I have one of those card holders I found at Goodwill, and who would have ever thought (you, obviously,duh!) to put those birds on it, which are one of my favorite things, ever! AND...I, too, bought some Martha glitter this week to put on one of those big initials that I bought for my Samantha. Oh my goodness! A day off, inspitation, and glitter! And, by the way, those scrabble tiles rock...you could make dirt pretty, I swear!!!

[Lori]

Karla, what an amazing transformation you made to the scrabble tiles...they look really special now!!! your tags are gorgeous...i love how you added the petals at the bottom of the PINK one!!!

[Beth Leintz]

Love how those cuddleed frames turned out- great idea- don't waste a bit of that precious wallpaper!

[Jingle]

Your tags are just wonderful! Beautiful!

[Shawn]

Those little tiles are adorable! You have been so productive good for you!! I love ms glue too. It is great stuff!

[Beverly]

Karla, you are the queen of all things glittery and gorgeous.

Oh, may I have a piece of chocolate? I think it would make my job today much more tolerable.

[Michelle]

Everything looks great! you always do such beautiful work.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Michelle

[Kim V]

Adorable little tiles!!! Your swaps are just wonderful! Lucky ladies to receive them!

Love your new white cabinet and I'm sure Sugarwings will be so thrilled to have her hutch!

Have a great day!
Kim

[phyllis]

A glitter cabinet!
I haven't recovered from the hat cabinet yet! Or the spice jars on the rack! Deep breath....everything is lovely as usual.

[JANICE REHMEYER]

HI KARLA,
YOU HAVE NOT MENTIONED ANYTHING LATELY ABOUT THE KITTEN YOU BOUGHT FOR SUGARWINGS.
DO YOU STILL HAVE THE KITTEN????
jANICE

[Debra]

Karla, You have been a busy beaver as usual. Love all of the tags.

I know after you get those mailed you will have a weight off of your shoulders. I know you have fun getting everything ready but I always feel so good after finally getting swaps on the way to my swap partners. I know it will be an early Christmas for them. Lucky Bellas.

[Edie Marie's Attic]

Beautiful tags Karla! And your workroom is divine!
Hugs, Sherry

[Rainy]

You've inspired me to use my Cuttlebug! I bought one months ago and havn't put it to use yet. All your goodies look good!

[M (Tales From an OC Cottage)]

Major cuteness!!!

M ^..^

[Holly]

Karla, such a warm and inviting place this blog of yours. . .and your work space feels the same! You have such wonderful ideas, and it sounds like you have so much fun creating! Thank you for allowing us in to share in your fun!

[LiLi M.]

Whow I love what you did with the tiles! All great tags too! Have a nice weekend!

[sylv]

I am in total awe of your blog! Everything is soooo terrific!

[Lovely]

Beautiful, beautiful as always!

[laurie]

That cabinet is wonderful!! I had that glue in my hand yesterday and put it back...ummm, guess I need to make another trip back to Micheals.lol Laurie

[Lorrie]

I love words and letters and what you've done with the Scrabble tiles is amazing! Your creativity is boundless, genius even!

Lorrie

[jenny fowler]

i love all of your tags! i've been gone too long! lol. your swap goodies appear to be one amazing success. wow.

[jeanie]

Thanks for the recommendation on the glitter glue. I like her other glitter, but one never knows about the others till you dig in. The tags are lovely! And the scrabble letters are great -- I've collected those for projects for eons -- they're wonderful with the paint pens.