Favours at Christmas

I really miss the retired Pillow Box die.   Even though I am not supposed to share projects with you using retired items, I know that many people have this die and it's ideal at this time of year for creating little favours for the dinner table, so I couldn't resist sharing this with you...

The tag is from the Beautiful Season stamp set, which I have inked with Early Espresso and coloured with Stampin' Write markers.  You can make these boxes so quickly so they are great for favours and for gifts such as jewellery too :).

Kids party bag ideas

What are kids into these days?  I'm probably the last person you would ask... but I know I liked these little guys when I was young and can't imagine that much has changed as they can be found all over the web when searching for ideas.

I thought these would make great party bag gifts, as they are easy and cheap to make from a bag of lollipop sticks... just add a scalloped circle punch and a few other circle punches, or you can improvise and use those 'wiggly' stick on eyes :). 

I've seen a few other charaters made in the same way... you could do matching 'everything you need for a kids party' too, the ideas are endless!