How To Make Stamps Out Of Wine Corks...

Well... my new venture (Bits of Envy on Etsy) has started off with a bang!  Within less than a week, I had three orders.  One of them shipped to Australia...So... I guess I can now say Bits of Envy has gone global!  However, I was so focused on getting my shop up and running... that I completely over looked how I wanted to package my items for shipment.  Luckily being my thrifty crafty self, I took stock of what I had on hand...
Brown paper (check!)
Twine (check!)
Buttons (of course... double check!)
But... when I wrapped my order up... it looked a little blah...
Back to the hoard...(I mean drawing board) I went... to see what I could find...

 I remembered that I had some corks... And thought to myself stamps!

 I printed off my saying in a font and size I thought would be good ... and got to work...

 I taped the letter to my cork... remembering to place the letter up side down otherwise it would have been backwards...

 Using an X-Acto knife I traced around the letter...

 Then I cut around the side about 1/4 inch down... careful not to cut under my letter...

 Taking out small chunks at a time... I worked my way around... until...

 ...All that was left was my letter...

 I had more letters than corks... so I carved out both sides...

The end results... Now my package is ready to ship!
Happy Stamping...
***Jennifer

New Year... 2013 recap...

Wow... it still doesn't feel like 2013 should be over with!   As much as I am dragging my feet(...still have Christmas up... says through a muffled cough...) I am looking forward to a fresh start.  Before I move on thou, I thought it would be fun to revisit the top 10 posts from 2013.  Here are they are...

*1 Handmade gifts... pencil cases...
*2 New life for an old leather coat...
*3 Best day ever...

*4 My latest knitting project...

*5 Blue Quilted Jacket... 

*6 Inspiration from the movies... Rosemary's Baby...

*7 The Coffee Date Dress... 
*8 Butterfly tutorial...
*9 Skirt Week...

*10  Spring Purse...

There were a lot of fun projects in 2013... but I have a feeling 2014 is going to be my best year yet!
It's already gotten off to a great start with the launch of my Etsy shop Bits of Envy...
You can check it out here...
Happy New Year!
***Jennifer