Fun In The Making

I love it when I have an idea and I can make it happen. My daughter Rachel is having a birthday on Sunday and I wanted to give her something special. Rachel loves creating and sewing so I wanted to give her something that would inspire her in her work.  As an artist myself and a compulsive gatherer, I have given considerable thought to display.  For me, if it's out of sight, it is out of mind , as the saying goes.  Color, texture and pattern matter very much in the creative process, so I arrange and sort my things too get the maximum charge from looking at them.  I went wild over an idea of using glass salt and pepper shakers as containers for buttons and beads.  While I was in Montana I snagged a box full of vintage rickrack and seam binding.  I went on a search for something to display them on.  What I found was a cardboard scrapbook with rings.  It wasn't exactly what I congered but it actually turned out to be much better.  I wrapped two of them with a selection of rickrack, one for Rachel and one for Laura.  I figure if they never made a thing from the collection it would be great to look at.  I found a small glass spice shaker and filled it with buttons, made one of those spools for ribbon and created a pin cushion.  I put all I could squeeze into a magical tin which I could pass on.  Happy Birthday, Rachel and God grant you joy and strength.

Do you just love it?  

The large spools came as an idea when my partner, Beth, said she didn't really have a good way to display ribbons.   I saw the answer in a Stampington magazine as I pointed out in a past entry

 

 

 

 

 Time for you to discover what's under the bed, in the closet, in a drawer, or stuffed in a bin in the garage.  Love epb

Comments

[DC Cuz]

You are the one who has the eye to find all those goodies in closets, drawers or under the bed! Another fine idea!

[Jackie]

What a great idea! My ribbons and trims are all thrown in a drawer, which has to be dumped everytime I want to see them.