Friday, 7 October 2011

Tipsy Friend - Barbara of Little Chumsy's Blog

I have a fellow Malaysian mom blogger as my Tipsy Friend today. She and I are from the same hometown too and we even went to the same secondary school. But, we have never met. You think that you would have met everyone, living in a small town, but I guess there are some friends meant for you to meet in Blogosphere. 

I stumbled upon Barbara's blog through another mom's blog, a few months into blogging, and have since been stalking her. She's a very sweet and supportive bloggy friend and there is a certain cool and calmness about her blog persona; which I love. She writes about her everyday life as a mom to her lovely daughter, Ashley and a wife to her BBQ-loving husband. She is also into crafting and occasionally shares some of her craft-y work on her blog. I am so happy to have her here today to share one of her mini craft projects. I hope you enjoy Barbara's craft tips! Welcome to my bloghome Barbara!

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When my dear blogger friend, Germaine asked me to be her Tipsy Friend, my first reaction was "Yay". I am so honoured. Then when the excitement cooled down, I began to feel scared because I don't know what to write. Germaine suggested that I do a post on craft since I love doing crafts :) My favourite is using kraft paper for wrapping. I also love visiting craft blogs for inspiration. I find crafting very therapeutic and I especially love giving something which I have made myself.

Thanks for letting me share my simple craft in your blog, Germaine :) Here is what I did recently.



I got some little gifts for my friends and instead of using a box to hold the items, I tied them together with twines. Then I decided to make gift tags using a discarded cardboard which I got from the grocery store and decorated them with paper doilies and a piece of flyer.



First, I cut out the tag using a craft scissors with scallop design.




Next, I cut out the heart shapes from the flyer and paper doilies, and glued them onto the cardboard as decoration. Punch a hole in the middle and slide the twine through it. Then, I wrote the messages at the back. This is a simple gift tag created using recycled material. I hope you like my low-cost gift wrap idea.


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Now isn't that a fun, easy and green way to wrap a present? Thanks so much Barbara for being my Tipsy Friend today!

If you'd like to get to know Barbara a little more, please head over to Little Chumsy's Blog. You'll find lots more crafting ideas over there!

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Love the idea of recycling stuff to make something pretty!
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Loving the final product...so sweet!
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Now only I know you and barb are coming from same hometown, you ladies are ex-schoolmates. Barb is definitely a very nice friend to have. I was so luckly to receive her DIY gift pack. Have a nice day to you .
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Nice to meet you Barbara. Those turned out so cute! I think those seem doable for me. :)
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Love craft ideas on how to reuse things! And they're lovely!
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Those gift tags are so pretty! I love the idea of using recycled paper. Thank you for the idea!
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Alice Law · 698 weeks ago

Very resourceful yet beautiful!^^
How cute! I always love finding ways to reuse the items we have around the house.
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Thanks for all your lovely comments, ladies. Appreciate them. Thanks again Germaine, for having me as your Tipsy Friend. Psst...my hubby doesn't smoke cigar. It was a paid-post link I put in ;) Have a nice weekend.
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Yes!! Way to be green-I love to recycle :)
Thanks for sharing!
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---Always looking for new ideas. Simple & Beautiful. X
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Very creative! Forwarding this to my aunt who loves to do such crafts.
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What a great idea! I'm so lacking in the creative department! Guess that's why I have to steal other people's ideas!
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