Hehehe!, well actually it's a crayon wrap! :)
Avert your eyes, Rebekah and
Jodz, or you'll ruin the surprise!
Today is the first day that we are kidless! Well, they left yesterday, and today's the first full day away from them. Can you tell I'm missing them already? Well, kinda, at least it's given me some wonderful time to get creative!
I wrote my first review on
Filmguide late last night after watching
Australia - go check it out and tell me what you all think! The first part of the review was written by Mr Sew-Funky and the second part, by me! A kind of "he say's, she say's" review!
Back to the original reason for this post - the crayon wrap!
I don't know if you've ever been stuck with lot's of broken crayons before, but with three budding artists in the family, I am. So what to do with the useless little bits... Well, you can make new ones, rainbow ones if you like... And so before I even made the crayon wrap prototype I wanted to make some wee crayons by recycling the old. :)
Here's how;
You need something to melt them in, I chose an old gem iron, but you can make them in muffin pans too!
You need some old worn out crayons, my girls have plenty! :) Don't worry if they look awful, they won't look bad for long!
Put baking paper in the gem iron (so they won't stay in there after melting!). Break up the crayons and put them in. I chose similar colours, but you can mix the crayons up for a rainbow effect!
Put them in the oven at 180 degrees Celcius for about 15 minutes. Look at them melt, this is after around 5 minutes.
They're ready to take out when they look like this! Leave them to set in the gem iron. :)
This is what they looked like when I took them out of the iron, all ready to put into the new crayon wrap!
Tah Dah! All ready to use by little hands!
And here are the gorgeous little wraps that I made for
Miss Jodz Stuff and for my cute little nephew Mo!
This is what they look like when they're open. They have a little flap that covers the crayons. :)
Seriously cute, don't you think?
try to ignore the fact that you can see up my nose!
Check out my new review over on filmguide... 
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What do you think? This cute little skirt was made from a neat old retro tablecloth and some fabric given to me by my good friend Lianne! Lianne was going through her stash and doing the big chuck and I held my arms open and said "give me, give me"... :) Hehehehe! Like I really need more fabric!?! 
I've decided to be a little kinder to other people and when i saw this wee calendar for 75% off I couldn't resist buying it! We all need a little reminder every now and then to be a little kinder and more compassionate to ourselves and others. In fact I'm a strong believer that what you give out comes back to you. If you want to experience kindness from others, begin giving it... :)
On Thursday, the day I bought this calendar, I spent the day with Lianne, shopping and we did manage to fit a little "cake" in there too! :)
This one really spoke to me about, of all things, marriage. Marriage can't work without acceptance and acceptance is choosing to love others even when they "piss you off" or aren't what you expected. It's choosing to say "yes, but I love you anyway". :) Mr Sew-Funky I do love you anyway! Inspite or despite your foibles...
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You need something to melt them in, I chose an old gem iron, but you can make them in muffin pans too!
You need some old worn out crayons, my girls have plenty! :) Don't worry if they look awful, they won't look bad for long!
Put baking paper in the gem iron (so they won't stay in there after melting!). Break up the crayons and put them in. I chose similar colours, but you can mix the crayons up for a rainbow effect!
Put them in the oven at 180 degrees Celcius for about 15 minutes. Look at them melt, this is after around 5 minutes.
They're ready to take out when they look like this! Leave them to set in the gem iron. :)
This is what they looked like when I took them out of the iron, all ready to put into the new crayon wrap!
Tah Dah! All ready to use by little hands!
