I hope setting the clocks back one hour (for everyone who participates) gave everyone a chance to do a bit more in the sewing department this weekend….. I know I did! I’ve actually been on a roll with completing projects for my Christmas Stocking swap. Before I show you my latest creation, I have a quick question for all you in Canada:
I just joined an International Snack Swap (also on Craftster) and my partner is from Canada. What snacks\treats\candies do we have that she might not be able to get a hold of? She’s not into chocolates either. I’ve done some surfing and came up with a few items (Combos, Bugles, PayDay bars, Orbitz gum, Fruit Stripe gum) – is that correct? If worse comes to worse, I’m going to try to find some ‘local’ candies that might be unusual….. we went to the zoo yesterday and found some “Monkey Poo”.

Getting back to my latest project:

Pinup Ornaments! These are very similar to the ones my partner had Wisted and I was thrilled to be able to find all the materials to make her something so close. For this particular project, I purchased Shrinky Dinks for Ink Jet Printers and a purchased PDF file of images from an Etsy seller, piddix.
Prepping the images for printing was a bit more work than what I expected. Initially, I figured that you just use your existing photo and you’re good to go. However, it’s important to lighten the image, etc. so it doesn’t look like a big black blob when it shrinks down. It’s also handy to have an original image of your photo handy when cutting out your shrinky dink paper – because you make it so light, it’s difficult to see what you’re doing. Of course, the fun part is watching your images shrink before your eyes. Unlike traditional Shrinky Dinks, the ink jet version of this product is opaque and I think might shrink down a little bit more as well.