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Tuesday, 5 July 2011

The Pencil Pot

Thanks to everyone who offered assistance or recommended sites for making a pencil pot last week.  After a couple of failed attempts to make one from card and struggling with stability and rigidity I had a brainwave and ended up with a piece of altered art.  Here it is



This pot, what my glucosamine tablets came in, was sitting there right under my nose and I didn't even realise it.  I soaked the label off and then found this fabulous striped paper from my stash.  Dinner Tilda was begging to be used so she is coloured with ProMarkers and I used the out-of-the-box technique with an oval Nestie and then mounted that on a slightly larger one cut from a sheet of Basic Grey.  Before sticking the whole lot to the pot I covered it in good old fashioned sticky backed plastic to protect it all.

Hugs Sxx



19 comments:

Caroline said...

WOW This is FAB xx

PinksyDoodles said...

This looks great and the sticky back plastic is a brilliant idea!
Clare x

Pop's Cards said...

Hi sweetie, this is just gorgeous I love the image and your colours are fab, great idea i need one now lol, hugs pops x

Wishcraft said...

Looks lovely :o) Fab stripy paper! Lisa x

Lou Mac said...

This is super cute!!

xo, Lou Mac.

Teresa said...

Oh this is brilliant, I should make one for my pens this is fab!
Teresa xx

Unknown said...

So pretty x Leigh x

craftymum said...

Lovely pencil pot Squirrel
hugs sarah x

Zippy said...

I love this, want one! xxxx

Bendito Colibrí said...

Te quedó muy bella, me encantó, también tomas "glucosamida", yo igual por mis rodillas.... cariños y de nuevo, ..... me encantó.

Kathleen said...

Looks fab on your window sill. Great papers and gorgeous Tilda sitting perfectly.
Kathleen x

coops said...

this is fantastic squirrel.great idea and recycling.love the fab striped paper and sweet tilda ;D

xx coops xx

Claire said...

I love this sweetie - the stripy paper is just fab and a perfect image too - nice work. Hugs, Claire x

Rufus said...

Aren't you just the most clever Squirrel of all?! This is gorgeous!
R/

Janet said...

Love this..... I must have a go too! x

Catherine said...

Great idea and it looks fab!

Jackie said...

It looks fantastic and I love those stripes :o)
Jackie xx

Kaz said...

And very nice it looks too, makes my old jam jar look rather sad ...lol.
Clever you!
Kaz xx

JoyfullyOrangeDeborah said...

Beautiful! So cheerful and fun to have sitting on your desk holding your much used pencils and markers! Makes me want to use the large paperclip container that has sections in it and kept for just such an inspiration :)

Hugs and blessings! Deborah
BTW, I LOVE your blog! I have so much fun reading it that I keep it open in a tab in my browser so I don't forget to read and laugh with you! So just when is your birthday? Hope I didn't miss it! Happy birthday in advance just in case I didn't!

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