Thursday, February 23, 2012

Cute little Gift


And.........I'm back!  My little sweetheart had surgery today, so all I could think about the past couple of days was that. It was like my brain was mush. He's fine, he had a congenital chlosteatoma.  A "Chlostea-what?" I know that is what I said.  Basically, a cyst on his ear drum that he was born with.

Anywhooo....let's get our CRAFT ON! I wanted to share this little ruffled towel I made for my great aunt in- law.  She's always making us goodies in the kitchen, so I thought she might like this little ruffled towel for her birthday.

The fun part about this towel I think is the container I made for it.  Can you guess what it is?  It's a Pringles container!  I just wrapped patterned paper around it and then added a bow.  So simple but it made quite an impact, I think.  I didn't get a picture of the lid, but it was super fun! Since the lids are see through I made a cute little "Happy Birthday" sign.  I'll make another can for you guys and then you can see the lid. How about that?!  
Ok....so the ruffled towel I just sewed straight down the middle with the straight stitch. I made it a long stitch.  Then I pulled it at an end.  After I "ruffled" it, I just sewed it on the towel.  I know there is probably a more technical way of doing this type of thing...which if you know how let me know.....but this is how I did it.  I'm not a really great sewer, but people will always ask me how I can sew and my best piece of advice is....Don't be afraid of your sewing machine...just go for it.  Remember it doesn't have to be perfect! I think that was the hardest lesson for me to learn. I wanted to worry about every stitch!  Don't ...like Nike says, "Just Do It"...I guess in this instance it's "Just Sew It"! ha!  

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I hope you learned something today!

Happy Crafting!

Smiles, 

Jill
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21 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear about your little guy....so glad everything went well. Holly :-)

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  2. Hi Jill! So sorry to hear about your little man- it's always tough when they're sick :(
    Hopefully this will cheer you up- ;)

    http://heather-p.blogspot.com/2012/02/liebster-blog-award.html

    Hugs!
    Heather :)

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  3. Aww, I'd be distracted too if my little guy had surgery. I'm so glad he's doing fine now.

    Your project is very sweet! :) I want to be one of YOUR neighbors or relatives, lol! You make the cutest presents.

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  4. Hi Jill!
    I'm so thankful that your lttle pecious is okay. I know the feeling....your heart just stops beating until you know they're okay.
    I absolutely love the pringles box idea. Kinda makes me want to eat chips so I can have the box to decorate! Great idea!
    Hug,
    Cissy

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  5. I love to see items being reused for gifts & gift giving.. what a great use for your container. Super cute and great idea. Thanks for sharing and thanks for joining us over at Scrap It Girl. Great blog too!

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  6. Love the Pringles gift idea. So creative :)

    I am your newest follower, hope you will join me on my blog too.

    Keep up the good work, look forward to all your homemade goodies.

    www.judyfromtheblock.blogspot.com

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  7. Thank you for entering the Scrap It Girl "Go Green & Recycle" Design Challenge. Your entry is great - I re-used a container as well for my Design Team entry. For more crafty inspiration follow my FB Page: www.facebook.com/mothershipscrapbookgal
    xoxo, Rina (Scrap It Girl Design Team Member)

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  8. What an ADORABLE gift, Jill! I'm sure your aunt LOVED it...I LOVE it!!! :) Thanks for joining Scrap-It-Girl's "Go Green" March Challenge.

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  9. Great project..I would have never thought to use a pringles can..clever idea!
    Thanks o mcuh for joining us in the challenge at FCCB!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  10. What a SWEET gift! I love the reuse of the Pringle's container--you're right--it does make quite the impact--and a perfect way to package the cute towel! Thanks for entering Scrap It Girl's "Go Green" challenge.

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  11. I have a question... How did you get the pringles can clean so it doesn't smell like whatever flavor chips you had?

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  12. Sheila-
    No it didn't! The container was a regular pringles chip container...now, I did have the lid open and it sat for weeks. When I find containers I like, and think I can do something with I put them away until I'm ready to use them. I don't know what a sourcream and chive container would be like, but my regular chip container was fine!

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  13. This is such a great idea,AWESOME job!Thanks for joining us over at FCCB this week!:)

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  14. What a cute idea! I love it! Thanks so much for joining us at FCCB!

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  15. You know I love this girl.....Yeah Pringles! Thanks for linking up with FCCB....LOL.. HOlly:-)

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  16. Jill! This is a fantastic project! Thank you for sharing it with Paper Issues!! We featured you today: http://paperissues.blogspot.com/2012/03/towel-container.html

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  17. Adorable project! Glad your li'l guy is doing ok.

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  18. What a great idea! It turned out really cute! Thanks for joining us at "Scrap It Girl"!

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  19. Great idea! Thanks for sharing at paper issues!

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  20. I absolutely love the pringles box idea for gifts, going to try it at least once.

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Smiles,
Jill

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