new stuff.

Here are 3 of the things I've made up over the last few days.

The red and white message board is 12" tall be 6.5" wide. The box is 2.5" deep and 4" across. Both of these will go up in the shop. The 3rd holds those plastic bags you get everywhere. I save them and use them for all kinds of things. This cool container had Lysol wipes in it. I just jazzed it up a bit. I don't think I will list that one but I have another one of these containers... Found materials are so much fun. I just sort of play around until something works for me. I am also working on 2 covered note books, and another message board.

Yarn, hot glue and a Cocca box

So I knit up this square with some left over yarn thinking I might make a throw of squares some day. Then I took out the trash. When trash goes out I clean out the fridge and pantry. We had bought some hot cocoa at Costco the other day so I put all the flavors in one big box and was going to toss the boxes with the rest of the trash. I thought it was a shame to throw out this much tree so I left the boxes on the counter thinking I could wrap gifts in them. They are a nice size and shape. Then I looked at that square and went to fetch my hot glue gun. Who doesn't love to play with one of these? anyway I seamed up the square and put it around the box and stuck it down with the hot glue. The I folded the top over to the inside of the box. I think I will line the next box before I cover it but the top was long enough that you can't really tell this one is not lined. I like it. I can see tons of different shapes and uses for something like this. I also love that it is based on a found object and I used only scrapes to put it together. Yeah me! The next one is knit and awaiting felting. I did it in some of my hand dyed. The knitting goes super fast, and I can do just about anything I feel like. Maybe even some colorwork. I am also thinking about chip cans,boxes and jars of all shapes and sizes. What fun gifts. So what do you think? Would you buy such a thing?