Hello all! Becky here, your humble editor and chief bottle washer! Have you had a chance to read Vicki Boutin’s Designer Notebook article in our winter issue? She created a fantastic feature on baker’s twine, loaded with some of the best techniques for using this hot, trendy embellishment. I decided to follow along with her step-out tutorial, and added a fun twist.
You will need a scrap of chipboard, a 1” circle punch, a red pen, baker’s twine, wet adhesive and some scrap cellophane.
Punch out a 1” circle from the scrap of chipboard and run a red felt pen around the cut edge.
Apply wet adhesive over the surface of the chipboard circle and allow it to partially dry (I used a Zig pen in this sample).
Beginning on the outside edge, cover the chipboard circle with baker’s twine in a spiral pattern.
Snip the end and tuck it into the center.
Trim a scrap of cellophane to 2.5” x 3”. Lay the covered chipboard circle in the center of the cellophane, face down, and bring each edge of the cellophane to the center of the chipboard, securing with a glue dot. Twist and tie off each end with a piece of baker’s twine.
This adorable wrapped “candy” would be so cute on a package tag, a holiday card or even to embellish a gift card holder, as I have done here.
Fun, fast and easy – that’s what I like during this hectic time of year. Happy holidays, everyone!
~ Becky
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LOVE IT!!!!
Posted by: Erin Morley | December 09, 2011 at 09:43 AM
Very neat idea and so cute! TFS
Posted by: JustAPacRat | December 09, 2011 at 10:56 AM
What fun! Thanks for doing this.
Posted by: dona s | December 09, 2011 at 06:04 PM
Looks good enough to eat. Definitely a keeper! TFS.
Posted by: Lucy | December 09, 2011 at 06:05 PM
Gotta save up some money for some of this!!!
Posted by: Sandra Strickler | December 09, 2011 at 06:23 PM
Love this idea - thanks for sharing
Posted by: MrylynKAY | December 09, 2011 at 10:15 PM
This is such a cute and simple embellishment, gives me some other ways to use my twine. TFS
Posted by: Geri | December 10, 2011 at 08:56 AM
I love this idea! I'll give it a try!
Posted by: Linda Carson | December 11, 2011 at 08:25 PM
This is so cute! I have the twine. I have the tiny bags. I have to try this!! :-)
Posted by: Barb in AK | December 11, 2011 at 09:24 PM
This is so adorable and creative, well done!
Posted by: Renee VanEpps | December 12, 2011 at 01:04 AM
ok that is too cute!
Posted by: Lisa | December 12, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Ooooooooooooo I love this!! Thanks for the idea!!
Posted by: Maria Therese | December 14, 2011 at 10:58 AM
That's adorable.
Posted by: Tiffany Coombs | December 15, 2011 at 02:29 AM
What a "SWEET" idea with the twine! Thank you for sharing. I would love to try this. Cheers to you!
Posted by: Tonya Turvold | December 15, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Very cool candy! Would love to add those to gift tags!
Posted by: Jan Scheuerman | December 17, 2011 at 10:52 PM
Great idea,thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Svetlana | December 20, 2011 at 12:07 PM