Tending the Eclectic Kinder-Garden

I’ve been waiting for just the right project to use Laurie’s beautiful paper and button flower that I won in her giveaway…and today, I found the perfect opportunity to incorporate it into something that I’ll use each and every day for the next year and a half!

Voila! My day runner! Well, okay, it’s a bit **blah**, isn’t it?

So I gathered my goodies:

Chose some paper:

Thought some pretty green velvet ribbon and some coordinating paper (from the inside of an envelope!) would compliment Laurie’s flower:

Punched tiny holes for the gold-tone brads:

Spelled my name with my favorite burgundy Scrabble tiles and located the perfect spot for the flower:

Ran some floss through some green buttons and added ivory alphabet tiles, “S, M, T, W, T, F, S” for the days of the week:

…and used the clear plastic cover of the day runner to protect the flower and tiles~ it’s great because the flower isn’t smooshed!

I’d say it’s a HUGE improvement, and frankly, I won’t have to worry about anyone picking up my day runner by mistake!

Thanks again Laurie!

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BTW, Laurie has gone all Etsy on us now! Yay! Here she is!

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I can’t remember if I shared my latest blog discoveries with you:

*Amazing Mae (I love the lunch bags she made for teachers)

*Country French Antiques (oh WOW!)

*Craft N Clutter (check out the Happy Birthday banner she made- now I’m inspired to make one out of fabric!)

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