

Hello! Well, as you can see, I ended up changing the colors on my sons invitations. I adore the red and white, but I was printing these myself and the red just wasn’t printing well. I should have planned on having them printed, but ..meh, I just didn’t.
Still, I’m very happy with the result! I love, love, love the zesty yellow twine from Whisker Graphics so I was happy to have it hold all together so beautifully. In the third photo from the top you can see that I also changed the treat boxes, oh they’re so cute! I’m not sure yet what I will fill them with… perhaps lemon heads.

The little ’10′ card tied onto the invite is actually a little toy. I’m not sure what you call these things (any suggestions?) but you can see that one side has the ’10′ and the other has the sunburst, so when you hold the pretty twine in your fingers and spin, the two sides look like one and the sunburst appears to be behind the ’10′. It’s really fun!
I used to love these things when I was little, the one you’d see most often was the one that had an open bird cage on one side and a bird flying on the other and when you spun it, it looked like the bird was flying out of the cage. What a lovely thing! It took me a while to figure out what I was going to do to add an element of FUN into the invite and this worked out perfectly!

I have some other little surprises too, but my camera recently broke and I’ve had trouble taking photos that do them justice with my cell phone. On that note, I know these images are a bit ragged as well, but I did my best with what I have. I’ll be putting some money away for a new one & doing some research on which one to get.

So, I thought I’d tell you how I made these and also thought I’d make some that I can put up as a free download as well! First, here are the directions:
Step One: Cut out both sides out with a circle punch (for these I used a 2″ circle) and then run either the back or the front through your small Xyron machine. You could also use double stick tape if you dont have an Xyron. It works fine, it’s just a little bit more time consuming.
Step Two: After cutting your twine, center it on the sticky circle. Do try and get it nice and straight so it will not spin all cock eyed. It does make a difference.
Step Three: To finish them up, just place the non-sticky piece neatly onto the sticky side, sandwiching the twine between them. The more perfect you get them the better. If all the edges *dont align perfectly you’ll have a sticky edge. (yuk!)
That’s it! Spin the twine & watch the magic!
Now, since I doubt that you have need for a spinning toy with the number ’10′ on it, I designed a little Halloween toy for you! Here’s a little preview, though to really appreciate the fun, you’ll have to print them out and make them! (Pssst! You could also head over to my Facebook page to see the bunny fully masked! Shhh!!)
Here is your download: Masked Bunny (932) If you make these, I’d love to see some pictures! You can put them up over here and I’ll feature them on my blog! {They would be great for Halloween party favors!}
Enjoy!
Thanks for these printables they are darling! But then again everything you do is gorgeous!
Wow! Thank you Dorangela! That’s so sweet to say! (xoxoxox) I’m so glad you like them and I *really appreciate you taking the time to say so! Made my day! Thank you! xo
Saved it and pinned it
I’m still working on making my own ‘Memory Jar’. I bought a jar at Ikea and am waiting for October so I can buy a Silhouette Cameo and cut a fun vinyl label for the jar
Should I be holding out hope that you’ll be making/selling more cards/tags/etc in the future or have you moved on to just custom sorts of work? (Read: should I be hoarding my stash of MDM cards/tags?
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You’re on pinterest!? What’s your name there?? Thank you for pinning!
(xo) That’s a cute idea for your memory jar, if you didn’t want to wait until October, you could probably find a silhouette cameo on etsy 
I’ve been tossing around the idea of throwing some things in my etsy shop just for fun.. prolly just printables… but, I DO have some things coming out that you will be able to buy! Also the option to purchase custom invites/announcements etc. again. I’m just not sure when it will all be ready, we’re shooting to have Christmas cards/gifts out this year.
Hmmmm… you’ve put me onto a spot there with that question about selling stuff again lol
I’d say share the love and if you ever *really needed a fix, just email me! I think I owe you anyway, right?
Thank you for your long term support & friendship dear Robin! I will never forget you were my first customer!
Hello,
Thank you for sharing these adorable printable’s I have added a link to these on my blog here http://cinnamonrosecottage.blogspot.com/2011/08/back-to-school.html
Thank you again,
Beverly
You’re *so* welcome! Than YOU for the sweet mention! I hope the kids love them! xoxoxo
@Mariah – Teehee…I had to dig around to figure out what my Pinterest user name is, but I found it!
It’s Twynk. What is your user name? I love Pinterest!
The Silhouette Cameo is actually a new ‘printing cutter’ – similar to the Cricut, but instead of using cartridges, you can buy/download individual images.
I’ll be watching for an announcement here that you’ve started to sell on Etsy!!
(I’ll definitely take you up on your offer if I run out of MDM cards/tags!
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Cool, I’m going to look you up!
Ahhhh, rain-bows.. gotcha about the silhouette lol, I read it wrong and thought you wanted to buy one cut by someone who had a machine ;P silly me!
Thanks so much! My daughter just began kindergarten and already loves lunchbox notes. I appreciate you helping me out!
Aww, thank YOU! I’m always so happy to hear that people are using and liking them! Thank you! xoxoxo
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how adorable! thank you so much for creating and sharing!
thank you so much for these! I love adding notes to my kiddos’ lunches – they are going to thing these are the best!!! So darn cute!
These are lovely! I can’t wait to put them in my daughter’s lunch box!
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Love these, now just to get our printer to work !