Cute little tetrahedron bags!

 

Sweet treat little bags!

 I love sewing up a few of these from time to time. Picking out the ribbon and the coordinating zipper are so fun and then seeing the outcome is satisfying. But, adding the finishing details are my favorite!! I keep a bead tackle box (the green metal tackle box is from my college art classes) with misc. jewelry pieces and beads collected from years of crafting, to give these little bags just the right finishing touch on the zipper pull! My one quandary with these little bags is the shape, sometimes I get a perfect little triangle bag and sometimes it's well... NOT! I wish I could figure out if it's the ribbon width? or the length? that causes such a variable??? I check and double check, but then my brain starts to hurt, so I just go with the resulting shape. Not perfect but still a cute bag, (sort of like me, lol) ((I see you smiling....... TheManWhoHoldsMyHeart))

 

http://www.craftpassion.com/2011/07/zip-itself-coin-purse-tutorial.html

 

The above link is for the tutorial for making the little tetrahedron bag. Give it a try or just have a look, but be warned they are addictive.



Oreos and Coffee

Good way to start the day! Oh yea!! I was thinking granola raisin bran, but then the devil on my left shoulder said "oreos, Oreos, OREOS" I got the message!!! I dunk'em whole, I do not split in half and lick out the filling. How about you? The package has gotten smaller over the last few years, it use to be over a pound, then down to one pound, now it's 14.3 ounces. Was also $1.99 a package back then, now it varies I only buy when I can get them for about 2.50 a package. I rarely bought Oreos when the kids were at home, I baked cookies and filled a Winnie the Pooh cookie jar with chocolate chip, oatmeal, molasses, sugar, etc. I tried a lot of different recipes back then but chocolate chip was the favorite. DD friends would drop by after school and hit the cookie jar, Hard! Those girls all have fond memories of sitting around the kitchen counter or on it, eating chewy chocolate chip cookies! #1Son's friends were all about my homemade salsa and Doritos! (TheOther#1Son, was in his early years back then so he always joined which every group was there and snacked accordingly!) Oh I miss those days! I'm so thankful I got to be the stay-at-home mom who was there, so our home was the gathering place for the kids and their friends after school!! Great Memories!!