Summer Twinchies

These are the twinchies that I created for my swap in the In My Vintage Room Yahoo group. Little pieces of summer in two inches square!

Exciting News! My first Twinchie Box Custom Order!

After the Galway Fire Department craft fair last Saturday, I stopped at a small antique store on Rt 29 in Galway called Wisteria Lane. It's a sweet shabby chic store and I came to find out that the owner is very supportive of local artists and always looking for new and interesting things that fit in with the look and feel of her store. It just so happened that she loved my little trinket boxes and ordered a dozen for me to tailor to what appeals to her customers most: birds, cats, dogs, flappers and older vintage women. I'm so excited to have my first custom order to fill. I finished these and plan to drop them off on my way to work tomorrow. I'm hoping they will be just what she envisioned and more!

Twinchie Trinket Boxes for Craft Fair

I started with these blank two inch paper mache boxes that came in kraft and cream. Then I punched patterned paper or images into two inch squares to decorate the tops of the little boxes.

These are the tops of all 34 trinket boxes after the decorative paper has been trimmed closer to size and attached and sealed on with matte gel medium.

After the gel medium dried, the fun part was choosing various jewels, buttons, flowers and doo-dads to adorn the tops of the boxes.

Finally, I cut squares of quilter's batting to fit inside each one to cushion and protect the necklaces customers may or may not choose to put inside.

And voila! In one day I have a great set of little trinket boxes to sell at Galway's craft show tomorrow!

Saint Patrick's Day Twinchies

Here are the twichies that I made for Fran's St. Patty's Day Twinchie Swap in the In My Vintage Room Yahoo Group. I hope they will be lucky charms for whoever receives them!

My First Set of Twinchies!

"Sweet Hearts" Twinchie (2x2)
"Loving You" Twinchie (2x2)

detail shot to show dimensional adhesive on wings and words

"Admire" Twinchie (2x2)

"Adore" Twinchie (2x2)

detail shot to show dimensional adhesive and micro-beads

These are the first "Twinchies" or 2x2 pieces of artwork that I have ever tried to make. They were fun, similar to inchies, but more like ATCs. A little more room to play, but I like the square shape. I've already incorporated one of these into another project to include in my Secret Valentine Package Project for the In My Vintage Room Yahoo Group exchange.