I made these baskets for my son's preschool teachers for Easter. These baskets were harder to make and more time consuming then I thought they would be, but I think they came out pretty good.
The only thing I did different with my baskets than from the ones in the tutorial is that I didn't use ribbon for my handles, I just used paper.
I used my SU Tags So Much stamp set for the tag that I put on the basket. I colored the bunny image using SU colored pencils. The Happy Easter greeting is from a Karen Foster snap together stamp set.
I filled the baskets with some green Easter grass and some candy.
Thanks for looking!
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 GMT Views: 1275
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Stamps: Tags So Much, Karen Foster snap together stamp set- for the Happy Easter greeting
Paper: Pretty in Pink, White, and Blue paper from Michaels - it's similar to Bashful Blue
Ink: Black Stazon
Accessories: Ribbon, Large & Small Tag Punches, Small Hole Punch- for Ribbon & Brads, Scallop Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Brads, SU Water Color Pencils, Glue Stick, Ruler to measure for Brads
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Thu, Feb 25, 2010 @ 9:02 PM
allisonnolan- I wanted to answer your question about what I put inside these baskets. I filled the bottom part of the baskets with Easter grass and then I filled them with candy. I can't remember exactly what candy as I made these last year. That's why I have them wrapped in the plastic bags because I didn't want the candy falling out of them when my son took these to school to give to his teachers.
jdsgirl- I wanted to answer your question about the finished size. I don't have the baskets anymore to measure them and I can't remember what the finished size was, but they ended up being much larger than I thought they would be. The one pictured in the tutorial looks much smaller to me. I would guess that my baskets ended up being about 4" high and 4" across.
These baskets were not as easy as I thought they were going to be, but I think if I were to make them again I would use sticky strip or glue dots instead of the glue stick (The glue stick was messy and it took a little bit for it to take hold) and I would also try to make the baskets smaller next time.