Roll With It, Baby...

Another birthday party, another invite with "no gifts, please."

As if.

As if I could possibly go empty handed to a 5 year-old's and her sister's (2 yr old) birthday party. Does that translate into, ran right out and got the perfect gift? Um, no. More like a breezy thought, oh I'll just whip something up... And then the days passed and I put it out of my mind.

Thus, in the final hours, the crayon roll was created from scraps of material and an unopened crayon box we -thankfully- had on hand. I didn't have interfacing (?) but the green material (second photo) was rather thick so I thought it made up for it. It sort-of-kind-of-but-not-really did. On the second roll I added some batting which resulted in a big fat roll. Now I have one roll too small and one roll too big. I'm feeling a bit like Goldy Locks but without the third, perfect roll to turn to. I also lacked the right ribbon for the fat roll and had to use some really wide stuff. (Justifications to self: "It's more proportional this way"/ "It's better to practice tying bows with.") I had wanted to use one of those sliding do-hickey-thingy-majigs as a closure. The kind you can pinch and slide along the ribbon to open, but those were MIA in my craft box as well. My crayon rolls are ric-rac-less too. I just didn't have the energy/patience to put it on.

In the end, this was one gift project I just rolled with. (Sorry, couldn't help myself.)

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I used the crayon roll tutorial from Skip to my Lou. She has tons of great tutorials for handmade gifts on her site.
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