Beach wrapping

 Here at our beach house,away from my very organised "gift" cupboard at home, I had to make do of what is available and had fun too

The DAS pronto clay has been lying in a drawer for  quite a few years already, a project that never  happened, and was still in perfect order..

 I rolled the clay, made a few circles ,

using the bottom of a glass to shape, 

and  stars using a cookie cutter

while the tags were still damp, I  stamped them with a rubber stamp , laying it onto the rough linen , to give the back some texture  as well.

 using a tooth pick to make little holes at the top, 

tip: as the  tag dries out, the little hole tends to close up slightly, so a good idea is to check on it and open the hole again gently using the tooth pick

any raised object  can be pressed onto the clay to give a interesting look, I used a large old coin to impress a profile, and a small shell to make little imprints on the edges of the round tags.

When the tags were completely dry, I varnished them with  clear nail varnish since that is what I had available. It worked perfect and easy.

the note card I used to write a special note on, is a collage of photo's previously shared on my blog of our beach house . I combined it into one photo and printed it in  black and white.

tiny shells and driftwood from Dd's daily collection was added to the loose ends of the string tied around the very pink box

for a  friend...

The gift: 

A candle snuffer and a selection of candles 

from a local gift shop:

"Beach House Living" in  Hermanus

Colette

ps..one can never have enough candles at a beach house....