Hodgepodge Hardware fun

Published by under cards | Dec 12 2010

One of my favourite times of the year is when we get the Christmas decorations out of the dark depths of storage and set up the tree. Our youngest two girls seem to enjoy it as much as me! I've got some really old Christmas decorations that my 96 year old grandmother used to hang on her tree, the foam bauble kind that are wrapped in shiny thread. Well, they're looking pretty old and daggy now but I'm such a sentimentalist I can't throw them out. We had to laugh at DD4's reaction to those old baubles. Her eyes filled with wonder and she said 'oooooh they're beeee-eautiful!'. So precious.

Around this time last year I was making lots of decorated candles using the rubber stamp and ink/ tissue paper technique. You can see more about them here, here and here. While we were unpacking the Christmas decorations I came across  the candle you can see at the top of this post. The silver embossed images are from the Snow Swirled set (p28 Idea Book & Catalogue), with a Hodgepodge Hardware frame around the sentiment. The brads push straight into the candle wax!

I'd nearly forgotten all the fab things you can do with Hodgepodge Hardware. Here are some other projects I've shared here on my blog that use the silver hardware.

These ribbon slides make great bookmarks or ribbon ends.

Many of the metal frames in the Hodgepodge Hardware tin coordinate with our punches.

 

Recognise this card? Jessica Williams made one for me a little while back, and it was such a hit that we did this version at Stamp Club this month. I added the Hodgepodge piece afterwards – it fits beautifully. I just snipped the sides off where the brads normally go.

You get 50 frames in the tin, 10 ribbon slides and well over 100 brads, some of them with decorative designs on the head. Love this stuff! And best of all it's currently 50% off as part of the December Frenzy promotion, bringing it down to only $28.98 for a tin. What a BRILLIANT Christmas present for a friend who loves to craft. Let me know if you want some because there's just enough time to sneek in an order before the big man in the red suit comes to visit.

It even comes in a great metal tin which can be decorated/altered when the tin is empty!

Are you ready for Christmas yet? Only two weeks to go (eek!) – I know I've got a few more presents to buy and cards to make, but what a great time of the year. Hope you are enjoying it too.

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