Terrific Under Ten Tuesdays: Springtime Bowl Fillers

It's no secret that winter has been endless here in Midcoast Maine ... so I thought a little springtime salt dough crafting was in order.  Since these little bowl fillers can be whipped up for pennies, I thought I'd link up to At Home With K's 'Terrific Under Ten Tuesdays' as well:


If you've never made salt dough bowl fillers before, you can check out my basic tutorial here.  But I'm warning you ... once you start, you'll be hooked!

The little seed packets were a new idea ... and I'm excited to see that they actually turned out the way I envisioned.  Here's a quick recap of how I made them:

I found a load of wonderful (and free!) vintage seed packet labels here and then printed them out in a variety of sizes.

Then, as I was making my cutouts, I eye-balled the dimensions and used one label as a guide, making my rectangles slightly larger than the labels.

Once the rectangles were painted and aged (as explained in the tutorial), I watered down some school glue and attached the labels to each one, making sure that all of the edges were sealed well.  Then, as in the tutorial, I dipped them in melted wax.

I hope you'll have fun making some sweet springtime (or any time!) bowl fillers as well.  If you're having trouble finding cookie cutters locally, you might want to take a peek here.  I have had fabulous luck shopping with them whenever I'm looking for something special.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't forget to visit Kindra so you can see what everyone else is up to this week: