Rattle Rattle Squeak Squeak - rattle and squeaker inserts

The anticipated delivery of the new rattle and squeaker inserts has arrived!
We have now added the following great toy making items to our shop:

RATTLE INSERTS - but in a SMALLER size!!

These rattle inserts are only 20mm wide and 12mm tall, so they are great for those small toys! Because of their size they also make a gentler sound - perfect for baby rattles!!

You can purchase these rattle inserts through here

The next product is the RATTLE BALLS

These balls are available in two sizes - 25mm diameter and 28mm diameter. They make a nice sound and can be used for a range of projects. You can see them in our shop by clicking here


ACCORDION SQUEAKERS

This is a new product range which we are adding to the shop and these squeaker inserts are available in different sizes

 ROUND SQUEAKER INSERTS

These are available in two sizes - 35mm and 45mm diameter. These squeakers are made from clear plastic and make a nice loud sound. The 45mm squeakers are also available in black - now that's different!

BIG SQUEAKER INSERTS

I've found that when making a big toy like our owls, the little squeaker just didn't do it justice as it was too difficult to find it inside the owl's belly. So now we also stock these large squaker inserts, which are just the perfect size for putting inside the bellies of bigger toys..

You can view and purchase all of our TOY MAKING SUPPLIES in our  store. CLICK HERE to go there now... 


NOTE FOR CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA:

YES! We can post our rattle and squeaker products to countries outside Australia. Please contact us via the "contact us" link in our craft shop for a freight quote. Please advise the destination country and the items you'd like to purchase when emailing us..

New Button Badges in stock - Fairytales

Some great supplies finally arrived to us this week, so we've been busy making new products. The latest? Button Badges featuring fairytales.. Just the cutest!

Check them all out in our  Handmade store

Stock is limited, so get yours quick!

Bag Making Competition

We are running a competition – and up for grabs is a $15 voucher to our TOMNI Design scrapbooking online store (where you can find lots of scrapbooking and craft making supplies).

All you need to do is:

- make a paper shopping bag using the tutorial listed on our blog (see here for the tutorial) You may like to make one for a particular person / occasion / colour theme etc...

- email us a photo of your finished bag (sales ' at ' tomnidesign 'dot' com 'dot' au ) (or add a link to your blog/website through our blog’s comments section) and 

- become a subscriber to our blog or facebook page

TIME TO START CREATING and GOOD LUCK!

The winner will be chosen based on creativity, originality and general 'wow' factor of the entry. You can enter as many times as you wish. Entries can be submitted until midnight, 10^th of February, 2011. Winner will be announced via blog and email soon after closing date. We will put up on our blog any pictures of bag entries we receive via email. 

Large Paper Shopping Bags - TUTORIAL

Today I'd like to share with you a tutorial for making these great paper shopping bags.

These are very easy to make and here is what you will need to make a 12" x 10 1/2" bag:

- Two sheets of 12x12 scrapbooking paper per bag (I used the same design for both sides)

- paper trimmer

- sewing machine

After choosing your paper trim your sheets to each will be 12" high x 10 1/2" wide. These will make the front and back of your bag. The strips you just cut away will be used to make the handles.

Fold each of the strips in half. This will make the handles stronger and easier to hold.

Place the two folded pieces on top of each other with the cut edges on top.

While holding the two pieces together, bend them to make a "C" shape. The cut sides will be on top and inside of the "C". By folding the two pieces together you should end up with two handles that look the same.

Press down the folds and separate the handles.

This part is a bit tricky to explain, but here it goes:
Place one of the handles down on a table, making sure that the 'top part' of the handle is below the right and left sides of the handles. The top part of the handle will unfold towards the inside of the bag when you hold it.. If you place the handle the wrong way, you will notice that they will not open up properly when you hold the bag.

Sew (or staple) the handles (see below) to the bag side (I used a zig-zag stitch). Repeat it the other handle and other side of the bag, so you end up with two rectangles with handles.

Place the two sides together (with the white sides facing each other, handles lining up). Leaving the top open, stitch the three remaining sides using a straight stitch. I sewed about 0.5 cm from the edge using the biggest straight stitch to keep the number of holes to a minimum.

Here are some of my finished bags!

You can follow the same steps to make these bags in different sizes - depending on what size of paper you start off with, you may need to trim your strips to size (or fold them a few times more) so that your handles don't end up too wide.

I'd love to see your finished bags, so feel free to leave links to your pictures in the comments section.. :)

Super Cute Creative Pic

I came across this print by Lenny Mud (from NY). Thought it was the cutest!

(You can find more of their products here)

Fabric Covered Journals up in Online Shop

I hope you all have had a great start to 2011! It's been a busy one for us here, preparing for the upcoming markets and working on a few projects...

We've had a little time to add some new products to the online shop - The Fabric Covered Journals with re-usable covers!

These are available in a range of colours and fabrics (more will be added soon)...

Each Fabric Covered Journal has a re-usable cover so once you fill this one up, the notebook can be replaced with a new one (these are also available from our online shop)..

We use high quality fabrics for our covers and each Journal features a ribbon tie and a bookmark. The inside covers are made from matching or complementing colour.

To view more Journals, or purchase them, visit our handmade store: www.tomnidesign.com.au/handmade