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    Shrinky dinks

    P_20190818_102739_LL.jpgP_20190818_102729_LL.jpgoh this is fun, what do you think about the yarn one to sell at my next craft fair?

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    What is the purpose of the shrinks dink?

    could you make them as stitch markers?

    do you know you can make shrink dink’s from #6 food containers?

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    These are for gifts, i got some jump rings to attach to them. I saw the cutest stitch markers on etsy made out of shrinky dink material. I want to do my own design of course. I have been playing around with different plastics from the recycle bin. The fair i have in October is a maker style so I want lots of salvage materials in my booth. I even have some things out of lightweight one use water bottles,

    I invested in a set of sharpies since i had no blues. There is a limited edition set called cosmic color with different shades. also got the frosted type of plastic material you can use with colored pencils. I can use recycle plastics and lightly sand them when i get some practice.

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    I used some shrinky dinks with holes in them to use as bookmarks: I threaded some thin elastic through- long enough for the average book, and then knotted the end.

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    I've seen cute charm bracelets, earrings, and other jewelry elements made from shrink plastic. It works well with paper and glass beads.

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    My advice... never use a convection oven for shrinky dinks. I didn't realize the ovens at church were one year and had 300 flying around the ovens like tornadoes!
    Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.

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    Oh no! I use the toaster oven with a tin foil piece to shrink on

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