Pocket hanging

This is the hanging we made yesterday at Victoria Stampers workshop. A great relaxing day, as always, and good fun. The idea was an original one of mine which our tutor, my good friend Lynne, took and developed so well. She found lots of new ideas for it and even made an advent calendar from it with chockies (I'll think about making one of those nearer the D month!) 

These are my two original samples

I decorated my own card but printed scrapbook papers work well and are so quick to use.

It is a very useful pocket hanging which organises all those little cards, coupons, photos, notes etc., that you collect, and can never find when you want them. I added a pen and a post it note pad to mine, yesterday, and tiny pegs hold postage stamps.

 It can be made large or small and is a good vehicle for displaying ATCs or tags. 

It also makes a lovely quick and easy gift, a useful birthday card!........ add a tag with a greeting! 

This one is 8 x8 inches but some yesterday made their's 12 x 12 inch. 

My friend Caz was sitting next to me and made a fabulous  12 x12 one full of vintage tags and lots of steam punk hanging tags. Far nicer than mine here. You can see it on her blog .....http://carolcsstuff.blogspot.com

Addendum: since I first posted this project, and we did the workshop on Saturday, other ideas have come up for it's use.Thanks for some of these to my friend Ann B

 It can be themed for gifts, eg.,

 a floral one containing packets of seeds, 

 for a handyman/woman containing a small screwdriver, fuses, fusewire, pen, post its, tape measure, sandpaper etc.

It could be filled with a sewing kit.

A children's hanger could hold pencils, rubbers, mini toys, lollipops etc.,

A baby themed one with a voucher, tiny socks, bib, small flat packet of wipes etc.,

Filled with specialty tea bags and small packets of biscuits, it would make a nice gift,

For someone on hospital, small tissues, wet wipes, soap, postage stamps and thank you cards, sweets, etc.,

 Or for a chocoholic... filled with small specialty bars of chocolate,

Another Nun on the Run photo I just had to share.......

This guy was a hoot, scooting around at the Southport show, and played this mobile grand piano whilst dressed as a nun. Someone told me that he entered for the recent series of "Britain's Got Talent"......and got buzzed very quickly !!! 

I loved the candelabra on the piano and his yellow tights.

Thanks for popping by and hope you had a good weekend.