works fine. These are so cute. Thanks for sharing
Cara

Those are very cute and clever! I haven't seen anything like that here (Arizona). Are the peppers dried? The only ones I see around here are the dried red ones. Thanks for sharing. Bettye

Thanks!
Yes mamatoad...they are the dried red chili pods....
Hugs,
Marci

They are cute. I haven't seen the chile pepper angels here either. Are those chiles from this year or last year? My neighbor offered me some of her peppers earlier this year, but I wasn't sure what to do with them. She hung hers out on the fence to dry. I guess they'd dry just like the ristas do.

AdellaBedella:
They are from this year. I also hang them outside to dry. Yes, they actually dry pretty quick

the angels are so cute. I really like your melted snowman pin too.

Qtiemom,

Would you mind sharing the little melted snowman poem....he looks so adorable and I just know the poem must be the same way. I'd love to make some of these for my grand children this year....would you mind sharing please?

Thanks so much ;-)

MsLadybyte

They are cute, but here people wouldn't "get it" with the chili pods. Maybe another year or so it will hit here.

I found an online source for book hooks finally. Since I play with polymer clay I wanted to find them but not at $1.99 each. How much did you sell your book hooks for?

BTW, LOVED the Santa Kiss!! Laura

I have had MANY requests for this poem and instructions so I thought I would let everyone know, incase anyone is interested in making them. They are so easy and fun to make and people just Love them!

Here is the poem I use for the Melted Snowman Pin:

Last night I heard a knock
It was a snowman outside my door,
Asking if he could come inside
And play on the floor. . .
"Oh", he cried, "what I would do,
to sleep in a big warm bed!"
"But I'm forced to stand outside,
In the freezing cold instead...."
Next thing we knew, a cold wind blew
Mr. Snowman right through my door,
And now there's nothing left of him,
But a puddle on the floor.
"unknown Source"

I found this poem at this site but no author's name was attached:
http://www.craftygardener.ca/winter1.html

The melted part of the snowman is glue from a glue gun. Hot Melt is better the Cool Melt glue stays sticky and it discolors to a "yellowish" color.
I do globs of glue on foil or even waxed paper. Let glue cool for just a minute or so then add small plastic top-hat, button, and for the arms I cut off small twiggy, branchy looking things off of the silk flower bunches. I used toothpicks at one time and little twigs, but they break too easily. Let melted snowman cool completely and glue a pin back on the back. I attached to that small "amateur tag"...LOL and I sell them for $3.00....they sell like Crazy!
**Another hint...if you don't let the glue cool a tiny bit before adding the hat, it will melt the hat. But in all reality, it kind of looks neat with a little melting on the hat. I guess it is just your own preference.

I have also asked for some help on a shorter poem and maybe even a tag...being that I am such a Graphic amateur...LOL...so as soon as these talented women come up with something, I'll let you all know....

**wnlbutterfly---I sell them for $8.00--seems like a lot but they sell very well! You said Not at $1.99...what price were you able to find them at? Heck I'm paying way too much!...lol

FYI---the Poem for the Santa Kisses:

In this spoonful of Love,
2 Kisses you will see,
One is from Santa
and the other is from me.

It is just a plastic spoon with 2 Hershey's kisses wrapped in cellophane and tied with a bow. I sell SO many of them for big organizations! They buy them in Huge bulk too...

Any other questions, let me know!
Marci

Butterfly, you can find the Shepherd hook bookmarkers at the Dollar General Store. Usually hanging on an end isle.
AnnieB

May I ask what you sell the Santa Kisses for? Everything you do is soooooo cute!!

Thank you perk2....I sell them for $1.00
They sell soooooo well....

Sorry I never answered, now I lost the site after I thought I had just ordered and have been trying to google again to find it with no luck. So far the cheapest I found was firemoutaingems at .77 each (they sell 2 in a pkg and you have to buy 10 pkgs to get this price).

Anyone else find another source? THANKS Laura

I forgot about the recycle bin on the desktop, I never empty it....www.beadgiant.com
They are called book hooks and if you buy "in bulk" it's $28.88 for 72 which breaks down to .40 each.

Laura

where do you all get the boxes for the bookmarks?

Do you mean boxes to put them in once they are finished?? I had actually found some very nice gold jewelry boxes (with cotton) on eBay I believe. But there are some other packing suppliers out there that have them too. I sometimes order from Veripak I think it is, but pretty sure it was eBay.