Shrinky Dinks
i never used Shrinky Dinks as a child, and when i came across another post that used them to make little key tags i thought they were super cute. thought it would be a great idea to put my little logo on it so that i could use as a tag for any of the projects i would be giving away as gifts! i was able to find Shrinky Dinks for Inkjet Printers at the local Michaels store. a package of 10 sheets cost $10, so it wasn’t a bad deal at all! since i’d never used Shrinky Dinks before i didn’t know how much smaller they’d get….well, they shrunk up way smaller than i intended, and after several attempts and a whole sheet later, the outcome still turned out really cute! the problem i had for some reason was that the first couple that i did, as soon as i pulled them out of the oven, the ends would curl up and before i could even flatten them they were already molded into that curled shape! very frustrating! but it only happened a few times and now i have the hang of it so i’ll be making many more!
i just put one on the purse i’m giving to Mitzi…gonna see her today so i can’t wait to see how she likes it! 
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March 12th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Wow, I didn’t realize that shrinky dinks are available as ink jet sheets too. You’ve just made my day with that bit of information. I’ll have to get some and try it out.
Cheers!
June 30th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
[...] i finally figured out what to do with the rest of the fabrics from ikea! since i had so much of that black print and had such a hard time trying to figure out what bags to make with it, i decided to make reusable shopping totes out of the remaining fabric! i also made some little key chains to hang on the straps that say, “reuse, reduce, recyle” out of the printable shrinky dinks. [...]