Monday, January 2, 2012

Piggy Bank!

Hello and Happy New Year!! I had such a wonderful holiday week traveling to visit my family and friends. It was so much fun. We are expecting some snow today so that will be another fun adventure for my Texas-raised kiddos!

Today I have a cute idea for a birthday gift, especially for those times that you have no idea what to get the birthday child.

Just fill up a SRM mini tube with quarters (it holds a lot, had to borrow the ones from the kid's piggy banks to fill er up!) Then, transform the tube into a piggy bank by adding a pig topper. I used a file I found in the Silhouette library (Silhouette.)

I added a little Twinery baker's twine on his tail and some black pearls for his eyes. I added the SRM sticker sentiment from Sticker Sentiments-Birthday on the pig and the Big number 1 from We've Got Your Number- XL white directly on the tube.

Finished. Easy!

Thanks for stopping by!



13 comments:

Dawn Easton said...

Happy New Year, Carolyn! Glad you had a wonderful holiday with your family!!!

This piggy bank is CUTE!!!!

Anne Temple said...

So very cute and a wonderful idea! Happy New Year to you.

Laura Love said...

That is a super cute idea! Love it

Donna said...

Adorable idea, Cammie. Glad you had a wonderful holiday. We did too. Stay safe in the snow.

Erin Smetak said...

What a great idea! I'll be printing this out for future gifts! Thanks!!!

Kim said...

That is so cute!!!

Unknown said...

This is so adorable! You know I love piggy's. Great gift idea, more fun than a gift card or plain old paper money, heehee.

Lynette said...

So cute, Cammie! Happy New Year - enjoy the snow!

Tosha Leyendekker said...

See....you are sooooo clever!! What a fabulous idea!! Hope your creativeness rubs off easily...counting on it in a few weeks...just sayin'... :)

Christiana said...

What a GREAT idea for a birthday gift for one of the many parties my boys are invited to. Their little friends would LOVE these. You could probably roll some ones together and squeeze them in there for something different, too.

Beate said...

Cammie, that's just the cutest thing!
Happy New Year!
Hugs and smiles

Melanie said...

omgosh, so cute! squeal!! hee hee hee!

Deborah Anton said...

Great little idea... My boys would have torn into those quarters already! Lol!