Do I Know You From Somwhere?
February 11th, 2008 @ 8:26 am by Mrs. Gummi Bear
Yes, perhaps you do - but we can go ahead and pretend we’re strangers so we can avoid that awkward silence where you and I both try to conduct a conversation without admitting we don’t know who the other person is.
Despite my recent hermitous (no, that’s not a word) behavior, I did crawl out of my hole and make valentines for people. I’m sorry to anyone who received one as I was going through some crazy ADD moment and they are entirely non-cohesive, and it doesn’t help that my handwriting is that of a 4 year old being forced to write with their off hand. This is why fonts and emails were created, because people wanted to stop hiring hieroglyphic experts in order to read their birthday cards.
See this cute packaging?
It was a photo taken before the USPS made me start over. But let’s all pretend for my ego that this is exactly how it arrived in the mail.
I may have overused the baker’s twine. Mr. GB dragged me to IKEA yesterday to buy random things to help organize, but it’s a losing battle. I’m tied to my office chair in leftover ribbon and twine after a long fight with the infamous “middle drawer” of craft. The more I use, the better it will be in the end, so I’m sorry to all my valentine’s people who will be finding twine in all their food and on their clothes for the next month.
I used a pattern to make my love mouse, I’m not nearly that creative… and I realize now I should have put a magnet or something else in him that would make him less useless. I thought I had squeezed all the craft out of me in October, but I think I’m ready to get back into it. Too bad the wedding is over and all that will result is more twine and felt found in places it doesn’t belong. 
Happy early Valentine’s Day!
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22 Responses to “Do I Know You From Somwhere?”
They’re sooo cute and creative Miss GB!!! I heart baker’s twine… so the more the better!
sooo feakin’ cute!!!
ditto…..cuteness mouse-ified!
you are one creative genius mrs gb. -) you must do a diy post on how you did that felt mousey.
OMG mrs GB. The love mouse is so cute, matches your tissue paper. I WANT! I WANT!!!!!!!!!!!
I used the same bakers twine for my Valentine’s! Yup, its all over the house.
haha, i always love your posts and projects. you are so creative!
Hi! Love the valentines! Quick question…why did the post office make you start over? What is the correct way to address packages like that? Thanks for your help!
those are so cute! i wish i could have signed up for the swap but alas, with grad school apps and studying for the gmat it’s been busy for me. and yes, why did the post office make you do the labels over?
the box was just too small, so they made me cram them into envelopes. I figure people who received them will get the idea that it was all the silly post offices’ fault and that the crummy envelope was not at all part of the design. hah!
the mouse was a pattern I use for all my stuffed animals. 
it’s the aranzi aronzo series.
the love mouse is so cute! can i ask where you got the pattern for it? i’ll shamelessly admit, i kind of want to make one too!
Looooove the baker’s twine. You always take the best pictures, too! Totally freakin’ adorable.
UH. MUH. GUH. WOWOWOWOWOWOW! Bee should ban me from using capital letters in my comments all the time. I love these so much I might die. Only capital letters could truly capture how much I LOVE THESE!!!
These are so cute!! I love you labels - I want to do similar ones for my save the dates but I’m not sure what labels to use. How’d you create yours??
I just got it today!! THANKS SO MUCH, it’s SOOO cute!!!! I’m eating the red hots as I type…
peaches, it’s from an Aranzi Aronzo book about making felt animals - this one was from the japanese website, but you can easily figure it out after looking at the book. they’re all made the same way
Penguin: we copy from each other and make beautiful boxes full of candy. We can start our own box-of-candy-invite company.
McCaulie: I just made them in photoshop and cut them out with an exacto knife on full sheet sticker paper.
Mrs. Caramel: I’m so glad it came intact!! I know, I’ve been eating the leftover candy non stop. by leftover I mean.. I overbought on purpose.
[...] re-attaching buttons, I don’t sew. But seeing all these great projects everywhere from Etsy and Mrs. Gummibear’s magnificent valentines, got me thinking of small sewing projects for the [...]
Thank you for the cute Valentine’s package…..loved the mouse! You are so sweet. I loved it.
I was inspired by your boxes when I made mine - and didn’t realize it until now!! Check it out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/katystardust/sets/72157603896217361/
How weird, eh? Ah well, at least my original pincushion idea worked out. Sorry for the subliminal theft!
So, how much would you charge to make my invitations for me????
Mrs. Gummi Bear, San Francisco
Age and Occupation: 25, Japanese Importer/Illustrator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Game Developer/Programmer
Engagement Date: April 15, 2006
Wedding Date: October 13, 2007
Blogging Since: June 19, 2007
Venue: Organic farm an hour from San Francisco
About Me: I live for anthropologie, design blogs, sweets, japanese zakka, and vintage goods. We just bought our first home together and live with our two puppies and cat - it's a strange mixture of vintage, high-tech (we have 7 computers and 21 video game systems in all), and a whole lot of fur. Our wedding tries to embody the Japanese idea of "slow life", which is truly taking the time to enjoy food, company, and your environment!
!! the love mouse is so cute — and the whole package is just adorable