Craft with Me: Laminated Paper Pouches and the Evolution of an Idea

The evolution of an idea, from inspiration to finished pouch.
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[@mouse9008]

Very pretty artwork. I love the different colors and shapes. Very happy feelings when looking at your artwork paintings

[@destiny_ryales]

These are so beautiful, and show an insane amount of creativity! I love it!

[@sandramaldonado9913]

Gorgeous

[@aliceadler4569]

Love these little pouches, Melanie!!! So handy!!! ♥️♥️♥️🌺🌺🌺

[@butterfly4591]

love love love them. And loved watching how your ideas evolved. Beautiful work

[@Magicpoppy]

I love your creative mind🤗. So relaxing to watch (while waiting at the dentist). I will try this! Lovely colors and prints🌺

[@smokeystearns]

Excellent video of your design process. And, excellent pouches! I am very impressed, thank you.

[@alisstitchingstudio8990]

Fantastic video, loving your creative energy.Thank you for sharing your skills.

[@craftnm7225]

Love your ideas and your painted canvas!

[@jaustin2927]

Beautiful creative work! Love this

[@brandyhuckabee1382]

I absolutely LOVE this idea! I will be making these for sure. Thank you😊

[@tfntexas]

Really cool little pouches!

[@craftyroosmichelesommer5348]

These are so flippin cool! Thanks so much can't wait to try this. TFS 🥰❤

[@SammiJarrad]

I found this interesting & I love your artwork. Thanks for sharing. 😁💜💜

[@LSI.]

From quilting tutorial videos, I got the idea of using washable glue stick on fabric and ironing over the glued fabric before sewing. But if I forget to iron, it will mess the machine, especially those computerized sewing models. Thank you for all your videos. I have gotten a lot of inspiration. Love your sense of colors and your art.

[@Taitcreates639]

Love these pouches, excellent tutorial, tysm.

[@alejandrinacookie4915]

I love does pouches thank you for sharing your beautiful idea

[@feekyle3457]

Love that stitching book, would enjoy seeing how you made it.😊 These pouches are great.

[@stephaniepaterson6340]

Me too!

[@remistrother8354]

Love it Melanie!

[@rmayfairecottage]

I very much enjoyed your pouch video--I have some matte contact paper and will have lots of fun with your creative idea! A promo for this video was on my Home page so I thought I'd check it out and am glad I did. I'm now a new subscriber. TFS!

[@missygilly9917]

That was a very clever way of making these pouches! Thank you for sharing your process & tips! I’d wondered about contact paper, myself, as I don’t have a “laminator” machine. I will try this.

[@TS-wf2rn]

I love hearing out your whole thought process. You're so creative and you love solving problems!

[@marciepeterson2372]

Love this idea! Thank you. Peace

[@kcastillo0319]

This was very interesting. I have successfully run the contact paper through my laminator. Adhere as you have done and encase the leading edge inside a folded piece of printer paper to be sure nothing gets jammed. I usually run it through twice. An amazing transformation of the card stock. Thanks for sharing.

[@bowenjesus2303]

InstaBlaster...

[@TurquoiseDreamingSheree]

Great ideas Melanie! : ) Sheree

[@NotTooShabbyChic]

New subbie! Love these pouches

[@guillerminamiramontes3907]

wuauuu sencillamente hermosos!!!!

[@hasanimam35]

Wow amazing tutorial

[@cyntiacunha8547]

Hello from Brasil....i Just Loved this video ...thanks

[@mwenpraledorayley]

Thank you for sharing your thought process. It's so helpful to have a visual of it and the end result is beautiful. MyLifeInABullet has a DIY Bullet Journal tutorial that shows how to set the eyelet with that type of eyelet setter. I'm not sure if you've seen it. Keep up the great work! You've earned a new subscriber.

[@kitsala1]

Thank you so much, just purchased a download.

[@MelanieSullivan]

Thank you! These pouches are fun to make!

[@MichelleColeCreates]

I loooooooooooooooooove these so much! So they hold up okay without the laminate on both sides of the paper?

[@The_Real_DreamM]

Awesome

[@happylablady]

Crazy question.....where can I find the round things with the string ? I love your videos.

[@MelanieSullivan]

Hi there! I made them. I used a circle punch to make the shape and then attached it with a brad. I tied the string on underneath the circle on the brads post. It's pretty simple to do, but you'd need a brad to make it work. Hope that helps!

[@AS-lm9xm]

Can you use laminate sheets? Those are really cute.

[@MelanieSullivan]

Sure! I think laminate sheets would work great too!

[@mouse9008]

What about a laminator machine

[@kimberlystrickland4101]

Melanie put your eyelet in before you see it up, simple!

[@MelanieSullivan]

Good idea!

[@lory6605]

What size of needle did you use?

[@MelanieSullivan]

For sewing paper, I just use a general purpose machine needle. My favorite needles are Schmetz needles in size 70/10.

[@4tjinta]

Are you sure, 3 euro for one printable sheet?

[@maicarton7964]

M’

[@doggydoc4uinnc]

They're called button and string closures in case anyone needs to look up tutorials.

[@MelanieSullivan]

thanks!

[@kariatid]

I think buttons would be marvelous! I have tons of wooden buttons with prints on them that I've been looking for creative uses for...clocks, mandala, Eiffel towers, etc. Also, I think I'll print my labels and laminate them with the pouch for what I want to store in them. LOL Just sewing the edges is about the limit of my sewing machine skillz. 😉

[@BeatlesFanSonia]

I cringe when a book is being defaced!