New Year's Bundle

I got a creative bug the other day, and I made these little New Year's bundles for my stamping friends!! Here is what it looks like.... but I forgot to add the three little tags that said, Happy New Year on them... but I did make tags for all of them...teeny tiny tags.. :)

The little birdie is a test tube filled with birdseed! I couldn't wait to make it!
Ok, so the weird curly stuff at the top? Well, its a straw. A drinking straw. I cut it with a cutter and made it into a curly thing! Then I used double stick tape, wrapped it around the tube, and then put the ends of the straw on that, then wrapped bakers twine around to cover everything, and tied it in front in a knot...
Hold on to the straw and it bounces...
Here's a closeup of my flower... I like this flower stamp.. and I just got the punch. I know, I'm about 2 years late getting it, but I finally did. I stamped one and cut leaves out of them too...
Here's how I folded the little basket. First I started with a 6 X 6 piece. Fold it triangle wise...
Then you take one of the corners, fold it across like you were going to make a star...
Fold the other side over it, making sure they are even.
Then you are going to unfold them, and reverse fold the sides in, because you don't want to see where they criss cross each other...
Once they are reversed folded, then take one of the ends, and fold it in, and over the folds, making a pocket. It would be cute to fold both ends in too... But I didn't...
So here is what the end bundle looks like. I punched holes in the sides and tied it with baker's twine, but I could have used wire too... or ribbon... or another straw thingy...
Anyways, first project of the year...

Hope you like!