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Gum wrapper weaving goes out for coffee

November 9, 2012 by Stefanie Girard

Weaving gum wrapper crafts go waaaaay back but I love the new spin Marisa of the blog Mar de Sonhos: Imitation of Life put on her weaving by using coffee bags to make this cute lunch bag.

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Comments

  1. Theresa says

    November 10, 2012 at 8:26 am

    Any idea of the size of the strips?

  2. Angie says

    November 18, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    Can we get tutorial for this. I’d like to make it.tnx

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