Hopping In with the New Year of the Rabbit

The Year of the Rabbit officially began on the the 22nd of January 2023. I had hoped to make some cute bunny themed red envelopes (lai si) and a Chinese New Year card but just like the rabbit in Aesop's Tortoise and Hare fable, I relaxed a bit too much during the holidays and it was too late when I finally started hopping to it. Fortunately,  I have wonderful, talented friends that always come up with the best fun and creative projects to share!

My very punctual and reliable crafty friend Bev sent us this super cute My Melody themed card a week prior to Chinese New Year. It was a good thing that she did because it was her card that finally inspired me to start working on my Chinese New Year cooky boxes.

With only a week left to come up with a box to share my almond cookies this year, I knew it had to be something that would be quick and easy. Sanrio's adorable My Melody bunny was the perfect answer! To make her card, Bev told me she used a Chinese New Year image of Hello Kitty to create her cut file, then swapped Hello Kitty's head with My Melody's head. I thought that was ingenius! So I did the same for the My Melody paper piecing too.

No time to design a new box style so I decided to use the same flip top box template that I had already created a file for a few years ago for Valentines Day.

My Melody's paper pieced body was attached to the box base and her head to the flip top lid. Each box had the capacity to hold 8 to 10 medium sized almond cookies.

As a final touch, I used the Print and Cut feature to add a print and stencil cut label to the back of the boxes.

This fun Chinese New Years Firecracker treat holder designed by Lorna once again shows her amazing creative prowess of thinking ouside the box. For this treat holder, Lorna cut Chinese red envelopes (lai si), rolled them into tubes and hung them from a wooden dowel to look like a string of firecrackers. She then very cleverly glued pony beads to the bottom of a condiment cup filled with treats as a stand to hold the wooden dowel in place. Love that cute little bunny dressed in a Mandarin jacket and the pretty gold blossoms at the base of the dowel.   

Thank you for stopping by today. Sending wishes for a New Year full of good health and prosperity to all!