Mustache!

A few weeks ago I made a little mustache card for a dear, dear friend who lives so very, very far away.  In full disclosure, I did not make the envelope...'twas a purchase quite some time back from my most favoritest of paper stores.  And, I have to admit, I didn't come up with the idea of a mustache on a tooth pick all on my own.  I got the idea from the book Craft-a-Day by Sarah Goldschadt.  I checked it out from the "new books" section of the public library last fall...and then purchased it from Amazon two days later!  It's awesome.  Super easy instructions, but oh-so-very-genius ideas for adorable crafts you can make any day.  It's loosely organized around seasons and holidays, and with a different theme every week, there's certainly no shortage of cute crafts you can keep, give away, or send via snail mail.  Ahem, cough...you should send snail mail...cough, ahem. 

So, for this card, I simply traced the mustache out of the book and onto tracing paper.  I cut it out of black felt, and then cut a small rectangular piece to fit around the back of the mustache to cover the top of the toothpick...which I hot glued onto the felt.  Two simple cuts with a craft knife to make a slit in the card, and voila!  I also stamped "hello!" onto the front using super cheap stamps (like $1.00 for all twenty-six letters plus some punctuation).  Oh, and FYI, toothpicks totally go through the mail just fine and dandy.  Try it out, and send someone a little surprise.