Selling my cootie catcher jar / wishbowl...

Sonicstef Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:36 PM

Selling my cootie catcher jar / wishbowl...

Selling the jar I used for my cootie catchers and Michele31 used as her wishbowl. Anyone interested? (Will bring to GTG so no shipping for those who are coming)

Bought it from Pier One for $25. Traditional styling with a touch of green. Made from mouth-blown recycled glass, (8 1/2 dia x 15 3/4'h) Here is an ugly photo:

Here it is on my coffee table before my wedding:

Dont have any good photos of it at the reception scanned.

nrvbrd Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:40 PM

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I already have a wishbowl (received as an Xmas gift) , but I wanted to tell you how nice yours looked.

Ronnie&Theresa Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:41 PM

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You HAVE TO TELL Me..

What a cootie catcher is!!!!!!!

michele31 Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:41 PM

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Here it is as a wish bowl

Sonicstef Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:44 PM

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Here is what my cootie catchers (i called them fortune tellers) looked like:

Here are the directions that I tied around the jar:

Here is where I got the idea from:

Ronnie&Theresa Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:46 PM

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I must be a spaz..

I don't get it..

Please explain in simple man ( Theresa ) terms!!!

Misty Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:49 PM

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It's a game, a fortune telling game. If you land on 'hit the dancefloor' you do it. Or not, it's just a really cute fun idea, and I think very original for a wedding. I haven't done one since I was in elementary school!

Great job Stef!

Sonicstef Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:49 PM

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They are these little orgami paper things that little girls make. You write the names of boys in it and stuff and it 'tells your future'.

Ronnie&Theresa Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:52 PM

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And you hand them out at the wedding.....

Explain more. I get the general idea.. But the guests pick them up and then play?

sept20yay! Posted: Jan 06, 2003 04:58 PM

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Stef- That is beyond awesome!!! So original for a wedding- my fear is that my wedding will just blend with all the others.... this kind of creative stuff is what I was talking about in my FM!!! Totally, different, fun and creative!!! Very Martha Stewart...

Sonicstef Posted: Jan 06, 2003 05:01 PM

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Thanks Sept.

Teresa: I put them in the jar at the cocktail hour and let people find them. Most of the older people probably had no clue what they were but I think the younger set got a kick out of them. It was just a little detail that I added that didnt cost very much b/c I made the cootie catchers myself.

Diane Posted: Jan 06, 2003 05:12 PM

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I think it is a neat idea

JoRo Posted: Jan 06, 2003 06:03 PM

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I think that is an awesome idea!!! Was it hard to make them? I see you have a template thingy. was that hard to do??

Okay, now i have a really dumb
What is a wishbowl??

--remedial bride-to-be

Sonicstef Posted: Jan 06, 2003 06:10 PM

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The template was not hard to make at all.

I didnt do a wish bowl but its something used in place of a traditional guestbook where guests write little notes to the bride and groom. Do a search and you will see lots of posts about it.

Thanks for the compliments everyone.