craftgrrl | Altoid Tin Zen Garden and Cat Ear Hat

Well, i finally got the zen garden done.

I found some great things in the scrapbooking section that were "zen" related, so i used those to decorate the tin with. I used a nice gold spraypaint on the tin, and gold ribbon to decorate around the edge of the tin.

The little tools are a mini landscapers set that i found in the dollhouse section of the craft store.

I used a tiny seashell we found on our vacation this summer, a small rough unpolished ruby (his favorite gem), and little glass flat marbles with kanji on them for specific words that would mean something to him, and one that has a white tiger on it, which is his totem animal. There are some extras so he can pick and choose what he wants to use in it.

For the cat hat, i combined two patterns.

This one for the hat - http://www.lionbrandyarn.com/

And the ears - http://www.crochetme.com/Oct_Nov_2004/patt_kitty_cat_hat.html

Due to time restraints, i'm not posting all the pictures here in this post, but there are pictures up on my yahoo photos page.

Go here: http://photos.yahoo.com/xxallyriaxx
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Enjoy!