basket of love

I have always admired vintage chocolate molds and how ornate there designs are.  When I came across this vintage basket mold that I used for this project, I could not resist buying it. I thought it would be fun to make the basket out of something that would last longer than chocolate. Paper clay is really easy to work with. It dries very quickly so I found it to be a great  medium to work with. I have also used paper clay on a large chocolate egg mold and it makes a great candy container. And just imagine how adorable it would be to make a paper  Santa out of an old Santa mold, or an Easter bunny! The possibilities are endless.


by Amy Hanna


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the complete instructions 

for this project is found in the 

spring issue of inspired ideas, 

 get it here