DIY Bakers Twine

Do a search for bakers twine on Pinterest and you'll be flooded with brilliant gift and packaging ideas. I saw a tutorial recently to make your own, so here's my rendition of homemade bakers twine.

Start with white crochet thread and wind it around a piece of heavy card stock or cardboard.



Take a Sharpee or marker and draw straight lines.



To be honest I didn't love how the Sharpie was working. It didn't seem to bleed to the other side and it looked uneven.



I tried a paint marker next and it did the trick. It took a few minutes longer to dry, but it bled all the way through the string.



Perfect!

I read online to use Sharpies, so to each his own. Maybe I didn't press down hard enough? Either way, the paint marker did the job.



Love it. I will be picking up a red and green paint marker so I can make some bakers twine for the upcoming holidays.



And yes, I did just mention Christmas is vastly approaching.

May I never mention it again until December first.



Let me know if you try this!