Boxes, Boxes, and More Boxes

I hope everyone had a wonderful, fun, and safe 4th of July. It was a pretty miserable day weather wise in CT. Overcast in the morning and raining all afternoon/evening. No fireworks but we should be able to see some this weekend. I decided to use some of the down time to work on a few projects. The first is a box for my aunt. Her 50th birthday is coming up this weekend. My uncle said no gifts for her party unless we wanted to bring a gag gift. I personally am not into gag gifts, plus didn't have time to even look for one so I decided to create this box to hold her cards and other special mementos of the day. I used a combination of vintage wallpaper, vintage sheet music, and a sweet vintage birthday card and of course threw in some glitter!


The interior of the box. I'm running very low on my paper stash so I used quite a bit of different kinds but I think it adds to the character! I was having trouble getting the interior sides covered properly so I decided to trim them in rick rack and highlight the original purpose of the box.

Later in the day we went to a picnic, I actually sat outside for a bit in the rain, under the patio umbrella but then the water started seeping in! This is a little box I made as a hostess gift for the picnic hostess.A few gift tags.

Last but not least is a craft project by my friend Judy. Her son is getting married in France next month (how wonderful! The reception is in a chateau!) and she is having a "state side" reception for the happy couple in September. She made this box to hold cards. It started out as a plain cardboard box and top and with very minimal guidance from me, she created this lovely keepsake.

Have a wonderful day dear blogging friends!