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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Handmade Holiday Blog Hop

Hi! Welcome to my stop on the blog hop! I'm very excited about sharing my holiday project with you, so let's get started!! :)

First, if you didn't come from Laura's blog, then go back to Amanda's blog and start there.

Ok- now my project! I found the cutest little wooden boxes at Dollar Tree (of all places!) and I thought they looked a lot like mini printer's trays! I bought several of them and decided to make some gifts out of them! I painted the box with 2 coats of off-white (and I mixed some brown and white together for a couple of them just because that's all we had on-hand) and then put a coat of gold Stickles only on the surface wood pieces- not too much.

Then I decorated each little box with some paper from The Girls' Paperie and embellies I could find around my scraproom. The chipboard letters are some Tim Holtz Grungeboard letters that I colored with a black permanent marker and then coated with black Stickles.

I thought at first that I would display these little beuts on photo stands, but I tried that and I didn't like it. So I just tied some ribbon to the rings that were already attached to the wooden boxes! The best part about these gifts is that they don't have to be exactly the same!

Number 1

Number 2 

Number 3 



Thanks for stopping by! Sorry, I didn't orgainze a giveaway this time, but I'd love for you to comment here and tell me what you think of my little projects before you go to the next stop- Melissa's blog.

20 comments:

Adele said...

Heather, they are gorgeous. And so simple to make! Brilliant idea with the glitter, adds just that extra little punch. :D

Becky said...

Heather, I love this!!! I might have to head over to a Dollar Tree here just to find one of those boxes. They look great!!!

Shanon said...

These are gorgeous!!!

Anonymous said...

Those are seriously cute!! I will be heading to the Dollar Tree now too to find some of those. What a great idea :)
Melissa

Moongirl said...

I love them! The sprinkling of Stickles is just perfect and the papers are so cute! I like the mixed font too.

Ashley Horton said...

How Awesome Heather!! I can't believe you found those at Dollar Tree!! Great idea to use it to spell out the word Christmas!! Very, very cute!

Sunny79 said...

This one is so lovely, I like it much!

love, Marina.

Jennifer DeWolfe said...

Absolutely adorable! I love it!

Steffanie said...

These are adorable! And what a steal to find these at the dollar store! Love the glitter!

Cassie said...

Those are so cute! I can't believe you found them at the dollar store. I love what you did with them!

GLOANN said...

Heather, you and your wonderfully creative mind. This is so cute.

Dottie said...

I am going to have to look for some of those boxes! Nice job.

CAstangs said...

Very cute! And super easy looking (and this would be a great idea for other holidays too)

Laurie said...

Heather, it is so refreshing to see such a young mind be so creative. These are positively beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Susan said...

Too cute. I have to go check out my Dollar Tree, hope they have those.

yokaye said...

So cute! I hope our $ tree has some of those...what a great use for them!

bfran55 said...

Cute idea! I love the Dollar Tree. Sure hope I can find some of these boxes.

blsd2scrp said...

these are awesome! thanks for the hop!

Stacia Brandt said...

Heather, these are very cute!!!

Auntie Em said...

These are just precious! What a fun idea. Isn't it amazing what you can find a a dollar store! :)