When the box is better than the gift.

Hello again, my dear blog! Um, I made some more things that I want to post up here. I've been having trouble explaining them to people. I took these little jewelry boxes and made 3d love notes/valentines in them.It says "Home is where the heart is..." on the lid.

and inside:

And another one:

And another one:

That last one I got the line from my deer friend Fawn. Each box is a standard ring box, about 2.5"x 3.25". I love the idea of making artwork in boxes. They are very surprising and secret and you can keep them forever. I do worry about the person's reaction when they receive one of these boxes because they will be anticipating an actual gift, but I guess I think of them as sort of elaborate gift cards that could go along with a real gift.

Anyway, I will be selling these at a few crafts fairs that Fawndeleine will be appearing at this summer. Also, someday soon I will start an etsy account. Really, the biggest thing that is stopping me, is coming up with a name for it. 

Since this is my blog, I'm going to share some of my older work in boxes. If you know me, you've probably seen these already:

As you can see, these new gift boxes are like little poops from my old ideas.

I am also working on a quilt, which is taking up a lot of my time and I'm starting to hate the way it is turning out. I think that always happens with me when I take on a big project. Obviously, I'll post pictures when the quilt is finished. It's my first one, so if it isn't any good, I'm going to make more that will be amazing.

I guess that's all for now...