More is More

I needed a *little gift* for a lady who is a client of my work’s and has over the years become a friend.  She is a crafter so I knew she would appreciate something handmade.  I loved the coaster box I made for Joy so much that I decided to make a coaster box for this lady as well.  Instead of dividers, though, I decided to make a little gift set to go inside it – 2 jumbo clippies, a beaded pen and a covered note pad.

The designer paper is by DaisyD and is very rich looking – I just love it!  Plaid Royal Coat was used to adhere the paper to the coasters and as a top coat all over as well.  SU Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon was used to tie the coasters together and Petal Prints was used to stamp the embellishments along with some Primas from ecelectic Paperie.  Taylor presented a wonderful tutorial on SCS showing how to make these boxes  – check it out!

Here’s the gift all wrapped in cellophane with a Petal Prints tag to match.  The gift was delivered Wednesday by my company’s Client Rep and the recipient called me and RAVED about how much she loved this.  She went on and on and made me feel so good!  Being a crafter she, of course, wanted details on how it was made.  Isn’t it just the best when someone really *gets* what you’ve done?  I put quite a bit of time into this project for what was supposed to be *just a little something*, but it was totally worth it!

After making Joy’s box I decided that I would also need one for myself to hold my Prisma Pencils.  I was working on mine late one night and *D’oh* forgot to attach the elastic cording for the Gamsol bottle.  *eye roll*.  Oh well!  I love it anyway.  Basic Grey Romani paper was used and the huge flower is something I got at Winter CHA – sorry I don’t remember which booth it came from – except I know it’s not Prima.  I have my pencils divided by SU color family, plus a section for neutrals (and I will add the new In-colors there as soon as I get them figured out).  The last section of the 6 is for stumps and the sanding paddle.

When I posted Joy’s box I got some requests for directions.  The detailed directions for making the dividers are in Laura’s blog (click her name in blue) which I also posted previously.  Much thanks to Laura for sharing this idea!

I have to say that between the ModPodging (Royal Coating in my case), Crop-a-dile hole punching, and knot tying these boxes definitely take some time.  Even so, I do love the results.  If you make one I’d love it if you’d leave me a comment here with a link to a photo of yours on your blog or in your SCS gallery!

Our niece is spending the night tonight and tomorrow we are taking her to Sea World to do the Dolphin Encounter for her birthday present.  Then Sunday we have lunch with my uncle and my parents for Father’s Day.  And after that Curt will hopefully get to pick up his new (pre-owned) truck.  It’s a FULL weekend for sure!  I have a Father’s Day card I want to share with you, so hopefully I can get back here Sunday sometime.  Hope you have a fabulous weekend. Thanks for stopping by!