My 12 Days of Christmas boxes

[wiseheart]

Only 11 now - I still have to wait for the 12th matchbox to become empty. ;)

Outside view:



Inside view:



Inside details:





Small corrections are still possible, but they are more or less finished. Fastening the small wooden beads on the gold cord was a particular pain, seeing that my sausage fingers aren't really suited for such delicate work, but all in all I'm quite pleased with the outcome.

Comments

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

These are so cute!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

They're gorgeous! They're making my mouth water for Christmas already.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)) I so love Christmas and everything connected to it.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Cute. But oh so tiny.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Actually, those are medium-sized matchboxes: 5 cm by 7 cm, so they are not unmanageable. For people *without* sausage fingers, is. ;)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay.

[wanderingmogwai.livejournal.com]

Those are most excellent!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Seeing what little I had to work with, I am quite pleased with the outcome. But that is the point of working with recycled stuff.

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

Feeling all christmassy seeing those!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I always start early with the Christmass-y crafting, to have enough stuff to offer at the annual charity fair of our school. Assuming we will have one this year...

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

So pretty! And I love the fastenings. I really need to do some more work on mine.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm pleased with the fastenings, too, but they were one hell of a job to make. Sausage fingers are very practical when you have to knead dough, but a serious disadvantage by such delicate work.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

very nice.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. For amateurish work they're well enough, I think.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

I love them! What a fun Christmas craft! It looks like a lot of detail work, which is a great way to relax, and lose yourself in your thoughts while your fingers do the cutting and glueing!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I dunno about relaxing. I have to concentrate really hard to get the cuts more or less straight and the glueing go where it's supposed to be. *g*

Still it was indeed fun work. :)

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. they are all lovely. I especially like the one you have centered in the 3rd image, with the tree and stars on the inside lid and the leaf patterned interior.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I loved that leaf-patterned paper. Unfortunately, I'd used up almost all of it for a previous project (perhaps for the Russian dolls, although I'm not sure), so I only had enough left for the one box.