Creative times once again

[wiseheart]

I got a Gift Box Craft Set by crelando from my goddaughter and her mother as a (very) belated Christmas present. According to the cover, it is High quality craft material for 2 large and 3 small boxes, with appliqués for crative decorating and contents 5 pre-cut sheets of cardboard, 1 sheet of cardboard with decorative pattern, 5 m string and 1 sheet of adhesive pads. All the other decorations are from my own stock.

As a rule, I don't work with such pre-cut stuff as you probably know. I prefer to make my boxes myself. But since it was a gift, and since the smaller boxes are really small (7cmx11xm), so that I can't really use the nice, sturdy cardboard for anything else, I gave it a try. The results can be viewed below:



And a different angle:



I still haven't given up on the two larger boxes; I need some sturdy cardboard for the baby journal, perhaps they'll be large enough to serve as filling material. We'll see.

I also tried to reconstruct one of Grandma's old recipes, one called Kleingehacktes. It was basically minced meet with some sort of garlic sauce but neither Mum nor I know how exactly it was made. My version was a little different, but we still found it yummy enough, and at least it was something different. It's so hard to come up with things to cook; we usually end up making the same dishes over and over again.

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

It's great that the recipe turned out. And the boxes are very cute!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) They cost me three full mornings, but at least now I've got some of the Easter gifts out of my hair.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

But they seem worth it.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm quite pleased with the way they turned out indeed... just this side of kitschy. *g* I'll put fake grass in them and fill them with tiny little marzipan or nougat or coconut eggs and give them away. That's why I was looking for homemade candy recipes. But I think the little eggs will do. After all, I intend to make them myself.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I think they will be delightful little gifts! :D

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I hope so. I don't feel like starting a baking orgy, so I needed a different solution. *g*

[meathiel]

The boxes look nice enough ...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

They do now, after I added lots and lots of decoration. Perhaps a bit too much...

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

The boxes are cute! So colorful.

We tend to make our favorite dishes repeatedly. Once in a while I'll choose something new at random from a cookbook if the photo looks enticing enough.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The same here, actually. :)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

They look great.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I am glad you like them.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

The boxes are lovely. And well done for attempting that recipe and having it turn out so well.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I still regret that I wasn't able to recreate the actual recipe; of course, perhaps if I used pork it would have been closer. But we mostly eat chicken or turkey in these days.