I gave in...

[wiseheart]

Originally, I wanted to use the cardboard from my gift box set for the baby journal. But the size just didn't fit; it would have been too much fiddling, with no guarantee that it would actually work. So I decided to make the journal cover from a cereal box, as before, and make of the remaining pre-cut cardboard sheet the two larger gift boxes as they were supposed to be used.

Here is the result:



The sides of the blue box are decorated with self-adhesive acrylic stones that I once bought for no other reason than that they were relatively cheap. I used some of them for the Japanese paper dolls, and now most of what was left for the box.

There will be pictures of the insides of all five boxes, once I've filled them with paper grass and cotton wool, respectively, and put the homemade little marzipan, coconut and nougat eggs in them. The inner sides of the lids are decorated, too, so I'll make sure that they'll be visible then.

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

At least you found something to use them for. I always like being able to sure stuff up.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have reserves - more of them than it's healthy - but it frustrates me when good-meaning people gift things upon me that I can't really use for things I usually make. Easter helped me out of my misery this time.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. They mean well, but...

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

The combo of hand made box and hand made petit fours sounds rather lovely!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I like to give hand-made gifts; and the kind that the recipient can eat and be done with instead of having it collect dust on a shelf are particularly practical, don't you think? ;)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

They are delightful.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely!

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

A pretty (and delicious) gift for the lucky recipient!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I actually like them better than the smaller ones because the decoration is more subdued.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So is your icon. I love the old-fashioned sewing machine. My Grandma used to have such a one.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Five people's happiness is taken care for. ;)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That's why I like getting these gift vouchers or whatever they're called in English. You get them in worth of a certain amount of money and you can buy what you want... or need. Of course, I have the problem of having got two from one of the classes last year, both worth 5,000 Hungarian forints, and I rarely buy more stuff in my craft shop than the worth of 1,000. So I'll have to put together many small purchases before the things lose validity at the end of the year.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Gift cards they are called here. I like them a lot.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

So did my Mum, she didn't use it a lot but I remember it in her bedroom, she loved the way it looked.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Aha, thanks. I like them a lot, too. They are very practical.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I actually learned sewing on Grandma's old Singer machine, but we had to give it away after a while because we simply needed the place it took up. Our flat is fairly small; so my cousin took it and put it into their "nostalgia" chamber, together with Grandma's old bedroom furniture.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

These are lovely. What a great idea to make Easter treat boxes!

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Those are super cute, what a nice gift!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

TBH, I would never have thought of it, had I not got this gift box set for selfl-making from my relatives.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I hope the recipients will think the same.