The most recent swap I did was hosted by Elizabeth of Creative Breathing. The swap was to create a Vintage Swap Supply Box using a box no bigger than a shoe box. Which is what I used ~ a shoe box that I luckily must have saved some months ago thinking it would come in handy.
My partner was Michele of Nook and Cranny. Michele is a very talented and creative crafty person, and I was hoping to give her a pretty vintage look box with some useful crafting supplies. I started out by covering the box in some scrapbook paper I had. A nice faded blue and cream polka dot for the bottom and a coordinating blue and cream paper for the lid.
I found a paper doll image on Pinterest, printed it out on cardstock, and glued that to the lid.
I made it a little more personal by using a small doily {received in another swap} and a Scrabble letter “M”.
I filled it with a bunch of goodies! Some I bought and some I already had. I hope I gave Michele a good assortment to make some new projects!
Here is the box I got from Michele.
Lots of goodies!
Trims, lots of crafting supplies, buttons, a wonderful old book of Grimms Fairy Tales.
Game pieces, old cards, new cards with beautiful pictures taken in Vermont.
A really fun item that Michele included was this newspaper from 1929. I think this will be an interesting read.
I must have sat for almost an hour going through everything! I felt like a kid at Christmas. Thank you so much, Michele! I love it all!
10 comments:
Very pretty boxes! The 1929 newspaper was a great addition - I love stuff like that!
Yowza! That's a lot of goodies! Have fun with everything!
Jeanine
Oh, what a sweet goodie box, Kathy! Michele is a very lucky person!
Happy crafting!!!
Have a great weekend!
Diana
Oh my, a box full of super yummy treasures. Hugs, Marty
That looks like it was a fun swap. Just swapping pretty boxes is a fun idea but when they are filled with such treasures to inspire creativity, wow!
Hi Kathy,
I love the box you made for her. The paper doll is so cute...it's just perfect.
I love the box she sent you. And yes, I too would be like a kid in a candy shop with all that wonderful loot!
hugs
Sissie
Kid at Christmas for sure..Can't wait to see what you do with all that stuff.
How fun! I want to do that!!!
Great idea!
Susan
FUN swap!!!Lots of goodies for many projects!
deb
Both boxes are just beautiful. What a fun and very special swap! :)
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