Here is a sweet little box I made using the nestability dies to sit up on top and make a pretty lid which I then added some glittered up jingle bells to!.  I am sure you have seen these type of boxes around.  I filled them with sweet gingerbread hearts   They were just so nice with this color scheme and I think I will give it to John   What…you only thought I made snowflakes?  ;)  The box top and bottom are from a 5×5 square scored at one inch all around and then the corners are snipped and folded in for the top and bottom.  Voila, a done box and I just adhered my nestability die topper when it was finished.  The stamps are the Basic Grey “Wassail” stamps available at I {heart} papers.  Enabling Alert: They are having a black Friday sale over there as well…so here are the details if you are interested in free shipping and good stuff like that. 

-       Free shipping has been reduced to $25 US Fri-Sun ($50 CAN.)

-       For every $50 spent, they will receive a $10 gift certificate (on Dec 1) towards a future purchase. It is incremental $50=$10gc, $100=$20gc, etc.

So I have decided I am now not a complete idiot when it comes to sewing.  You may have noticed I have begun sewing things.  I really like it now that I was taught how to do it.  I bought the Janome Sew Mini from Hancock Fabrics because they had it the cheapest.  So when I got it I was scared to death looking at the instructions, because I am really bad at following pictures when it isn’t something like putting together a table and chairs.  I can do that.  It is the more detailed intricate instructions I fowl up, especially when I didn’t even know what it was SUPPOSED to look like in the future!  So here is what I did.  I called 911…in my world that means I called my Mother-In-Law.  She came RIGHT OVER (because apparently she knew what could have happened in the meantime) and litterally spent three hours with me showing me how a sewing machine works, how to wind a bobbin and how to actually sew.  Is that nice or WHAT?  So now I am completely grateful to her for this wonderful skill set she has taught me.  SO NICE!  So I sewed a scarf for the first time, but am scared to show you.  I don’t want you to laugh!  Maybe for my next post?  I am scared to death you will laugh though! 

Stamps: Basic Grey Wassail

Paper: Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White, Whisper White SU!, Polka Dot Parade

Ink: Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado

Other: Glitter, Jingle Bells, Signo white gel pen, nestabilty dies

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