St. Patrick's Day Gift
Hi, It's Ann and today I have this gift box project that I made and will be giving some young men in my life for St.Patrick's Day. Even though we are not of Irish descent it is just a day that we like to make an excuse to be somewhat festive! So here is the box that I stuffed with Gold! Ok, not real gold but even better, the edible chocolate kind, yum! To make this I simply recycled some green flyers that were in the mail with a green used envelope from Christmas. I used the Arnold Grummer paper making kit and followed the traditional method as can be seen in this video. At the last moment of mixing the pulp I added the bling to the mix. Once the paper was dry I lay one piece over another and glued them together with a glue stick. I then cut out the gift box using a template and cutting tool from Martha Stewart Crafts. I assembled the box and decorated it with some stickers from the Dollar store. I also made a shamrock by punching four ...