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Boxes & Blocks…again~

Do you make or shop for homemade items for the Holidays?  Over the years, I have come across more and more people who say they do “homemade” Christmas.  Meaning all the gifts they exchange with their family has to be of course “homemade” not necessarily made by themselves… buy homemade by someone.  Many of my friends shop Etsy during the holidays to find the perfect homemade item.  But if you are a crafter I am sure you make your own items.  Here are a few things I love to make for any and all holidays.

I love blocks and boxes.  I get most of my Paper Mache boxes at a local craft store and the solid wood blocks you can have cut to any size you want or again find some precut at a craft store.

Here are a few samples of boxes and blocks. If you decorate a block you can glue it to a candlestick for extra height.  I also like to add the Tim Holtz Foundation Feet and knobs.  If you are making the boxes, you can add a gift inside and they can display the box for other things.  Sometimes I add pictures or empty frames for their own photos.  Whatever you choose to do I think these make wonderful homemade gifts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you making homemade gifts this year?  I hope you get inspired to share some of your homemade items with some of your friends and family.. you will be surprised to see just how much people love homemade!~

Kimberly Congdon (Scrap It Girl)  Practical Scrapper 

Melissa Frances Altered Art Block


Melissa Frances & Me @ 2011 CHA
I am a huge fan of her…. I love love love her products & Style~


Top of my Block




My Niece Taya





Products used:  3 1/2 x 3 1/2 Wood Block
Tim Holtz Foundations & Ranger Glossy Accents
Melissa Frances Products:  Vintage Attic Treasures & Childhood Ephemera kit,  5th Avenue Chipboard, pom pom ribbon,
5th Avenue 6×6 paper, pearls, buttons.  2 Anna Griffin decorative white brads, a misc. key & door handle.  EK Success Butterfly punch, Tim Holtz flowers die.
I don’t usually do Challenges since most of them are card challenges or lately “anything goes” challenges which drive me crazy~  A kind friend of mine found a few challenges for me that she thought I could enter using my block so here it goes!
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