"The Adventures of One-Eyed Jack"

MY BOOK HAS FINALLY BEEN
PUBLISHED!!

 

I AM VERY EXCITED!! This is

my second pulished Book and I hope

this book is a huge success!

If you would like to purchase it or

see where it is published then please

go to the link listed below.

http://www.publishamerica.net/product49684.html

Thank you so much for supporting

me!!

Many hugs and kisses,

Conny

Christmas Angel toppers

Hello Everyone!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

 

Today's topic is Angels.

I know everyone at one point in

time has had at least one of these

Christmas Angels on their trees!

There are so many different kinds and

they are all beautiful. They get prettier

every year. I happen to love

the lacy ones, but over time being stored

in your attic, they become yellowed and

age really fast. The inside plastic becomes

brittle and yellowed. They may have lost the

pretty bows that once adorned them.

The lace begins to look tattered. Well I

have many of these angels.

At one time I

put Angels all over my tree - so I have plenty of them.

When I bought them, I cut the inside

plastic away and just sat them on the 

branches. My tree was gorgeous that year! Of course this

was many years ago that I did this. Every

year my ornaments seem to change.

 

This year I noticed that I had a few

lovely Angels that had yellowed really bad!

I know that you cannot see the yellow

but they are yellowed!

The 3rd picture

shows some yellow spots just above the

lace. Their hair is still very nice, but

I do not have any intention of remaking

over these Angels.

 

Well - it is time to reuse these Angels!

So I got to work. My trusty paper scissors

helped me cut away those yellowed plastic

cones. Then I grabbed my little red

handled pliers. That is my favorite

(tear-up) tool of destruction!

 This was the only Angel that was small. I tore away

the inside lights also. I will use them somewhere

else. The dress looks white but I assure you it

is yellow! I do not know why my pics have made

them bright! Strange!!!

 The yellow plastic came out easy in

this little doll. The holes in the plastic

held the lights. Most of these plastic

things come out really easy with very little

glue to clean out of the heads or body.

 Here are the bodies. Yep - I tore up all 4 of them!

I will donate their heads, arms and what little bodies

they have. I will also donate the wings.

Crafters would love to get their hands on them and

remake them over.

I know it is Christmas - but these little dolls could

also be made into HALLOWEEN WITCHES for

next year. Put on your thinking caps and imagine

it. Be sure to tear off the gold wreath on the

little angels head if she is not going to be an Angel

anymore.

 Hoo-ray!! Tide and a little bleach whitened them

up very nicely! Even the yellow spots came out.

 I noticed that the fat wings to the left is still a little

yellow but it is brighter! It could be that those wings

should not have been bleached.

 The bodice and sleeves on this dress did not clean

up like the lace. I remember the bodice and sleeves

being a beautiful white. It might be because of the fabric

it is. And so I will cut away that fabric.

Oh well - they still look better.

These laces are going to be used for my miniature

dresses that I am going to make. The lace will look

gorgeous!!

 

Have a lovely night with you and yours!

Hopblogger



A Log Cabin Dream

This pattern is called LOG CABIN DREAM.

I am

positive that all of you know this quilt pattern

as simply Log Cabin. .

Log Cabin Quilts are precious to us as they

symbolize our Home. So warm and loving.

So why not stitch one up!

 

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for your sweet comments and

concerns. They are truly appreciated!

And Thank you for following me.

Boy, when my eyes get better I will

have heaps of cross stitch work to

do!

 

Make a biscornu or a just a regular

pincushion. The choice is yours.

Log Cabin is adaptable to either.

And you can use the colors that I give or

use the colors that you choose.

 

THIS LOG CABIN PATTERN IS INTENDED

FOR USING UP ALL OF YOUR LEFTOVER

THREADS IN YOUR JARS!! For each block

just make sure that you stay in the same

color family.

 

FRONT

 

Back

 

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL

BEFORE YOU START.

6 cross-stitch blocks form the basis of the pattern.

The blocks are surrounded by 5 narrow strips

or bands around these blocks. The final large

outside strip is stitched with #3806 Lt Cyclamen Pink.

Then the narrow last strip is stitched in

black. Use black floss to stitch the front and

back together.

On the narrow strip with the white  that you see,

there are no symbols. I intended for this color

to be stitched in white.

As in a quilt all of the centers in each block

are stitched in red.

On each block beside the red centers your colors

should be stitched with the lighter color beside the

red and then graduate out with the medium and then

dark of that floss color.

FRONT: DMC 307, 310, 605, 604, 3801, 3846, 3845, 3844,

211, 210, 209, 3806, 3805, 3804, 3864, 3863, 3862, 3849, 3848,

3847, 3836, 3835, 3834, 3855, 3854, 3853, 157, 156, 155,

372, 371, 370, 415, 414, 413, 435, 434, 433, 445, 444, 504,

503, 502, 519, 518, 517, 761, 760, 758, 742, 741, 740,

761, 760, 758

BACK: DMC 310, 3801, 3846, 605, 519, 435, 211

 

I hope you enjoy stitching this pattern. Thank you

for visiting me!

Hopblogger



Eyes are still healing

and they are taking their sweet time!

Just thought that I would let you

know that I have not forgotten this blog.

by Hopblogger



Plastic Containers can get expensive!

Hello Everyone! How are you

doing? Hope you all had a lovely

weekend.

A big Welcome to all of my new

followers. Hope you find an idea here

that you like. Or perhaps one of my

ideas sparks an idea for you!

Yea - how many of you want and try to

organize your crafts only to find that the

containers are expensive. If you need alot of

them they can get pricey.

Today I want you to take a good look

at these kinds of plastic containers.  I do not know

if you use them but I surely do. They are good

1 pound containers to use in your sewing and

craft rooms or just about anywhere you need them.

 I wash and dry them although their insides never

get dirty because the ham is placed in plastic wrap.

The cardboard top comes off easily and the glue

residue also peels off so easy.

 I use these plastic bins for my mini sewing projects

as well as for storing little stuff that has no home.

I have been collecting these and using them all over

my home.

Store fingernail polish and other supplies in them and

store under your bathroom sink. Use one for just

cotton balls or Q-tips.

You can store beads, lace, bobbins, thread spools in

them. You name it and you can use these over and

over again. And if the plastic ever breaks which I am sure

it probably will - just go buy some more ham.

This size has been around for awhile and there are

other sizes also.

Now thats what I call a good buy - great tasting

ham and a project container to boot!!

Now this plastic container is a great deal!

I already have 14 of these plastic containers in use

in my craft area alone. Store your food left overs in them.

Also when my daughter eats over

and wants to take some good yummy food home with

her then she uses one or several of these to put the food in.

You never have to worry if you do not get the container

back. If you use these already let me know what

you are using yours for!

Thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger



I GOT TAGGED - LETS PLAY

Hello Everyone! How have you been?

First I would like to welcome all of my

new followers. Sorry that I have not

posted lately - as you can see I still

have not gotten my eyes back. Yes -

they are still healing. And it is going

along very, very slowly!!

This week - there is no picture.

Sweet Akila of Mostly Cross Stitch - (her

blog here:

 http://mostly-xstitch-and-somemore.blogspot.com/

has kindly tagged me.

Thank you Akila.

Here are the rules:

1. Post the rules.

2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you

in their post.

3. Come up with new questions.

4. Tag 11 people and link them to your post.

5. Let them know you tagged them so

they can answer the questions.

Here are the answers to Akila's questions that

she asked of me.

1. I have not tried many of the finishing

techniques. They are very pretty but I am a

woman that tries to keep everything simple

and quick.

2. My crafts vary from day to day and year to

year as does my interest in them. I try to remake

things over, mix them up and or reuse my

everyday objects into functional pieces - not

just for show.

3. No I have never participated in exchanges or Sal's.

It is something that I would like to do - have just

not gotten around to it yet.

4. If we are talking about cross-stitch. Well I have

not done any of that since I got my eyes fixed.

I am looking forward to stitching again. I cannot

say how many other craft projects get finished

in a year because most of my efforts are

being put into my miniature blog.

5.  Michaels or A.C.Moore because they are in

my area.

6. I never change the floss in any of the kits. On

occasion I do change other things to suit my

style and colors.

7. When I stitch I like it quiet. This way I can

stitch faster with nothing is taking my attention

away from what I am doing.

8. Before surgery on my eyes - cross stitch

followed me everywhere I went - including doctors

visits, airports or my sisters house.

I always keep a small kit in my purse. They

work up fast.

9. I have not worked on JUST beading projects.

My beads get used in other things.

10. I used to be able to stitch 20 to 30 hours

a week. Now that time is filled up with my

miniatures and glueing.

11. I have visited one country. I have to visit

other countries before I can say which is my

favorite.

Okay - now I have to give a list of questions to

those people whom I have tagged. Here goes.

1. What was the first craft or stitching

project that you ever

started and finished? Name that item.

2. How many years have you been

crafting or stitching? And who was the

lucky recepient to receive the item.

3. When you stitch or craft anything -

and make a boo-boo - do you finish it

or throw it away?

4. How many projects do you start

and never finish?

5. Out of all the crafts and stitching that there

is - do you have a favorite?

6. What do you do with all of the stitching

and craft projects that you finish. Do you

give them away, store them in a drawer, or use

them??

7. How bad is your creative room?

8. If you have a room just for yourself to

create or to stitch in. Does that room only

hold those supplies or does it hold a mish-

mash of other things that do not get used?

9. Are you a pack-rat?

10. Is your creative room neat and orderely or

haphazard and disorderely?

11. What is your favorite book or magazine?

Well, I tried to think of a couple of more

questions but I lost there. Here are the ladies

that I tagged.

1. Catherine of DiamondC.

http://diamondc-diamondc.blogspot.com/

2. Marlene of Poppy Patchwork.

http://poppypatchwork.blogspot.com/

3. Lori Bei Durst of Rachel and Pia's Cottage

http://rachel-and-pias-cottage.blogspot.com/ 

4. Eliana of Terra Dos Gigantes (Land of the

Giants)

http://terradosgigantes.blogspot.com/

5. Faith of Faithfully Stitching.

http://faithnchls.blogspot.com/

6. Chris P's Mini's and More.

http://chrispycrittersminis.blogspot.com/

7. Tatyana of Mouse House.

http://tatkis-mousehouse.blogspot.com/

8. Vicky of Kiwi-crafters.

http://kiwicraftydoglover.blogspot.com/

9. Rita of Stitchdays.

http://stitchdays.blogspot.com/

10. Terri at RosyStitches.

http://rosystitches.blogspot.com/

11. Carmen of mi pequena evasion

(my little escape)

http://pekevasion.blogspot.com/

Now all I have to do is notify them. God

bless you all!

Thank you visiting me!

Hopblogger

Elise Stitching

I have been teaching my grandaughter

Elise how to hand stitch a quilt.

Of course the quilt is pint size but it

is so overwhelming for youngsters

to start with a large quilt. However eventually

she will be stitching on a large quilt.

I am very proud of well she is coming along with it.

Her stitches are very tiny.

A very good student she is! And look how hard

she is concentrating.

Hopblogger



You just gotta love Hydrangea's

My hydrandea bush in my backyard

has gotten out of control!

This blue hydrangea bush is just one huge bush.

Apparently it loves my soil.

I love the cottagy look that it gives.

If it keeps growing out into my yard I will have

to trim it back considerably if I want to carry the

trash can around to the front of the yard. Every year

this bush grows bigger and bigger. Maybe I will

trim it back next year to see how much bigger it

grows!

 On the left can you see the purple ice caps Hydrangea

bush. The white heads is a white hydrangea - however

still the blue hydrangea is trying to grow over both of

those bushes. Perhaps I need to just have this garden

for the blue hydrangea's.

I hope that you like my garden pics. Hydrangea's

are beautiful - go plant you some!

Hopblogger



A New Biscornu

Hello Everyone and welcome

to my blog. I hope that you enjoy your

visit with me today.

Please keep in mind that my eyes

are still not up to par and so

I am unable to stitch this up.

Several times I have went over

it and so far there are not

any mistakes. If you do find

one please let me know

so I can correct it.

Feel free to change the

colors to suit your taste. And

use whichever side you like

best for the front or the back.

I hope you like

PLAYFUL TULIPS!

Happy Stitching!

Thanks for visiting me.

Hopblogger

TUDOR

Do you like the TUDOR era.

Most people do. This is my youngest

daughter Pepper. Pepper loves the

Tudors and watches the series on

television. Pep is modeling her Tudor gown

and it is 90 degrees outside!

Surely way back then when the women

of England wore these fabrics and gowns

that it was much colder. I hope that it was.

I would burn up in this gown if I wore it!! 

She had to make this for her Drama class.

And she passed with flying colors!!

The pattern that she bought did not look

anything like this. She had to also

design her gown and this is what

she did.

My only role in the making

of this gown was to instruct her what to do

in order to get the look that she was looking

for. And I was happy to be a part of it any

way that she would have let me. 

The entire gown is lined and was made

from upholstery fabrics and wool.

Also my sewing machine would NOT sew any

of this fabric because it was so thick with the trims

so Pep had to HAND-SEW it all together!!

She used crochet cord and a large needle

to sew it all together.

Doesn't she look beautiful!!

 These are the bell sleeves that she trimmed with

red trim. Can you just imagine how much

fabric that this took. The sleeves are actually 3

sleeves. The big bells that hang down. The skinny

sleeve that goes up her arm and plus there is a

long green sleeve underneath. Plenty of trims

in the sleeves. In my opinion since

many of these gowns never made it to our

lifetime to view - and what ones we do see have

different fabrics in them that -

 it is a possiblilty that they recycled

many of their gowns to make into newer

gowns. Perhaps that could explain why many

of these gowns had so many different colors.

I only believe that recycling has always been going

and that recyling is not a new thing.

 Her bell sleeves are open for you to view

the front of the gown. The fabric colors

are chocolate brown, a golden brown &

a paisley. The cream in her bodice is

100% wool and it is lined. It has a small

little band of lace that matches the bottom

of her gown. To tie in the sleeves she sewed

some bands at the bottom and also trimmed

it in red trim. There is a lot of small and

large green trim also in this gown. The

gown has lots of detail. She was thinking

about making a belt to go high above

the waist but she did not have enough time

to sew one of them.

 She lifted up one of the bell sleeves

so you could see her inner sleeve.

Thick fabric with cream wool for the

inner lining. We did not know when

buttons were invented so she took small

tassels from a trim and sewed them

on so they would not dangle. They almost

look like buttons.

 The back of the gown is the most dramatic

part of the gown. Underneath this green

train that is trimmed with red - there is also

another train that is brown. Can you see

it behind the red lining.

 Maybe you can tell on this pic how the chocolate

brown sweeps back.

 She is heading up the steps to the front of my

house. Zoom in to see the detail with the

little tassels at the top of her train. We could

not help seeing her bra strap.

 I almost forgot the hair piece. I instructed

her also on how to do this. This was

the easiest of her entire project taking

her about 10 minutes to construct.

She also had to make a power point and

do a story on the movie that she watched.

The era was HENRY V. And the beautiful

actress Emma Thompson played Catherine.

I hope you enjoyed these pics.

Hopblogger



What to do with a Waverly Valance

AGAIN - I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
MY NEW FOLLOWERS. IT IS A PLEASURE
FOR YOU TO JOIN ME.

I am not a stranger to buying curtains, valances or

shades at a Charity Store. In fact I love these

types of stores. And in todays economy you

need to get a bargain for your money.

And I will also buy it even if it has holes.

In fact  where there are holes in them then

I am more apt to cut it up! And I have been

cutting these things up ever since the first

day that I was married. It was my calling!

Nothing was safe around me except for

the 1970's polyester. I despised that rough

cold material. Anyway if you need or want

large amounts of cloth at a good price then

this is the way to go.

All you have to do is wash the stuff up and use it.

Sometime ago I came across a very long panel of some

beautiful Waverly valances. So sorry that I forgot

to take pics of the pretty thing.  Anyway Pep had

some sofa pillows that needed recovering and

so the valance fitted right in with her color scheme.

Did I forget to mention that the Valance was lined!

And also that the pretty red buttons were attached.

That sure was a nice bonus!

Hardly any work here!

The same design is on both sides of each pillow.

Anyway my grandaughter Elise has been

spending a lot of time with me in my sewing

room and she helped me tremendously with the

making of these pillows. (I love teaching her).

 Can you see the lining?

I wanted a different kind of a pillow so at the top

all we did was attach cotton strips and tie them up.

Nothing frilly - no bows just knots.

Each pillow is encased in a zippered

cotton pillow cover that we cut down from

some extra bed pillow covers that I owned.

Thank you Elise for your help!

Thanks for visiting me.

Many hugs and kisses to you all,

Hopblogger



A Crochet Hook Organizer

Hello Everybody. I hope

that you all have been well.

I would like to welcome my

new followers. I hope that you

enjoy my blog.

I made a Crochet Hook Organizer

for my daughter Peps friends mother.

Linda makes baby blankets and donates them

to her church. They either sell them or give

them away to needy babies. I am not sure which.

Crochet Organizers can be elaborate or simple.

I choose to make it simple and fast. I could

not cut off the threads because I was concerned

about cutting the material so Linda will have

to cut them off herself.

I also decided to make

the little organizer out of recycled clothes.

The light yellow color is made from a baby

blanket and the outside is from an

embroidered shirt. The inside floral pattern

with the rickrack

is from a childs dress. I also bought some

new hooks in case she needs them.

Pep and I were playing Rummy. She was

beating me! Lol's

The front of the Organizer.

 The baqck of the Organizer.

 The inside of the Organizer with the flap

down to cover the hooks.

 There is a little pincushion that is just a piece

of simple material. Beneath the crochet hooks is a

wide section where Linda can store a pair of

scissors or anything else that she wants.

 The back of the organizer.

Thanks for visiting me!

Many hugs and kisses sent your way,

Hopblogger



This years side Garden

I had to escape from all of this pollen. It just

about killed me. I am up now because today

I came back from the camper. All rested and

I enjoyed the haunts of the thrift stores while

I was there. Surely if I were here I would be

down in the bed. But low and behold my

eyes are burning even as I type this. So I

do not know if I will be going to bed or

not. That is the question! I dislike showing

you my trash cans but what else can I do.

Be sure to look at all of

that yellow green pollen that is

on the lid of the green trash can. The pollen

was horrible this year! It is all over my

front porch and chairs. At the beginning

of Spring it was all over the cars.

My hubby took these pics of my back

side yard. Did you

get the pollen bad this year?

Enjoy the pics!

 A better close-up of my Baby Banks. It is huge and

I just love looking at it through my windows.  I love

how it grows wild and covers my hydrangea bushes.

Just double click and look at the pollen on the trash

can. My hubby cleaned off the blue one because

she was just emptied.

 Do you see some of the purple Wisteria starting

to bloom. The purple and yellow are so pretty

when they bloom almost together. There is always

something blooming in my yard. It is a joy to

watch it from the windows in the Spring.

 The Wisteria is growing in another spot along the

fence as well. I hope in a few years that this area is

full of purple, yellow and blue among the other colors

of the lillies. And just maybe all of that will help

with the growing of that scrawny rose bush that

is located in the corner. I have not

had much luck growing that one.

 I do not know the name of this plant. It was planted

last year in the summer.But it is growing good. My

lillies are getting bigger. Lillies love my yard. I do

not know how it happens but my lilly's grow bigger

and bigger every year! They must love the soil.

Have a great day and thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger



My New Quilting Box

FIRST - I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
ALL OF MY NEW FOLLOWERS TO
MY BLOG. I HOPE THAT IT INSPIRES

YOU IN ALL OF YOUR CREATIVITY!

A couple of weeks ago I made over a

baby box. I could have decorated the box

with sewing supplies.

However I wanted something different.

My butterflies came

from the scrapbooking supplies at

the craft store. They were a thick

cardboard. And they stuck to the box

really well.

I also desired that the box be simple.

The box was just the right sizse to hold all of

my quilting supplies.

As you can see the first drawer holds my

rotary cutters with their blades.

 The second drawer holds needles, thimbles along

with other small stuff. I found out in Germany in the 1980's

that the best thimble was one with a magnet

on top. I want to buy a couple more of these

thimbles in case I loose this one. Have you

tried one of these type of thimbles? If you get

one of these - you will love it.

I was thinking about

placing cork on the inside of the box lid so I could

pin up some pics. As of yet I am not quilting

any quilts so that will be something that I

do later.

 The bottom drawer holds my large safety pins.

I put these safety pins in zip lock bags. Believe

me I have plenty more safety pins that are

currently being used. I am so glad that this

drawer will hold 3 or 4 more bags of safety pins.

The little black tin box holds my quilt pins. The

little brown egg that you see is a scented acorn.

It smells like vanilla.

I am so glad that this box holds everything. Maybe

you could use a box like this to hold your

cross stitch supplies. Ummm I think I need

another baby box!

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Take care & visit me again!

Many hugs and kisses to you all.

Hopblogger





LIEBSTER AWARD

I was very surprised when
Faith of 'Faithfully Stitching' told me
that she gave me the Liebster Award.

She was so kind.

Thank you very much Faith. Her link is here:

http://faithnchls.blogspot.com/

This award

is given to a blogger with less than 200 followers.

It is a german word that holds many

meanings such as favorite,

dearest or beloved.

There are 5 rules

1. Post the Award on your blog.

2. Link back to the blog that gave you

the award.

3. Reveal 5 things that no one knows about you.

4. Give the award to 5 other bloggers.

5. Leave them a comment telling them you

gave them the award.

The 5 things that noone knows about me are:

1. I am a celiac. I am highly allergic to wheat, corn.

along with trees and Kentucky Blue Grass which

is located all over North Carolina. This puts me down

in the bed for 2 seasons out of the year. Shots and

pills are useless to me. My name should be
Mrs. Rip Van Winkle!

2. This year I have been married for 38 years to the

same wonderful man whom I love dearly. In fact I

have lived longer with him than I ever lived with

my parents.

3. I was married, graduated from high school and

had my first child all in the same year.

4. My sewing room is totally, utterly, terribly, horribly disorganized.

I can never keep it clean or straight for long. And

if I put things away most likely it will be another

year when I clean - before I can find it again.

5. I was born around Atlantic Beach and I have

never been able to swim.

Now it is time to tell you the following blogs

whom I will give the Liebster Award to. I am

sure that you will like them all as well as I do.

1. Marlene of Poppy Patchwork.

http://poppypatchwork.blogspot.com/

2. Trixie of Fair city of Portland Oregon. I

find her blog amusing.

http://heardinmycab.blogspot.com/

3. Rita E of http://stitchdays.blogspot.com/

4. Vicky's blog of http://kiwicraftydoglover.blogspot.com/

5. Lastly Kat of Flopsy Kitten Stitchin. Her blog is

http://kat-gillespie.blogspot.com/

Now I am almost finished. All that is left is to leave

them a nice comment telling them that I have

nominated them for the Liebster Award.

Many stitching hugs and kisses to you all,

Hopblogger

WELCOME

I would like to take a moment to welcome all of my

new followers. However some of your blogs

are not being shown. Send me an email

and let me know where I can find you!

Many stitching hugs and kisses to you all,

Hopblogger

RENEW and REFRESH an old Baby Box

Have you still got your child's old

baby box. Are you hesitant about throwing

it away. Well dont do that. Refresh that old box

and use it for something else.

This is actually a very nice box that I picked up

at the thrift store. Yes it was a little dirty

but all n all - it was not bad. The box was

sturdy with no tears on it. I love boxes!

 You can see the dirtiness of the tabs that open the

box as well as some of the dirt on the inside.

Something red was in one of sides. You can still

see it.

 The bow was dirty but that is easy to replace.

Read those sweet words that surround the photo

of Pooh bear. We have to hide those words.

 Pretty butterflies are all over the box including

the bottom.

 Well here goes - this is what I did. I cleaned up

all of the inside slots in both drawers. Here you

see me cleaning up the red spot. I do not know

what was in this drawer but it cleaned up okay.

 Time to change that ribbon. I used the same kind of

white ribbon that was on the box. So glad that I had

some of it already left over from prior projects.

The old ribbon pulled out and with a safety pin I

pulled the new ribbon thru and tied it in a bow.

 I used a flowered scrapbooking paper that had

many of the colors of the butterflies that were on

the outside of the box. Flowers and Butterflies

coordinate.

 After I finished the bow then I cut out a

pattern for the scrapbook paper. All I did was take

a piece of computer paper and lay it on top. Then

with my fingernail I pushed the paper all around the

edges creating a pattern. I removed the paper and

cut out paper pattern. Then I traced around it on

the scrapbooking paper. The flower design is not

even glued in - I just placed it in the indented area.

This spot is also great to put a loved ones photo.

This would personalize the box and look great!

But I did not have that kind of a use for this box.

 The inside looks good with scrapbook paper. I

did not glue it down either in case later I want to

change it. The flowers look great with the blue green

checks.

 The scrapbook paper I already had, but I had to

buy the butterflies at the craft store. I looked

for flowers but I could not find anything that I

liked. These are butterfly stickers. They are

made from cardboard.

 I positioned the 2 large butterflies to hide the

words Baby. Then I used 2 smaller flowers to

also hide the words baby. The cardboard stickers

also had button pieces. So I placed 2 of those

button stickers on top. They adhered very well.

 This is what onse side of the box looks like.

 This is the other side of the box.

 I removed those old pull tabs that opened the drawers.

See how grimy they are. They got thrown away.

 This is how I replaced them. I used white ribbon

and threaded it thru one of the cardboard stickers.

The older tabs when removed left holes. So I threaded

the ribbon thru those holes to the inside of the

drawer.

 Here you can see where I knotted it really good.

Afterwards I trimmed up the ribbon.

 Now the box looks really good. Time to see what

I want to stuff in it.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my new box.

Next week I will show you what I used it for.

Thanks for visiting me!

Many hugs and kisses to you all.

Hopblogger