Little Boxes

I am still having fun with my paper crafting. I've made a lot of cards and am sending them to anyone for any reason. It's your birthday, you're not feeling well, you've had a loss in your family, you did something nice for me.....you get a handmade card in the mail. Everyone who gets them seems to appreciate them.

I also thought it would make a nice little hostess gift, a set of thank you notecards tied with a pretty ribbon. But them I thought how much nicer they would be in a handmade box or folder to match. Thanks to Pinterest, I found some great tutorials and this is what I made so far.

The lid on this one closes with hidden magnets. I had bought a pad of gold foil card stock and thought it would be good for this. The base of the holder is navy card stock. It holds 6 notecards and envelopes. The ribbon is just decorative.

Pretty inside, too.

The same box in different colors and more gold foil papers.

This little box also holds 6 note cards with envelopes, but it closes with a paper band that you slide down to open. I matched the colors and stamping to the cards inside.

This last one looks like a little book and holds 6 full size greeting cards. I had purchased a packet of very cheap inexpensive printed papers eons ago and then they sat there for years. Lucky me, they work very well as a decorative layer on the card stock.

It ties closed with a satin ribbon.

And, yes, I am also sewing. I am making progress on my stained glass window quilt made of Dupioni silk. Today is another rainy, gloomy day here in the northeast, and hopefully I will get a lot of sewing done. You will see it when I finish the piecing.

I am linking up with Off the Wall Friday.