I have a friend that is about to have a birthday. I have a hard time picking gifts for people! I agonize for hours and then I'm afraid I've picked something either they don't need or won't use. Plus, by the time you get to my age and all your friends are the same, everyone has everything they need! What do you give someone who has everything??
I have decided to start giving gifts that people have to give away. It's the gift that keeps on giving! I have several friends that I am in a Bible study with and we have been using a study that revolves around Galatians 5:22-23 (the fruit of the Spirit). Each week during the study we would have several other verses given to us that had to do with each of the qualities of the fruit.
My idea was to make a box with the main verse on it. That way the birthday girl can keep the box. Inside the box would be cards with verses from each week of our study. I like the idea that we were learning verses and then giving them away! The only problem is, my cards are too thick and they all won't fit in the box with their envelopes! Oh well.
The box....
Close up on the box. I did some zig zagging on my sewing machine around the card stock.
Here's a couple of the cards....
The recipe:
Paper: K and C Company Wild Saffron, Stampin Up chocolate chip, bayou blue, very vanilla
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink antique linen
Embellishments: Twine
First I painted the outside of the box. I mixed acrylic paint until it matched the blue card stock I was using. I used Royal Coat antique decoupage finish to not only glue the paper on the box, but as a finish as well. The verses were printed on my computer onto very vanilla card stock and the box was made by Creative Imaginations Be Bare Elements. I also used my sewing machine to do some stitching on both the cards and box.
