Christmas

We had a dinner get together in December and the challenge was to bring a decorated box for an exchange.  Christine, our hostess, had a number at each place setting and as the bags with the boxes came in she randomly put a number on each.  We matched our numbers to the bags and voila! we each had a beautiful item to take home. 

Caryl and I went to Value Village looking for a suitable box to decorate, she found this horrible  house shaped box  with colors from the 80's, funky flowers all over it, it was so bad I tried to discourage her from getting it.  Then who should get the box in the exchange?  Moi, but the transformation was amazing, I love it, she even made the bird, I used it to hold my Christmas cards and it looked great on my dinning room table. 

 Marcia's box has a sliding lid, she covered the inside with decorative paper adding cut out poinsettias to the glass lid.  Beautiful.

The flower covered lid is gorgeous, Angela decorated this charming box.

When I saw this box I really thought it was store bought and Dawn had just refinished the outside...Noooooooo - she colored the glass, added the stained glass details and antiqued the box.  I wanted this one too but Monique got it...LUCKY!!

Monique's  box has an "old Christmas" feel to it, I love the detail work. 

 Not a box but a tray, and a darn beautiful one too.  Barry decoupaged the center with festive holiday colors and painted the tray.  Love the colors and if it were mine (hint, hint) I would display it on my coffee table with a candle and some pretty holly.

 Christine, Santa called he wants his mailbox back! Whimsical, colorful and just plain FUN.

Lupine's box tells a  lot about her, no it's not that she drinks, it's the attention to color and detail.  It can hold a bottle of perfume, candy, a scarf or just about anything not necessarily alcoholic.

This is my box, Cari, I ended up making two boxes.  It all started with no inspiration to the point of wanting to drop out of the exchange, you know that feeling, and then creativity kicked in and I was unstoppable.  Each side of the box is different, I added wood buttons found at Michael's to raise it a little and a glass knob on the top for  a "classier" look.

Here is my second box which I kept.

We will be getting together at Angela's house next and the project will be calendars.....to be continued