Christmas Card Keepsake Box....

I had an idea this year to make a box to keep Christmas cards in each year. Originally I was going to make it for me, but the idea evolved and I ended up giving them to my family members this year. (so far not one for me, but there is still time) After I had the box idea I thought it would be nice to include a "mini" scrapbook inside. So I used some digital kits that I had and made some covers out of chipboard and bound it all using my bind it all. Voila! mini scrapbook. There are 10 pages all together, with pages like, our Christmas Card, Letter to Santa, Photos & Memories. The book fit inside the box, so it is a nice keepsake of Christmas this year, a box of cards along with a few quick memories.

*** the boxes are from Close to My Heart and are plain white, you can order them from me. I got the chipboard for the books from clearbags.com... digital images from designerdigitals.com

Neighbor Gift

Here is an idea for a quick neighbor or teacher gift (it's what I gave my kids teachers/bus drivers) and some friends and neighbors this year.

I found a place online to order bulk popcorn buckets (like you get at the movie theater) and popcorn seasoning (we have a "movie" popcorn maker at home so I guess I have popcorn on the brain this year). I put the popcorn seasoning in jars I found for .99 then added an assortment of candy bars (love Costco), a cup of unpopped popcorn and some popcorn bags to serve it in. Along with a note telling them to take a break this season and enjoy a movie with their family at home. I'm happy with how it turned out- and I still have a bunch of popcorn buckets- so I might have to come up with some more ideas for them..