A little box with a surprise in it...

Well today has been a very interesting day to say the least... I have truly had a very very enjoyable day in so many ways...  but the best of all is that I have had fun playing in the studio... with friends, students and best of all ME...  A little of all is so very much fun...  and I had the best of all worlds. 

So I did get a lot of things made... 

But am going to show you what I created with a little found box... 

This is the finished box...  but of course it has a story behind it... 



 

Do you ever have something that you just can't throw away????  Well the other day I had an empty little box... small... 2 X 1.75 inches... or 5X7 cm...  small... little cute box... I just couldn't toss it... 

 

 

 

 

here is the box...  a small little box.. okay???

 

 

 

I have to tell you that I love to make boxes, fill them and give them away or sell them by the dozen... not kidding either... I love them... At holiday time I have people that ask me for 12 boxes at a time... and they use them for so many different types of gifts.. .so this year, I wanted to add a new size and dimension...  so here it is...  I opened the little box all up...

 

and traced it onto some nice chip board... and started to trace... I had a class the next day and knew that they would want to make it... so made a few for them to play with too...  they are just so cute.. they fit into the palm of you hand with lots of room left over... 

 

Score it ... and then put it together... voila... then you have to take it apart and cover it with some pretty papers... 

 

And then add some decorations and embellishments all around it... I  took a spellbinder label and had to cut it, to make it fit on here.. this is a small little box... and the added a tag on the top that I had to write by hand... as I didn't have a small enough stamp for it...

 

I added some of my favorite LITTLE flowers.. and a little bow on either side...

 

 

 

Just when the Caterpillar thought the world was over...

She became a BUTTERFLY... oh so profound... 

We have to remember that one...  when we are feeling down and out... all of a sudden we become a BUTTERFLY...

 

 

The ends... 

 

The top with the little flowers... 

You really don't get to see my pretty paper underneath... but it is BUTTERFLY paper... what else... 

Greens and yellows and so very pretty... oh well.. I will use it again... 

 

 

 

Now for the surprise... 

 

DO NOT FEAR CHANGE... 

Change happens all around us each and every day...

dont' fear it... go with the flow... and enjoy the day and change... life is full of them.. 

 

When you look into the box... low and behold a little textured butterfly... loose and ready to fly away... as she is now a BUTTERFLY and can FLY... 

 

I love this... 

 

I had, of course a lot of fun, laughs and enjoyment when making this... I so love it... and love to see peoples faces when they open it... to see the butterfly... 

 

This week... Country View challenge is all about WORDS... 

WORD PLAY...

THE WRITTEN WORD... 

with meaning...

 

So I am entering this into that challenge... and most likely you will see something else in here too... but for now, this is my entry. 

 

I love this challenge... as the words we speak are very powerful and we have to use them carefully... 

LOVE LIFE and enjoy it all..

Except the changes before you...

and live them to the fullest...

 

Have a super wonderful day, evening and week...

And thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie