Photo Twist-about project

As part of Club Scrap's Weekend of Workshops, I made this lovely Twist-about project.

The box is mounted on a lazy-susan type bearing, which allows it to rotate around 360 degrees.

On the top, and each side of the album, I have a decorated panel.  I used a central quote surrounded by a variety of stamped images.

There are four little books inside this box.

On the inside of each book, I repeated the travel collage idea.  The loose waxed linen thread will later have beads, or ephemera from the album on it.  I haven't decided yet how to finish those details.

For some reason, I forgot to take a picture of it, but there is a decorated panel inside the drawer at the bottom, too.  I'm going to use this album to keep some special pictures from our vacations.  We've been to England several times, Mackinaw Island, Bayfield, and Traverse City, and have some really great pictures form each place.  I think this will make a nice decorative item in our living room.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I absolutely love making little boxes! I made this one for my co-workers for Valentine's day. The box is sized just right to hold three Ghirardelli chocolates. I got the template from a Split Coast Stampers Tutorial. If I made these again, I would cut the paper to 4.25 x 7. In the last step, the flap is trimmed a bit, and cutting to this measurement would allow you to cut three boxes out of one 12 x 12 piece of paper (instead of two with a fair amount of waste). The background stamp is from Club Scrap and the focal image is from Stampin' Up!

Hope you have a great day filled with the love of family and friends!