Saturday, January 26, 2008

Chocolate Anyone?


My husband lost his job a little over a month ago and for the first few days it was nice...Then a few weeks went by and I realized that WE REALLY don't get along that well when we're together 24/7 lol! Since it's been a little tense in the house we currently live in I decided that I would make him something to let him know that he still means a lot to me. This candy box is just a 4 oz metal tin that I bought from specialty bottle. I covered it with paper from SU's retired enchante line. The heart stamp is from papertrey's sweet love set. I added the brad (su's build a brad) to give it a little "umph"...lol..I guess I can be honest..I was trying to use my adhesive eraser but instead ended up taking a big chunk of paper off and needed to hide it :) The ribbon is mellow moss taffeta.

15 comments:

Melanie said...

That is a lovely idea for a gift

Michelle Short said...

What a beautiful gift, I love the colours :0)

Unknown said...

Well the gift is beautiful and I'm sure your husband will appreciate that you do that!!!
Diane

Bree mcconnell said...

This is sooooooo cute!!!! You should "fly" over here and help me make the 5 paint cans i waited till the last min to start!!!! LOL

Laura lok said...

very nice great gift idea

Joani McDonald said...

Very nice, I'm sure he'll love it. Good luck to you both.
Hugs,
Joani

Tami in OH said...

Just gorgeous! You shoulda kept quiet on the brad though - I believed you, it looks great! :)

Tarasdesigns said...

lovely gift & the way to a man is definitely through his stomach!

Sharon (notimetostamp) said...

This box is beautiful and what a lovely thing to do. I've always loved that paper!!! And please, don't jump too high, you might hurt yourself -- LOL!!! You silly girl!!!

Bree mcconnell said...

You know im not the only one thats been slacking on blogging buddy......LOL

Michelle said...

That's sweet. It's always fun to show someone how much you care.

Michelle

Louise F NZ said...

Great gift Amanda, I bet your husband loved it!
I love the dp, I am using it to scrap my Wedding Album, it's so pretty.

Anonymous said...

That ribbon looks silver! It's gorgeous. I can relate - My fiance and I are both home together all day every day and let me tell you - there are days when I just need to get away for a few hours :D

Fiona said...

What a great gift - you've both been having a tough time - hope things get better for you!

Mindy said...

How sweet of you to do that for your DH....I completely understand your situation! I always look so forward to vacations and holidays when Hubby has time off...after the first few days it gets.....interesting...by the last few days I am SO ready for things to go back to normal;) I like having "my" house to myself sometimes:)