I'm not a papercrafter but...

…I am a thrifty stitcher, which is where the inspiration for this came from.



Sturdy baby bath box about to be repurposed



This was a box of baby samples. It was a free offer, and comes with an inner tray that makes it perfect as a sewing box.

Now, not being a papercrafter (did I mention that) I used some fairly basic materials to  spruce it up a bit



The paper was scrap from a craft magazine, and the rest of the materials are pretty basic



I was rather pleased with this ingenious use of fridge magnets and binding clips (actually hairclips):

 

I'm sure papercrafters have a slicker way...



 I traced the shape of the label i wanted to cover onto baking paper, and then used magnets and hairclips to "pin" the template to the patterned paper.

Et voila!



The teal tray comes out too



And not content to stop there...

This box cost £8

DearWife was not oncvinced when I brought this home...

And with the addition of wrapping paper and felt letters makes a jolly, practical  storage box for boygoblin’s rapidly expanding stash of art and craft supplies.

(like mother, like son…)





A wild night in

This is what I'm doing tonight.

sigh...

Thats right folks, I'm sewing buttons on my winter coat.

Yuk Yuk Yukky Yuk.

Last year, my coat shed buttons all winter. I wore it right with no cuff buttons, and then no double-breasting buttons, but when the actual fastening buttons on the front came off, i finlly had to admit defeat. Its been hanging in my wardrobe, sans buttons ever since.

This week, the snow, and the fact that my spare coat looks like its been lived in by a stray cat, has conspired to get me to stop procrastinating.

On the other hand, there's pinterest...