So I know the gift-giving holidays are over but earlier today my fingers were itching for a big project...

I ended up making this Organizational Box Set, which I'm going to give to a dear deer auntie of mine..


first I made six notepads (4"x5", using scrap paper for pages, bits of a cereal box for a sturdy backing, black cardstock for a cover, and a label I printed out), one for each day of the week..



next I built a little box for it to live in

and voila! a gift is made!

The intention is that each notepad can be used for the day's shopping or to-do lists and thrown in a purse &later be returned to the book-box-thing.

I like it a lot.

Anyone else made anything cool lately?

I'm really excited about Christmas this year, it's the first time I've ever gone out and bought my own tree.
Justin and I picked out a nice fake one -- 4 ft. tall (our apartment is tiny) and.. it's.. black!!!

Man oh man, I never knew I wanted a black tree but it turns out that it's the best thing I've ever owned! I get excited everytime I look at it!

I made ornaments out of patterened paper, since the tree is small I didn't want to over-clutter it..