Saturday, September 11, 2010

Egg Carton Swap

Good day fellow blogland friends!  Hope you are having the best kind of Saturday you can.  :)  For the moment my girls are playing blissfully, so I thought I would sneak in a post.  Lots of photos here just to warn ya.

My friend Alex hosted an Egg Carton Swap with the local scrapbooking group I run.  Each player chose a style & colors she would like to receive, and then we did a PIF (pay it forward) swap.  I created a "Shabby Chic/Vintage/Floral style" egg carton for Laura P.


I filled the inside with bits and bobs for Laura to use in her crafting. 



Here is a close up of the pocket I made for the inside of the lid which I filled with larger paper tags and such. 

Look at the gorgeous wrapping Alex did on the carton she made for me.

I love how she did the top of the carton for me.
Of course I know right away when I saw that Alex was my partner that I was in store for some really beautiful surprises!



I had a wonderful time making my carton for Laura.  Luckily our styles mirror each other and I was able to create something I would have loved to receive.  She wasn't able to make it to the event, so it is still waiting at my desk for her.  Hope she likes it.  I am downright giddy with my little beauty from Alex.  She is the epitomy of lovely creations!  Haha!

Hugs,

5 comments:

eclectic archivist said...

Holly these are amazing!!! What a great idea!

Denise @ kc242 said...

what a fun idea!
Denise

Roxie Morrow said...

Oh my!! I'd love to do an egg carton swap! I'm never throwing them out again...EVER!!! LOL

xoxo
Roxie

designsfromwithinbycharlotte said...

Holly, I'm crazy about this idea....love, love, love it! All the shabby pretties are just amazing! Gorgeous work!
Hugs,
Charlotte
XXX

Jenny and Jimbob said...

How gorgeous, I'll have to try this!