M.E. Monday from Our FR at the Beach

It is M.E. Monday again sponsored by our little Miss Vicki, the Cherry Chick.  Stop by her blog, check out those of us that post our little bits of M.E. each Monday, and come along and join in with us if you haven’t already.Here is my first attempt at decorating a matchbox and my first time participating in a Matchbox Christmas Swap.  Before starting to make the 25 boxes for real, I felt I needed to do a dry run and try to come up with a prototype of what I was setting out to do.  I used an M.E. Christmas card envelope, cut out strips of the red with white polka dots and then glued them to the boxes top and bottom.  Next I added the black and white borders. Finally, I cut the out some of the little presents from the same envelope and adhered them both to the top and the bottom of the box. Once all of this was done I covered it all with a coating of Modge Podge to give it more of a shine and make the box a bit stronger. On the inside of the box itself, I used some red ribbon with a pearl button. I still have to make the hanger, make the goodie,  add its number (i.e. #1, #2, etc.) on a little tag, and then I will be ready to start the 25 little boxes for real.

This is the front...but the green bow will be replaced with the number of the box...

    

This is the back...

This is the inside where each little “goodie” will go...one in each the 25 boxes...

As always.....Happy M.E.Monday to all of you....but this time from our FR!