How y’all doin’? We’ve had a visit from one of our senior managers from our Kentucky office this week and I’ve begun talking with a Southern drawl! An English/American Southern drawl at that!
I have something a little different for you all (y’all!) this week… and I haven’t bought it or stole it either…. this might just be my first foray into altering something, I say might because I haven’t got the first inkling of an idea as to where to start. I got a new delivery of software last week at work, and an examining the package I was heard to exclaim “No wonder this stuff is so expensive, half the cost is in the packaging”, obviously I was still wearing my corporate IT hat at the time and was more concerned by the price we were paying than the crafting possibilities! A few seconds later though, the crafty gene kicked in and I started looking at the box with new eyes! It’s very sturdy, incredibly so really, measures about 5″ wide by 7″ long internally and is 1 1/4″ deep, it’s even got a little ribbon pull at the front! We have three licenses of this software and a while later one of the users brought over the exact same package as they’d sent him one too, so I took the cd’s out and now I have two of these boxes…. and I know where the third one’s at as well!! Just got to figure out a way to get it now! If I stick all three of them together they’ll make a fantastic little set of drawers, will they not?
The second thing is a really lovely Random Act of Kindness from one of our WOYWWers. This lovely little package arrived on Monday, even the envelope was beautifully decorated,
and inside was some of the wonderful sequin waste that I’ve seen being put to good use on some of the English blogs on WOYWW. I couldn’t find any over here, so the lovely Suzanne very kindly sent me some pieces of it in all manner of shapes and sizes.
Thank you Suzanne and thank you WOYWW for bringing such great people together every week. OK, that’s the end of my Oscar speech! Have a wonderful week peeps!
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paula said:
ooh. wow can see what you mean… need to see what you do with it/them. xxx
Anne said:
Yes they’re just ripe for decorating 🙂 Fabby sequin waste – why is it that if it’s waste you still have to pay for it LOL
Anne x
Andrea - Wales, UK said:
That is a fab idea with those boxes/drawers and good luck hunting the missing one down!
Have fun with the sequin waste – you can do lots with it.
xx
twiglet said:
Neat boxes – will look forward to seeing them transformed!
Keryn McNicol said:
What fab drawers they will make, look forward to seeing them on future WOYWW’s!
Keryn x
Cath said:
OOh, that box just looks perfect for some storage – good luck in altering it. You’ll so enjoy your sequin waste – I use it so often – it’s great stuff and so inexpensive, too 😀
kath said:
oh I am positively drooling brenda over those naked boxes….can’t wait to see what you do with them…hugs kath xxx
sue said:
Hi
oh can’t wait to see what you do with the box, i wouldnt know where to start to alter something!! have great day, sue,x
helen said:
What a gorgeous parcel to receive!
Jozarty said:
Great boxes, they’ll be gorgeous and useful. I love using sequin waste, how nice to have it as a gift!
Linby said:
oh yes – I can see those boxes are going to be fab – love the little tags they have.
Linbyx
Sheila H said:
Can’t wait to see what becomes of the box. Love the sparkly mesh too.
Bleubeard and Elizabeth said:
It would be a real shame to get rid of those boxes. They will make fantastic drawers for secret stash. I know you’ll dress them up to look fantastic.
Isn’t it funny. In the US, I’d never heard of ATG, or some of the other crafty supplies you gals use, but I’ve had sequin waste for years. BTW, it’s also called punchinella. Happy WOYWW.
Joanne said:
I await the next episode.
Luv Joanne xx
wendy said:
I am sure the box will be stunning when it finished, show us next week please
Linda Elbourne said:
I bet everything on display is lovely … sadly Mr WordPress must be having a moment … because your page is showing as loaded … but all I can see is white blanks where your piccies should be! I shall now just sit and hope thta after typing this message … well he decides to publish it!
Linda Elbourne said:
Now the piccies have appeared and very lovely they are too :0)
Julia Dunnit said:
Good grief – you’re right, the packaging is sublime!! Whatever you do with it, it will be fab…a roll of wrapping paper and no patience jumps into my head! No doubt you’ll enjoy your first altering experience…I wonder if it’s the start of a whole other style?!
Spyder said:
I simply love those boxes and can see all sorts of happy things happening to them!! (I can see your pics this week, refreshing to page, straight away works) Have a crafty WOYWW
((Lyn))
ScrappySuzanne said:
Thank you for the mention Brenda – it was my pleasure. Love the drawers! That is going to be some project. I cannot wait to see the finished drawers…..
Good luck with the software …..I hate changes on my PCs:)
Looby said:
those boxes are crying out to be prettyfied! can’t wait to see the finished result!
Lou xx
Sunshine Girl said:
Oooh have fun with the sequin waste and boxes!
donna rodgers said:
well aren’t you the lucky one to get three sets of discs – we’d get one set of discs and three Id’ keys for the licenses!
and you are right it’s criminal the charges made for licenses,
Yay the revolution Yay to open source software –
roll on the IT rebellion
Sorry forgot myself for a moment – god forbid we ever join up ….we’d take them by storm !
i think i like the southern drawl by the way –
Sid said:
Great storage and I love sequin waste as a craft tool !!
Minnie Mac said:
How nice to receive the package with the sequin waste. Great fun to use.
Marilyn
june said:
Love the sequin waste and cant wait to see lots of crafty makes from it. I shall add myself to follow your lovely blog
Hugs June xxxx
Jo. Thomas said:
Hi Brenda, thank you for popping on to my blog. Wow you take wonderful photo;s and your crafting is good too.. Your little drawers are going to look great I can imagine them all staced up and coloured and the little ribbon handles cannot wait to see the finished product. lol Jo.xxx
*Chrissie* said:
You really must show what you do with those ‘drawers’!
I think I would find the end result much more interesting than what they originally contained!!!
Chrissie