I've long been an admirer of Myra over at
My Little Mochi. And I'm crazy about Coraline, the movie. And, and, and I was so intrigued with the
boxes that the crew of the movie sent out. So when Myra proposed a swap. I jumped on it. Because of a mail mix-up I thought the inactivity on my blog disqualified me and I didn't know I was in the swap until I received my fabulous box from Sarah of
A Small Fox. (more on that and pics later) So I sent an emergency email to Myra and quickly got started on a box to send. Several days later, living in pajamas, and the fam being VERY understanding and here it is...
The original boxes had their items pinned in place with straight pins. I used corsage pins and there is styrofoam under the red felt base. The letter is in the envelope on the lid. It is sealed with gold sealing wax and a black button.
The box contains a handmade popcorn box with a needlefelted kangaroo circus mouse, two "cotton candy" cones, and a button-eye kit.
The button-eye kit is in a vintage box from Woolworth that apparently contained horoscopes for July.
It is lined in a vintage salmon fine welt corduroy and has a needle, thread and black button eyes glued in place.
The circus mouse was the most time intensive of all the items. He is approximately 4" high not including that tail. Sixteen straight hours of needlefelting, then a bit more for sewing his little jacket. Nine episodes of CSI and four episodes of NCIS. Netflix, you are my friend. I took bathroom breaks and one other to throw together a meatloaf and veggie soup on Saturday night. :)
Here are a few more small details.
These are the pink charms I made for the Think Pink charm swap on Amber Dawn's blog awhile back.
They are made of polymer clay then painted with acrylic paints. I used head pins to attach them to jump rings and added beads and flower sequins. These sequins were a gift from a blogger I met at the first ArtFiberFest, Diane Moore, as well as several packages of vintage glass buttons and purple rose beads. Every time I use these goodies in my projects I think of her and the fun we had. :)
And then because packaging is so important, I wrapped them in pink tissue and put them in little manila envelopes then tied them up with red and pink baker's twine that had a polymer cane bead slipped on it and a tag.
