Friday, April 23, 2010

Tuesday Spotlight & Giveaway: Mickey Tanner’s Gift Boxes

Mickey Tanner is a paper artist from Twin Falls, Idaho.
Her shop is full of fun handmade paper boxes that she makes using turn-of-the-century methods.  Some of her designs were even featured on the cover of Country Living Magazine last December!
Boxes on the Cover of Country Living Magazine
The set of nine boxes she sent me arrived quickly and are wonderful.  They are eco-friendly innovative, and the design is simple but  interesting.   Each has been meticulously folded, scored and center point glued with a shape to complete a lovely box, ready for your finds and treasures.  We came up with lots of uses for them (101!!) and are excited to share them with you.  How cute they look when they are positioned just right!!  You may arrange them into all kinds of  fun designs, stack them in a basket, or glue them into a pattern on cardboard, frame them, and hang them on the wall.  The possibilities are endless.

Mickey Tanner is a paper artist from Twin Falls, Idaho.
Her shop is full of fun handmade paper boxes that she makes using turn-of-the-century methods.  Some of her designs were even featured on the cover of Country Living Magazine last December!

The set of nine boxes she sent me arrived quickly and are wonderful.  They are eco-friendly innovative, and the design is simple but  interesting.   Each has been meticulously folded, scored and center point glued with a shape to complete a lovely box, ready for your finds and treasures.  We came up with lots of uses for them (101!!) and are excited to share them with you.  How cute they look when they are positioned just right!!  You may arrange them into all kinds of  fun designs, stack them in a basket, or glue them into a pattern on cardboard, frame them, and hang them on the wall.  The possibilities are endless.
Visit Mickey Tanner’s shop, Eco Vintage Vegan, right here.

Help me think of some more options and post with the comments please!  Thank you!
101 Uses for Mickey’s Mini Boxes:
  1. Earrings
  2. Bracelets
  3. Ear Phones
  4. Gift box
  5. Chocolates
  6. I-pod Shuffle
  7. Dried flowers
  8. Seeds
  9. Change
10.  Crayons
11.  Safety Pins
12.  Straight Pins
13.  Buttons
14.  Melaleuca Oil
15.  Erasers
16.  Hair Bands
17.  Bobby Pins
18.  Necklace
19.  Lipstick
20.  Lipbalm   


21.  Jelly Beans
22.  Paper Clips
23.  Sticky Notes
24.  Goldfish Crackers
25.  Dental Floss
26.  Rock Collection
27.  Lock of Hair
28.  Wallet Size Pictures
29.  Beads
30.  Clothespins
31.  Hacky Sack
32.  Herbal Tea Packets
33.  Mints
34.  Cotton Balls
35.  Cotton Swabs
36.  Screw Driver Bits
37.  Tacks
38.  Hershey Kisses
39.  Love Notes
40.  Gum



41.  Foreign Coins
42.  Ribbons
43.  Ear Plugs
44.  Miniature Book
45.  Charger Cord
46.  Batteries
47.  Glass Eye
48.  Puzzle Pieces
49.  Stamps
50.  Stickers
51.  Ponytail Holders
52.  Pencil Sharpeners
53.  Eye Shadow
54.  Blush
55.  Refrigerator Magnets
56.  Nails
57.  Push Pins
58.  Graduation Tassel
59.  Binder Clips
60.  Pencil Lead     




61.  Peanuts in the Shell
62.  Bobbins
63.  Fruit Snacks
64.  Shells from the Beach
65.  Keys
66.  Vitamins
67.  Medication
68.  Important Receipts
69.  Rings
70.  Cuttlebug Templates
71.  Staples
72.  Little Stumpy Pencils
73.  Tooth Picks
74.  Coupons
75.  Box Tops for Education
76.  Soup Labels for Education
77.  Pop Tabs for the Ronald McDonald House
78.  Memory Cards
79.  Rose Petals
80.  Screws



81.  Nuts
82.  Bolts
83.  Scotch Tape
84.  Tea Lights
85.  Twisty Ties
86.  Marble Collection
87.  Band Aids
88.  Menastil
89.  Rubber Bands
90.  Nail Clippers
91.  Job Assignments for the kids
92.  Easter Eggs
93.  Tweezers
94.  Stubby Highlighters
95.  Miniature Nativity
96.  Stevia Packets
97.  Cupcake Baking Cups
98.  Food Coloring
99.  Mini Markers
100.  Floss
101.  Matches

Now, for the free give-away:
Just post a comment below and tell me where you placed a link to http://CrystelleBoutique.com
Or you can “Like” us on Facebook. Tell me in your comment….!
That’s it.   Thanks.
The winner will receive the set of nine gift boxes shown in the pictures above.
Good luck!  {The winner will be selected by random drawing on Tuesday morning, April 27, 2010}
               

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