Making Do

I found this reflective shadow box at a thrift store. It was $1.00. At the time I hadn't given much thought to what I would do with it but I've had several of the smaller box type and they lend themselves nicely to a variety of ideas.

Soon after I purchased Amy Power's latest "Inspired Ideas" www.inspireco.com . Her idea used a shadow box with individual removable boxes (from Tim Holtz) and it is absolutely adorable. But I didn't have those boxes.

But I remembered my $1.00 mirrored box and thought I'd give it a whirl.

All my life I've never seemed to have the right stuff so improvising is nothing new to me.

Because it is backed with mirrors it's been difficult to photograph without me and my camera appearing in the background. Oh, well.

It's had A LOT of tweaking, and will still be getting more. Almost everything in it came from thrift stores or clearance bins. Everything but the homely little baby which I bought at a toy store in Traverse City last year.

I'm putting it together for my own birthday - which seems rather lame. But I already have pieces set aside to make it over for THGGM's birthday too.

For the rest of the weekend I shall be moving things around until it's just 'so'. I have some sprinkles for the cupcake but need to find a way to glue them to syrofoam. And, I have a few more wood block presents to wrap.