....ThanKSgiViNG TreaTS...

This pumpkin is sooo not an original idea...I've seen the almost exact same pumpkin somewhere...but I can't remember where to give credit :(

After I made the pumpkins, I found a free download for this adorable Thanksgiving printable on facebook and decided that it would be perfect for treats for Connor's teachers... I printed out a sheet of little circles to cover the bottom of some kisses

...I had the clear boxes upstairs in my stash, so all I had to buy was the kisses...

...easy-peasy...

...and  maybe... a squidge of chocolate in a cute package is just enough to bump the boy's grades up...or at least make his teacher's think nice things about him while they are coming up with his trimester grades tonight...

I'll post some pics of a Christmas gift project tomorrow....I love how it turned out...so did my neighbor, since she requested one for her daughter's teacher ;) ... 

Thanks for looking!  Have a great weekend!!

jen

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...BoxY PumPKin...

This week's JUgS ChaLLenGe was...

and the ChaLLenge was to use FaLL coLors at

Originally, I was thinking I wanted to turn a box into a FraNkeNsTeiN...I could totally see it in my head...but I didn't have a box that I thought would work.

What I did have was...

It's a fun shape...It opens nicely...it's a good size...PeRFecT!! :)

Here's my finished box...I used one sheet of paper I've had sitting around for a long time to cover it...on the sides, I cut the strip in half BEFORE I put it on the box, so that I didn't make an unfortunate mess trying to use an exacto knife to make my little box open...let's not talk about how I figured that one out or why I used all caps on the word BeFore...  :)

I used a Stamps for Life set and paper pieced and embossed the pumpkin shape...polka dot and argyle...LoVe how that turned out!!

I  used my new EK SuCcEsS garland punch for the swirls and leaf...

Ribbon, twine, button, tag...done.  The whole thing only took about an hour...which is really fast for me  :)  

I am still LoViNg bLuE added to traditionaL faLL colors...not sure what's up with that...but it seems perfect to me....

Here's the inside...I can't decide if it should hold candy or a gift card...but it's going in to Connor's teacher...she's crafty...so I know she'll like it :)

Thanks for looking

Have a SpEcTaCuLar Thursday!

jen 

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