The Tooth Fairy paid a visit last night.....

Harland lost his third tooth last night! When I was working, I just never seemed to have the opportunity to make him a Tooth Fairy tin (even though I had purchased the supplies needed to make one). Between all the overtime I was working, the commuting, the eye patch therapy, and helping him with his homework (I don't remember having homework as a Kindergartener) there just wasn't enough time to get one made (as I had to be at work at 6:00 AM). I'm going to be working on a Tooth Fairy tin for Christopher over the next few days so I can have it all ready to go when the time comes that he'll need one.

Harland's favorite color is green so I tried to incorporate lots of green elements on his tin. I had a blast making this for my little man! I'm hoping to have a birthday card made with Sprinkle and Beate's weekend sketch challenge posted later today too (Harland's 6th birthday is coming up early March).

Here is a view of the tin from the side:

Tin details:

Stamps: Fairies (Crafty Secrets), Rough Edges Alphabet

Ink: Staz-On Black, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Shimmery White

Other: Acetate, WWC, Twinkling H2O's, Copic Spica Glitter pens, Water Baubles, Waterfall and Lime Green Stickles, red line tape, glue dots, corner rounder, tin

Kindergarten Homework....

My oldest son is in Kindergarten. Part of last weeks "homework" was to create a mailbox of sorts to deposit Valentine's from classmates. Believe me when I say that I was ALL OVER this project! :-) Harland and I went to Michael's in search of the perfect box to use. I found this cute pressboard wood box for $4.99 (yes I know I could have used a shoebox, I just figured that this would be much cuter)! The box even had the opening cut out of the top already (a huge bonus if you ask me). We then went to Archiver's to pick out the items that we would use to decorate the box.

We first painted the box with Strawberries and Cream acrylic paint (Making Memories). Once the paint dried, we measured the box and applied the paper to all outside surface areas using Royal Coat Decoupage Finish in clear. The patterned paper is called "Wild Thing" and is made by KI Memories and is from their Valentine's line from last year (I think the title of paper is so appropriate for my little guy and I love the fact that the paper itself isn't 100% girly). The glittered chipboard letters, felt stickers, and rhinestone bling are all from K&Co's Smitten line. We also wound up using some extra little red epoxy hearts from Cloud 9. Harland just loved decorating his box! I'm betting that all of his little girlfriend admirers will absolutely love it!

Here is a view of the box from the side:

On a personal note, my job interview today went very well. The recruiter who interviewed me made me an offer within 10 minutes of speaking with her. I start on February 25th. I am so grateful for this opportunity and thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers!

Supplies:

Ink: None (gasp)

Paper: Wild Thing (KI Memories)

Other: Felt Stickers, Bling, Glittered Chipboard Letters (all by K&Co Smitten line), Cloud 9 Red Epoxy Heart stickers, Strawberries and Cream acrylic paint (Making Memories)