December 12th, 2012

Today's handmade gift is made for a special friend.  Her birthday is today, and she decided since it was the 12th of December in 2012 that she should have a little party for herself.  I like people who have parties for themselves... why not?  I wanted to bring her something that represented the number 12 and I kept going back to an old shiny brite ornament box I had.  The lid was long gone but it had 12 little compartments that just begged to be filled.

Little chalkboard tags, chalk, a small cardboard banner... snowflakes and candy canes...

stamped images for tags, patterned papers...

pompoms and mini Christmas ornaments...

doilies, ribbon and bakers twine fill up the box.

I know the birthday girl and her daughter will think of all sorts of ways to use up the contents.

I topped it off with a Nutcracker tag and some candy, wrapped it in cellophane and it was ready to go.