I know I’m risking this by posting early… as some of my gift recipients might be seeing this. But I thought they were so cute, I wanted to share. I’m not big on paper crafts, but thanks to Martha Stewart (hate her or love her, regardless, she has cool stuff), I can dabble in it just a little bit.

Cutting out pieces of crepe paper:

Glueing it all together for a nice box topping:

I’m making a bunch of these.

I also have other similar sized boxes, but not with the pretty poinsettias (the red crepe paper bled onto the tips of my fingers). I’ll experimenting with decorating them with other colored/print papers and perhaps wrapping them with some of my leftover yarns. I’ll be filling these boxes with various things - handmade ornaments, russian tea cakes (the snowball-looking ones), and perhaps some handmade chocolate truffles. We’ll see how successful I am in the kitchen… and I’ll be sneaking a couple pieces in for myself. =) Yum!