First of all, big thank you to you all for making my year just so amazing! The friendship, encouragement and advice has meant the world to me. I wish you all the most amazing year of your life yet!
Here in Scotland they often say you need to start the year as you mean to continue. So I thought I had better get a little organized. But being me, I need help. So, on cue, here comes the Caterpillar Box.
It is a series of boxes that I can keep my bits and pieces in that can stack up high or just stay small. I rather like it, and it has been very useful so far. A veritable Mary Poppins: it makes tidying a game.
Now the Caterpillar boxes need what can only be described as a spoonful of sugar, because it was starting to be all organizing and no fun. So appeared the Butterfly Cake box. I love cupcakes, but for me the true star of the show is the butterfly cake. They might have exactly the same ingredients but I always thing they taste just a little bit better.
It is made from three layers, with a particular purpose in mind - to keep my very little safety eyes in.
Finally, because we all need to grow up a bit, there is the Flower box. It is a tiny bit more elegant but equally useful. I think i will put my earrings in in it.
So this is how I have been spending my new year so far. I also went to see the Golden Compass last night! Incredible.... not very loyal to the book, but what an emotional whirl. Thrilling! Though I left feeling that it is incredibly unlikely that we will see the next two books, as the plot has been distorted so much.
I absolutely love the boxes. Are you going to do a tutorial for those as well?
Hint...hint...lol.
Posted by: Cora | January 03, 2008 at 01:37 AM
I love how the caterpillar smiles back at you. So clever!
Posted by: Mary Ellen | January 03, 2008 at 02:49 AM
I have never heard of this kind of box, but they're so cool!
Posted by: Colleen | January 03, 2008 at 03:02 AM
Those are wonderful!
Posted by: even-star | January 03, 2008 at 09:28 AM
fantastic storage idea and your designs are lovely!
Posted by: emily | January 03, 2008 at 11:23 AM
What lovely boxes! Gosh...I need to get organized too, these would be perfect! (And, of course, another great excuse to crochet! lol)
Thank you also sooo much for the lovely card and treat (don't want to spoil it in case someone hasn't received theirs yet!). They are soooo nice!! Thank you for all that you do and I hope you have a great 2008!!!
Posted by: Heather | January 03, 2008 at 01:06 PM
I loveee them all! How long did they take you to make? :D You're so very talented. :)
~Melisa
Posted by: Melisa | January 03, 2008 at 01:37 PM
My goodness . . . these are absolutely genius!
Posted by: Sister Diane | January 03, 2008 at 02:42 PM
Ingenious! I love your little boxes, they are adorable!
Posted by: Kiki | January 04, 2008 at 04:39 PM
oh you should enter these into the new craftster challange, it is to make things that will help you keep your new years resolutions, or something like that, the little boxes fit it exactly!!
Posted by: phoebe | January 05, 2008 at 05:56 AM
I'm gone for a few weeks and LOOK! You have wonderful ideas. It was a grand pleasure to log on and find these treasures. When do you have the time to make these, let alone create the patterns? Great Work!
Posted by: monika | January 06, 2008 at 03:16 AM
I came over from crochetville after seeing a picture of your pocket elephant. Your patterns are wonderful what a truely amazing box you have made! Lovely.
Posted by: Lindsay | January 24, 2008 at 11:34 AM
these ROCK! I think they should be your next tutorial... :)
(I mean, I've made lots of crochet baskets, but I'm not sure how you made these quite so awesome.)
do they stay stacked up and not fall over and spill things everywhere?
Posted by: soren | March 01, 2008 at 01:46 PM
These boxes are absolutely adorable and very useful. I agree with the lady about a tutorial. I would even pay for the patterns.
Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dflork
Posted by: dflork | March 06, 2008 at 03:09 AM