how-to: advent
Posted November 30th, 2009 by
craftapalooza
I totally love this, just love it. Now I just need to scrabble up 25 matchboxes by tomorrow…anyone? Link to idea.
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November 30th, 2009 at 5:02 am
You can make your own matcboxes here if you’re desperate!
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/matchbox.htm
November 30th, 2009 at 6:38 am
My grocery store has match boxes like this in the section where you can buy duraflame logs and charcoal. Good luck! Cute idea.
November 30th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Oh, I like the way the boxes are arranged, very nice!
When I made mine a few years ago, I just bought boxes of matches from the grocery store–it was something like 10 for a dollar and I emptied the matches into a plastic bag (which are probably still in a cupboard somewhere, that was a lot of matches!)
November 30th, 2009 at 9:13 am
I love this! It’s so compact, great for a small house that’s already got all horizontal surfaces buried. Thanks!
November 30th, 2009 at 10:30 am
I can get big packs of matchboxes (with matches) at my grocery store.
You could buy a batch, empty the matches into a canning jar, cut a circle of sandpaper to glue onto the flat part of the lid, pretty up the jar with ribbon/paper/paint and gift it with a nice candle.
November 30th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Instead of buying the boxes, I’d grab some cardstock and make up a bunch of these boxes. They might work the same way, I think, and no matches to deal with after!
November 30th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
sweet,sweet,sweet!!!
December 1st, 2009 at 1:22 am
Oh I LOVE this, cute cute cute +++
You can buy big lots of matchboxes from the supermarket and they are really cheap. I bought a heap last year for kids craft and just emptied the matches from them into a bigger box (we are STILL trying to use up all the matches though every time we light the barbecue LOL).
December 4th, 2009 at 6:14 am
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