I’ve been dabbling in a bit of “Beyond The Page” kind of stuff. I’ve never really been into it before now, preferring to do 12×12 LO’s and get some of the photos done. However, while away in WA I saw myself looking at objects in a new light.

For example: The stay at the 6 star hotel: We had this gourmet breakfast and on the table were little jars of honey, jam, marmalade etc. I took one look at them and Justin could see the glint in my eye. I felt like I was stealing as I left the restaurant with 2 of them in my hot little hand, so guilty me said to the waiter (French funky dude called Phillippe) “Do you mind if I take these little jars”. He said”Ov course, but what for?”, I replied “Well they would be handy to hold little craft things in” (not daring to get into the whole explaination of scrapbooking!). He smiled and told me to come back in a hour. When I returned he had 12 of them washed and labels removed, and grabbed my hand to take me to the table to get 4 more full ones!!

So this is what I have done with them….
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The box in the background was the one that my new watch came in the other day. As I wanted to wear the watch from the shop the assistant said that I probably wouldn’t want the box. I started to agree with her, but then quickly said “Can I take a look at it?” and it was great, so I packed that up to take home too!!

Example 2: On a winery tour in Margaret River we walked in this one place and there were the most fabulous wooden boxes stacked up high, with a price of $10 crossed out reduced to $5. OMG I was shaking with the thought of how many I could possibly get home on the plane. There is no way you could ever get a wooden box for that price!!!! It is quite large and very sturdy. 144 I grabbed 2 and Justin fortunately bought a case of wine, so the wooden boxes became the postage container!! They have arrived home now, and I gave one to Rach to see what she can come up with in decorating it. I didn’t mean it to be a challenge, but now it is!!! Any ideas would be gratefully accepted – I’ll give anything to do a better box than Rach, she is so creative!!! LOL.

Thanks for looking!!!