Matchbox cards in the making

 

Probably my favorite matchbox card, this literal version of being in love. It's so much fun cutting and painting tiny hearts, my workspace looks like a heart factory!
And now you can get a personalized version as well, with your initials on the little banner!
Have a lovely weekend :-)
Aleka

The making of bees

Every matchbox I make goes through a lot of stages, versions that work and (many) others that fail, until I am happy with the result. The bee mine matchbox is no different. I played around with the bee shapes and sizes before I picked one that I liked. And for the cover I played around with the lettering and the colors. I made two versions, the one in the photo above is nearest to the actual cover, it's the same font but in the final version but the little beehives are colorful as I felt that the front was too plain :-)
When I was finally satisfied with everything I photographed the "Bee Mine" matchbox and listed it in the shop!
Aleka

Working with paper

Now I understand the impact of Valentine's day to commerce. I think I made around 70 paper hearts and matchboxes in the months of January and early February. I do enjoy making matchboxes so I'm working on a couple of new ideas :-)

Hope you have a lovely day,
Aleka