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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Blog Hop

YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!  IT'S HERE!!!  Breaking Dawn pt. 2 opens today and we're kicking the fun off with a Twilight Breaking Dawn Blog Hop!!!!  You should be arriving from Kelli's blog.  Isn't her tag AWESOME!?!?!   If you're just now joining the hop, you WILL want to start the hop at the beginning... trust me, you don't want to miss anything from this group of talented ladies.  Here's the whole hop list:
Alison
Laura
Rebecca
Kelli
ME<== You Are HERE!!!
Sugar
Stephanie

And now for MY project.... BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY BLOG CANDY AT THE END!!!

Here's my Twilighty keepsake box!!!  I had an absolute BLAST making this box and will be using it to hold all my pictures from Forks and La Push as well as pics from the various premiere parties I've attended/hosted over the years.

This originally started out as a faux book box.  I painted the spine black using acrylic paint and covered the rest using paper from the DCWV Immortal Love Stack.


Inside is a Tim Holtz Mini Binder Clip that is holding various pockets and pages I created to hold all my Twilight memories.  The knob on the front I got from The Home Depot.

The title plate is one of Tim Holtz's Ornate Plates.  I used various ribbons to highlight the edge of the checkered paper and even used some of the bright red ribbon to create the ribbon rose to pair up with the Bazzil paper roses.  Glossy Accents is actually still drying in this pic sealing the title in it's place.

Finally, here's a pic of the side.  For the edges of the book I simply painted a couple of Tim Holtz Elements Grunge pieces covering them with black acrylic paint and securing them with black brads.  The legs on the box are just round wood knobs that I also painted black.

Ok gang, that's it for my Twilight:  Breaking Dawn Blog Hop project!!!  You're off to see Sugar's "fang-tastic" project!!!  Me, I'm sitting in the theater RIGHT NOW watching a 15 hour Twilight marathon!!!  I cannot wait to see Breaking Dawn pt.2!

BLOG CANDY

Up for grabs is a Twilighty paper and embellishment pack FULL of awesome Twilighty goodness and FitterTwit Original Designs (some appear on/in the box pictured above), a Twi-fold Mini Album and a pendant.... also a FitterTwit Original Design! Blog candy pics are posted below. To win, simply leave a comment on this post with an email address to contact you if you win.  I will pick a winner on November 21st using Random.org and announce the winner here.  Good luck to everyone and enjoy the rest of the hop!







Comments

Alison said…
I adore this book box! I think it is just stunning. From the knob, to the checkerboard paper, to the Tim Holtz frame. It's just awesome. And what a cool way to store all of your fabulous memorabilia! Sweet blog candy too! Thank you SO much for hopping with me! Happy Twilight Day!
Sugar said…
omg I am so jealous!!! I want one!!! but it would have to be waaay bigger lol!
Carol W. said…
OH WOW I LOVE LOVE that box and the goodies inside! I'm jealous that I didn't think of that (LOL) fabulous project - have a wonderful time at your Twi-athon today! Can not wait to see the movie myself this weekend!!!

Laura B said…
Your keepsake box is so gorgeous! Such a beautiful way to keep your memories!:)
Awesome candy, too!
madeleinebouquet (at) gmail (dot) com
I totally need to make a box for myself now!!! Or you could !!! LOL This freakin rocks!!! Great idea and I totally love it!!!
Rebecca said…
I.AM.SPEECHLESS! This is out of the park amazing! I love the idea of a box to hold your keepsakes and you executed it with perfection befitting the Cullen family :-)
Steph said…
I just love love love this book box- it's incredible! What a great keepsake for all your keepsakes! :)
I just loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee this!! YOU AMAZE ME!!! And I am BEYOND thrilled that I got to share yesterday's marathon with YOU!!!! IT WAS EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
franzesjoi said…
beautiful creation as always!!! ooohh would love to win!!! pls pick me pick me...

franzes_joi@hotmail.com
Wow...what an awesome project!
Christine said…
What an awesome keepsake box! Did you just love the movie? I'm going again this weekend. Can't wait! Christine@ www.ladiesholiday.com

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