I had a couple of inexpensive presents I wanted to give to people but I wanted them to look a bit more special than the contents really warranted, so I made these fabulous origami boxes following a video tutorial by Kristina. It is so clear that even a bumbling buffoon like me can make something cute. I have followed the instructions exactly for the first one (except that I used 12" x 12" paper for the lid, and not 11 1/2") The only quibble I have with the tutorial is
thatI found it tricky to put the stapler in such a position to fasten the ribbon neatly so for the second box I bored a hole through the lot with my pokey tool and secured the whole lot with a pretty flower shaped brad, but as previously mentioned I am a fumble fingered fool so probably anyone else would be able to manoeuvre the stapler with aplomb! So, Marmite do you love it or hate it? I hate it but couldn't resist buying this special edition Champagne flavoured Marmite for my daughter for Valentine's Day. She loves Marmite and although we Brits generally save Valentine's cards and presents for those we love romantically, rather than bombarding all and sundry with cards and such as seems to happen in other countries, I thought it was too good a chance to show my baby girl how much I love her.
The second blue and green box was to put in some Travel sweets for a gentleman who turned 89 years old recently. He had been bemoaning the fact that you couldn't seem to get Travel sweets anymore so I set out on a mission to get some and managed to find the ones pictured 
and also some Barley sugar ones for him. Not a wildly extravagant present but he was chuffed with them and that's what counts. I was pretty chuffed that I found some ribbon that matched the paper of the lid so well. These perfect crafting moments are few and far between for me.
