Stamp Act: Wanna see the CUTEST Spring Garden???

I am so excited about how this little "garden" turned out!!! It was actually really easy but a little time consuming but LUCKILY I had LOTS of candy to make it worthwhile!! You know, you can't give an edible gift to someone without making sure it tastes OK first!!! LOL!! This box is a TOTAL CASE of Laurens carrot garden HERE! She is so amazing and I totally HAD to make some of these!!!! The box came from Papertrey Ink and actually has the little egg carton divider included! All you have to do is cover it and use your 1 3/8" circle punch and punch the holes. You probably would like to see the darn thing since you have no idea of what I am talking about ~ right?!?!? LOL!!!

Are you ready????

Maybe you should get your credit card out now so you are ready to order the boxes!!! LOL!!

I'll wait.............

LOL!!! Funny aren't I??? OK, here it is!!!

As I said before, the box came from Papertrey and I linked directly above. The boxes are $4 each and come white just like you see. I did not do anything to the box except add the polka dots, ribbon, etc... I will start with the box..... I left the lid on the bottom as you see and used my piercing guide from my mat pack to mark where I want to add my polka dots. I used a pencil to mark the spots and erased the mark afterwards. I used 4 brand new pencil erasers and "stamped" the polka dots randomly with Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery. Pencil erasers make PERFECT circles!!! The ribbon on the lid is first scalloped pink ribbon and then a layer of Celery grosgrain with white polka dots. I think that came from Michaels. The pink came from Lindsey. I added some flowers and accented the center flower with a pink jewel Prima Flower center that I got from Lindsey as well. Lindsey's store is closed for right now while she is moving and will hopefully open back up in the next few weeks!

Here is a close~up of the ribbon and flower ~

I used Scotch tape to tape the ribbon down and then used 3 glue dots to adhere the flower.

The "carrot" bags are actually Wilton cake decorating bags in which I cut about 3 inches off of the top, "stamped" using a pencil eraser and White Stazon ink and then gently used a Q-tip to color in the circles on the bags using my SU! chalks (Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery). After I let it dry, I gently wiped the bags with a tissue to get rid of any residue.

Here is a picture from the top of the box. The polka dots were only done for a about a quarter of the top and then the candy was added. Before tying it closed, I added a scalloped circle that was punched from Celery cardstock (totally Lauren's awesome idea). I then tied the top closed with my Celery with white polka dot ribbon. I used 6 different pastel colored candies but of course you can use anything you want. I will be making these for my kids teachers and a couple of them aren't huge candy eaters (have you EVER heard of such a thing?!?!?!?) so I will put trail mix, nuts, sunflower seeds, etc... in theirs!

The label on the front is also from Papertrey and is from a new stamp set they just released called Just Hatched. I stamped the image using White Stazon ink on vellum and then heat embossed using White Detail embossing powder. I then cut it out and adhered it to a Bashful Blue oval I had punched using my Marvy Giga Scalloped oval punch. I added a couple of green crystals on each side.

I am working on another one and will post it shortly! I was hoping to use my Prima flower jars on the next one but unfortunately, they are a little too big. I am going to go to the Dollar store and see if I can find something that might work!!! I'll let you know!!!

~Lynda