Little Boxes

My "version"

While browsing the internet this evening I found a site called The Paris Apartment. Wow! Talk about some beautiful things!!! Way way way out of my price range though. Booooo : (     
I talk price range like I even have a price range. Ha! So of course it was a terrible sad moment when I found these

http://www.theparisapartment.com/boutique/index.php?p=593 

At $58 for 3, it isn't even a dream. You know me.....I figured surely I can make something at least similar. I googled vintage French writing, printed out a couple of sheets on some card stock paper, found a tutorial here >http://www.instructables.com/id/paper-box/ and went to town! It only took about 10 minutes total, start to finish. My cost?? Well the card stock, ribbon and twine were all Goodwill Outlet purchases....per pound so I spent less than .69 cents on a whole package of paper, 20 yards of pink ribbon and roll of twine.
For one box I figure I spent what...maybe .5-.10 cents??
It's not as perfect or pretty as the ones from The Paris Apartment, but then again you can't really beat the price either!!

Linking up at The Shabby Chic Cottage for Transformation Thursdays http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/2010/12/best-of-cottage-2010-my-favorite.html (I transformed a piece of paper into a box...woohoo!!) and Thrifty Thursday at Tales From Bloggeritaville http://lbratina.blogspot.com/2010/12/thrifty-thursday-95-tablescape.html 
and Remodelaholic http://www.remodelaholic.com/2010/12/remodelaholics-anonymous-52-blog-link.html  
and My Romantic Homes Show and Tell Friday http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2010/12/show-and-tell-friday_30.html
and French Country Cottage http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2010/12/feathered-nest-holiday-2010-happy-new.html