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mcurtt said:
Week 3 - Journaling reads:
Funny how memories just sometimes are not meant to be forgotten. Over 50 years later and I still think about the things I didn’t get as a child. One year at Christmas time I begged my mother for a Barbie, the original issue Barbie. She didn’t want me to have a “mature” doll, so she refused. Aunt Cathy came to the rescue a year or so later, but my Barbie wasn’t the first version... And then there were the go go boots that all of the popular girls in school were wearing. But sorry to say, they were never to be mine. And I survived... Fast forward 30+ years, I am married & we love to vacation in Door County. We both dreamt of a house by the water, but the stipulation would be that we couldn’t see land on the other side. A perfect home was up for sale, but at the time, in the 1980’s it was $175,000 and we couldn’t afford it. Now the house is probably worth several million dollars. A missed opportunity.Lastly, I had always hoped for an early retirement, being able to quit work at least in my 50’s. Well, that number has come and gone and I am still a slave to my employer. Early retirement hasn’t happened and if it does, it will be only by a year or so. My hopes, my dreams, my wishes that never materialized, but I am a survivor in spite of them all.

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Love this. I got the same Barbie only my mom kept her hidden for several years because I was not old enough -- my grandpa had bought it. I wouldn't have received go-go boots either. Parents what do you do with them. This great I love the engraved box.
 
NancyP said:
OK, Dalis, here's mine-----and it's chock FULL of all kinds of little trinkets!!!! HAY, I've been snowbound the last few days and its starting to effect my brain!!!! I know, I know----use the time to get this challenge done!!! :backing

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I've just managed to finish my first week LO for this and loved it. Your box is beautiful. Got me to thinking (apologies if someone has thought of this already). I can make a cover (for the box) and do a 2nd page that is the insides bottom of the box. With some a wee bit of foam board I can cut it to the size of the page and remove most of the inner foam. Glue it between the 2 pages. Then hmm, maybe cut a flap that opens on the first (top) page so you can peek inside to see the trinkets? Or maybe "hinge" the top page on the foam. But, how to hide the foam?
Please tweak this!! I'd love to make some for the grandkids - sort of explore boxes with themes, etc.
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Mylinn said:
I've just managed to finish my first week LO for this and loved it. Your box is beautiful. Got me to thinking (apologies if someone has thought of this already). I can make a cover (for the box) and do a 2nd page that is the insides bottom of the box. With some a wee bit of foam board I can cut it to the size of the page and remove most of the inner foam. Glue it between the 2 pages. Then hmm, maybe cut a flap that opens on the first (top) page so you can peek inside to see the trinkets? Or maybe "hinge" the top page on the foam. But, how to hide the foam?
Please tweak this!! I'd love to make some for the grandkids - sort of explore boxes with themes, etc.
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What a cool idea. I'll be anxious to hear if it works. Love your box. I like the little bits of paint you used.
 
Interesting. I was wondering where you were going with this. I have other ideas for week 3 but they haven't been quite coming together yet. Good idea for week 4.
 
I love the Valorie's washi! There might be a very cool shadow box coming this week and a cool container box that you could create shadow boxes with.... just sayin', but not really sayin'.
 
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