Dollar Store/Mod Podge Business Card Holder

After a weekend like the one I've just had, it's hard to know even where to begin to blog! It has been a whirlwind of excitement, information, fun, friendship, and ideas! I am worn out! But excited about some of the things on the horizon for this blog, our Arizona Girl's Nights Out, and other insanity that is brewing in my brain! I am uploading and going through my dozens of pictures from Creative Estates and will be sharing soon. Plus I will give you a full write up of our amazing Girls Night Out complete with all of the creative insanity there! But in the meantime, I'm going to start small, and show you the little box I made to hold my business cards for all of the networking I did this weekend.

Allison from Oopsey Daisy said it was genius, after all! So I must share! :-)

Some how my before pictures didn't take, so I can't show you the Winnie the Pooh puzzle in a tin that I bought at the dollar store (Dollar Tree) for--get this--$1! I took the 25 puzzle pieces and put them in a ziploc and went to work covering up all of the Pooh (spelling is important in this sentence).

I should really probably read a tutorial before I go mod podging the world, because if you look closely, you will see some serious imperfections (just wanted it to look handmade, right?). I used some fun patterned wrapping paper I had found at Hobby Lobby on after Christmas clearance. But come on, polka dots and houndstooth are great all year, right?

I used an exacto knife to trim the edges, and a ribbon to cover where the knife hadn't been so exact. I had BSB print out my logo on a laser printer so it wouldn't bleed and cut the red frame with my Silhouette. I mod podged it all on the top of the lid. 

And here it is with my very cool (notice the matching frame) business cards that my friend Shelle (you can email her at shelliedesign{at}q{dot}com if you want her to do yours, too), helped me get designed and printed, just in time for Creative Estates. Which was so good, since everyone was trading business cards like little boys trade Pokemon cards, all conference long!

It was a great way to hold my cards, and have room to store all of the fun ones I collected as well! Any of you mod podgers have tips on avoiding bubbles while going over edges or uneven surfaces? Because these tins are a perfect size for lots of projects and will likely meet up with me and my mod podge again.

(Much more conference related stuff to come...stay tuned!)