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So I got my FREE boxes in the mail the other day and they are perfect they will fit my gift set wonderfully! I am working on covering the first box with the oh-so-famous sewing pattern and I must say so far so good. It really is giving it an aged effect and creates a beautiful texture on the box, you would never guess that the box was cheap old cardboard! I also received my tins. I was a little worried about them since I had to order a different style so that all of my lids would be the same, but I think they will be great. The new ones are screw on instead on the pop on lid and they are all indented on the top so I am very happy with them. Now to start filling! I also wanted to ask if anyone had any great ideas on how t display my cosmetics so that my display doesn't get destroyed/people can see my cosmetics tins from top to bottom. Prof Powell mentioned maybe having two sets open-one to leave intact and one for people to pick up and admire, she also suggested to build shelves into the tree and display some extra tins there. I am still mulling over these two great options but if anybody had any other ideas I would love to hear them:) Oh and the artist statement was not as hard as I had expected-I just free-wrote for awhile and I think it's coming along pretty smoothly.

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SO I am pretty much a ninja-jk-I just got the 3 boxes I need for my gift sets free! On the website-u-line.com the least amount I could order was 50-way too many so I just called and they are sending me 3 asap-I can't wait to cover them with sewing pattern and start laying out the flowers on them-which I have been cutting out and will soon be on assembly. I also ordered my final tins and am researching exactly what color makeup to put in my open set, right now it's looking like spring time yellow, pink, and cream.

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here is the box-not so pretty yet, but I will be working on that