progress

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.