No to Cigars but Yes to Cigar Boxes

I don't like the fact that my husband smokes cigars, it makes me scared for his health.  The only positive results of his smoking cigars are that I get to keep the cigar boxes.  For those of you know me, know that I tend to 'collect' things because, you know, "I may use it or need it later on".  Consequently I have collected many cigar boxes with the intention of doing something with them.  Well, today is the day.... or yesterday was the day.  I have decided to stop collecting and start doing, and so far I like the result.
These plain old cigar boxes went from this:

to this:

So here is to 3 of them finished and 20 more to go.......

Fabric and Fabric....Finally

I love fabric and I love color so how perfect is this fabric that is full of color!!  I originally bought these fabrics after a trip to Hawaii years ago and found a local artist who made beautiful handbags.  Forward 6 years later and I still have fabric leftover.  A while ago a wonderful friend Laurel Poplar gave me fabric sample books and here we are in 2013 and I have finally merged the two together.