tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989762.post-41319656506046010432008-05-10T12:12:00.000-05:002008-05-10T12:12:00.000-05:002008-05-10T12:12:00.000-05:00Wine boxes + wallpaper scraps = ornate boxes. <BR/>Price - Cheap to free <BR/>Materials - try a corner liquor store for the boxes and sometimes you can get wallpaper scraps for free at home improvement stores, but that's trickier to track down. Sometimes it's easier to just pick one pattern you like and place a small order.<BR/><BR/>Shoeboxes + craft paper + mod podge glue = ornate boxes.<BR/>Price - It helps if the box is free. Ask your female friends to help you on this one, they've prolly got scraps of craft or wrapping paper. <BR/>Materials - If you can't find sturdy, small boxes, you can purchase plain ones at the craft store but that'll cost you more. Craft paper there is CHEAP, and the modpodge glue is pretty reasonable. Oh, I suggest a paint brush for the glue.<BR/><BR/>Dusty old baskets that middle aged women sell at yard sales + one can of compressed air = useable baskets.<BR/>Price - Not sure on the going rate in your neck of the woods, but remember the first rule of haggling. People will take $0.50 instead of a dollar if they can SEE the $0.50 in your hand. Also, act really gay. Middle age women will take it as a compliment that gay man wants their stuff. Canned air will cost you about ten bucks at an office supply store, or use the air pump at the gas station for about $0.50<BR/>Materials - Just the time it takes to pick the old fake flowers off them.<BR/><BR/>Also, thrift shops often have great old used tins.Valancy Janehttp://www.valancyjane.com/noreply@blogger.com