Nuggets of Wisdom

I LOVE this tutorial from Clear Dollar Stamps: Nugget Box with Money There are several cute ways to give money listed, but scroll down to find the Nugget Box. I made this for the son of some friends who just graduated from high school. I told his mom to be sure he doesn't throw away the wrappers without looking carefully. You'll see why as you read on!

I altered my box by using Five Dollar bills rather than ones, and learned some lessons along the way. Also, I don't have the stamp set "Sweet Jesus" (YET) but it is on my wish list. I used the computer for my words instead.

In the tutorial, the directions show to fold the ends of the dollar bill to meet in the middle. I found that on the $5 bill, Abe isn't centered. If you fold the ends to the middle you get this:
To avoid that, you need to fold the ends off center, putting Mr. Lincoln in the middle: So you end up with a nugget like this:

After wrapping all 6 nuggets, I wanted to add some real nuggets of Wisdom from God's Word. This also was part of the fun as I disguised the money. They fit perfectly into these boxes from Clear Dollar Stamps.

To fill in the little space, the tutorial tells how to make a spacer. I thought it was the perfect spot to hide some more money, and being a graduation gift, I decided to make a scroll.



Finally, I added the computer generated words and a bit of ribbon. I thought a knot was more "boy-like" than a bow.



Hope he enjoys opening it as much as I enjoyed making it. I am thrilled to have my craft room almost ready to occupy for real. Even having all my things in one room and working on the floor is a MAJOR improvement from having to move things around each time I stamped. I sold some stamps on ebay last week & ordered some new ones. Can't wait for more "play time!"