Winter Tendency~Daily OM

I just loved the following exerpt from a recent Daily OM. If you don't know about them, check out their site, or sign up for their daily emails or horoscopes.

"We humans have a tendency to yearn for the light, for the coming of spring, and for the more visible phase of growth that all things express in coming to be. In our love for what we can see with our eyes we sometimes lose patience for, and interest in, the world of darkness that nurtures and protects the seeds, bulbs, and babies of the world for such an important part of their life cycles. It is a perilous and mysterious phase of growth, and one that we have little control over, and perhaps that is why we don’t celebrate it with quite the same passion as we do the lighter and brighter phases of life."

Winter Matchbox

Winter Matchbox- inside
Originally uploaded by we98bees

Here is the latest Matchbox swap I sent out right before Christmas. The theme was "Winter" and this was a fun one to make. Enclosed in the box were the red star/snowflake (shrinky dink ), googly eyes, some tags, small and tiny pom poms, mini buttons, star and snowflake confetti among other items. I love finding the most unusual things to inclued in these mini "gift boxes".

First Snow