A Chocolate Gift

I'm just 'popping' by to say A Happy New Year to all my followers and Blog Readers :)

I haven't managed to get in the craft room this week or get on the computer either so I thought I'd kick start the blog off again by sharing a Chocolate Gift I made for my brother for Christmas to go with his pressie.

Novelty silicone ice cube moulds seem to be the thing at the moment and having seen some retro designs in the shops, I searched on-line and found a Lego Man ice cube mould .... ideal for my brother, we used to spend ages playing with our huge collection of Lego sets in our younger days, and still will given the chance:)
Not content with just giving the mould I decided to use it to make little chocolate men, seeing as it was made of silicone!

Whilst they set in the fridge I went about 

making a box for these little guys to sit in.....

First I made the insert so they could lay straight...... the good 

ol' Houghie board was so useful for this project!

It had to be bright primary coloured card ...... just like the Lego Bricks!!

The base and lid were made with some simple 

measuring and scoring ..... remembering to make the 

lid slightly larger than the base!!! 

I used a rectangle nestie to cut two windows in the lid before 

assembling the sides and then 

stuck two pieces of acetate behind them.

Here they are sitting in their box and peeking through the windows

My Lego brick label :)

...... and here's the finished gift, I didn't think a 

ribbon would look good to hold the box together 

so I just used clear round sticky dots.

My Brother appreciated the novelty chocs and the retro mould too :)

So another year is coming to a close and I will try and see the New Year in .... the only way 

I'll stay awake is if I'm in the craftroom !!

Thanks again to all you wonderful crafters who come and 

visit my place in the blogland, you're comments 

truly appreciated, especially as commenting 

time is potential crafting time!

I know I'm still playing catch up and hopefully 

normal service will resume from now on :)

See you in 2012 ...... midnight Monday to be precise, 

with the first challenge over at St Luke's Charity 

Card Challenge of the year.

Catch ya then XX

Jenny