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Decorating a metal box is a great gift idea. You can put your personal touch on it and adapt it to any special occasion. It is often also called "altered lunchbox", because "altered" means changed. And that's what we do, we change it to be the way we want it to be. This was basically a completely white metal box. I measured how big pieces of pattern paper I needed, and cut them to size. I then attached them to the metal box using my Xyron Creative Station to make sure they would sit tight. Then you run the entire...

It's good to be able to put the mobile away and sit down to have a creative moment with paper and glue. I'm so glad I got back into this wonderful hobby. I love to cut and paste! For me, who has always loved taking pictures, scrapbooking is the perfect hobby. We still take lots of pictures, but the camera has been replaced with a mobile phone. Our photos are displayed on a screen, instead of in an album. Much of the fun of displaying pictures has disappeared. There is something special about being able to take out an album...