For almost a year, a black box sat in a dusty storage shelf, unnoticed - until today, when its owner decided to clean and freshen things up.I am one of those Starbucks Coffee lovers who collect Starbucks planners each year. But I am not an early bird at collecting, I wait until the end of December or early January, when all my friends can spare me a coupon stamp or two since they already redeemed their planners. (Clever huh? :) You see, I have strict quotas on Starbucks coffee, only two per month and that's it.
Back to the old box, as I was about to put it on the trash bag, I felt it told me "you can use me again". As if it's talking. Anyway, I thought I can still use it, perhaps as a gift box or a filing box. And then it hit me - a pile of old pictures was just beside it, wanting for an album or a box where it can jump into.
Things just fell into place. I stumbled upon scrapbook stickers, cut out the letters P-H-O-T-O-S and placed them onto the box cover. Employing the simple scrapbooking technique, I placed extra stickers everywhere and held myself back.
Pretty convenient. I never knew this piece would organize some of my photos so well. Now this box which is about to be thrown into the dark, black trash bag received its second chance in life - as a "Star-box" sitting on the TV shelf.
Hurray for recycling! Eight months after this, I have another "Star-box" to make. Make one too :)
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