Last week I took a granddaughter to visit crafters at Silver Dollar City’s annual craft festival. This year we met a sweet crafter named Amy Koch of Paper Loft Creations. She creates adorable shadowboxes using wood, paper, fabric, string, rocks, paint, lights, and more. Her creations each look like a storybook come to life and I imagine she has storylines of her own running through her head as she makes each shadowbox. It’s obvious she loves books because almost every shadowbox has little books included in the design. Amy was very sweet to my granddaughter in showing her how to roll paper to make a flower and gave her a couple to take with her. She also encouraged her to be creative. You can check out what Amy does at her Facebook page. When we left the park for the day, I asked my granddaughter which was her favorite booth we visited, and she didn’t hesitate in answering that she liked Amy’s booth the best.

My granddaughter was so inspired by Amy’s treehouse shadowboxes that when they came to my house the next day, she and her big sister and younger brother decided to make their own shadowboxes from cardboard boxes. They gathered sticks and other items from around our yard and I cut out boxes for them. First order of business was to paint the inside of their boxes.

While the paint dried, they figured out how they wanted to arrange their sticks and wood scraps.

After the paint dried, the girls used glue guns to put everything in place. Besides the sticks, they made some pillows and little books for accessories.

Little brother used LOTS of white glue to put his creation together!

They were all so proud of their creations and loved every minute of the construction.

If you’ve been following my blog, you may recall last spring all of my grandkids were visiting and had a wonderful time creating a fairy garden as well as making fairy dolls. The girls have since made several more fairy dolls and were excited to see if their dolls would fit into their treehouses.

I’ve been told that the fairies love their new houses!

The girls also made a boy fairy doll for their younger brother and he likes his house too!

Thank you Amy Koch for being willing to share your love of art with us and taking the time to show my granddaughter how to make a paper flower. You made an impression and gave her inspiration!