Here we have a vintage Santa crafted from snippets of felt, decorating a matchbox. This memento of Christmas past would have been given as a "hostess gift" at a holiday party. The KC Matchgirl can just look backwards in time and see a young housewife feverishly snipping her bits of felt and placing the sequins just so until an image of Santa emerges. An ordinary box of Ohio Blue Tip matches has been transformed in a work of art!
In actuality, the KC Matchgirl has no idea who crafted the Santa matchbox or why. It was found forlorn and forgotten in a utility drawer in a church's kitchen- a kitchen with an old stove that has burners that have to be lit with a match. And the box was empty when found so we at least know how the matches were used.
The point is, we don't have to live with the plain Jane generic matchboxes sold today when it's so easy to cover the boring "artwork" with your own design. Don't want to snip felt? Use scrapbook paper, stickers, scenes cut from old greeting cards- the possibilities are endless. But remember, when the creative zeal strikes, don't cover the strikers!
