Pretty packages

Sometimes we are asked to give money as present and .. well .. you can't give just a few notes in an envelope, right?

So for someone saving money for a camera, what could be more appropriate than a camera shutter card with money placed inside?

And yes, the shutter opens and closes :-)

For someone who was celebrating a diamond occasion, I hid the banknotes into an origami diamond. I even found some iridescent paper (transparent isn't quite the way to go)!

Giving money - Euro chess

Sooner or later it happens to everyone that one is asked to give money as a present. I really don't feel like giving just an envelope with money in it - it has to be something slightly different. That's why I/we made a Euro chess!

You know, different Euro coins for different chess pieces.


Our pieces were:


king: Belgian 2 € - with King Albert II
queen: Dutch 2 € - Queen Beatrix
rook: German 2 € - an eagle
bishop: French 2 € - a tree with Liberté, égalité, fraternité
knight: Slovenian 2 € - France Prešeren
pawn: German 1 € - an eagle


king: Spanish 2 € - with King Juan Carlos I
queen: A commemorative coin 2 € - Treaty of Rome
rook: Greek 2 € - Europa and a bull
bishop: Italian 2 € - Dante Alighieri
knight: Austrian 2 € - Bertha von Suttner
pawn: Austrian 1 € - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The board is simply a piece of cardboard with black self-adhesive paper squares on top.

Now, I don't know if the recipient ever played a game, but it was great fun going through all the pockets, backpacks, drawers, bags looking for different coins.