But that wasn’t good enough.

The hat box needed some color.

I pasted strips from The Spirit, Dick Tracy and the Green Hornet. 

Nothing like a little mod podge, a hat box and some comic books for Christmas. Picture to come.

But I can’t tell you how (yet.)

It’s a super secret project that will be revealed to the boyfriend on Christmas day.

Things he knows about it:

• It’s created a huge mess that cannot be concealed - in that he’s not allowed to “pop by” my apartment until after Christmas.
• It’s sticky – when he texted me last night asking how my project was going, I had one word: sticky.
• Something has to dry – in that I can’t stick around for “one more beer” with friends because this project needs to get done!