explosive quotes on reading

Amidst Christmas cards and catching up on travel scrapbooking, I have finally finished the exploding box with quotes on books and reading. It's really a simple concept but the details may be rather time-consuming and if i don't finish the whole project quickly, it tends to linger forever.

So, here is the outside, including the lid with a precious stone...

..and, once you take the lid off, the box opens and reveals the quotes - I dyed them in coffee so they would gain the old-book look:

There is another box like this waiting to be finished - in pinks and purples, and the theme will be friendship.Quite flowery, I must say.