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| I used the antiqued hearts I made in the previous blog to decorate these. |
One day I was visiting a friend when I was living near my home town. It was a blizard so I should have gone home. But I was close and liked visiting her because she runs a great local pottery shop. I would add a link to her website, but she has no online presence. Her shop is called Dots Pots and it is in Moline, IL
So while the blizard was burying my car outside I lingered in her shop parusing her beautiful and functional artistic pottery. Since I wasn't in a rush to hurry out she showed me how to make two craft projects. To this day I remember one of the projects and forgot the other.
The other project she showed me how to make was small boxes using any old paper. So I decided that for my wedding I would make these cute favor boxes for everyone. I wish I could tell people how to make them, but they would have to watch me. I would advise looking up websites about folding paper or oragami boxes. These are cute, fun, and will save money. They can be decorated with ribbon, jute as I have above (buy jute at the hardware store because it is so much less expensive there), stamps, stickers and much more.
After looking I did find directions on making a box that looks like mine here:
http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/techniquesandtutorials/ss/Box.htm
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| Scapbook paper is great to use. There are so many designs and colors available at your local craft store. Make sure to use cardstock paper for sturdy boxes. |
So while the blizard was burying my car outside I lingered in her shop parusing her beautiful and functional artistic pottery. Since I wasn't in a rush to hurry out she showed me how to make two craft projects. To this day I remember one of the projects and forgot the other.
The project I forgot how to make was making small gift bags from wrapping paper which would have come in handy if I could remember how to do it. Gift bags are so expensive and the bags she taught me how to make didn't take much wrapping paper and therefore were going to be very cheap.
The other project she showed me how to make was small boxes using any old paper. So I decided that for my wedding I would make these cute favor boxes for everyone. I wish I could tell people how to make them, but they would have to watch me. I would advise looking up websites about folding paper or oragami boxes. These are cute, fun, and will save money. They can be decorated with ribbon, jute as I have above (buy jute at the hardware store because it is so much less expensive there), stamps, stickers and much more.
After looking I did find directions on making a box that looks like mine here:
http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/techniquesandtutorials/ss/Box.htm
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