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Monday, August 3, 2009

DIY Project #4: Card Box

Today's DIY Project is my card box. Ive come across tons of beautiful card boxes ranging from $30 to $150. The picture to the left was my original inspiration photo. My initial plan was to recreate that card box (which retails for $125). Butttt, I decided to keep it pretty simple and do a more basic one. Plus it was really super hard to find the boxes needed to recreate it.

Supplies needed: Box, scissors, fabric, ribbon, spray glue
Cost: Box $9.99 at Ikea, other supplies I already had
Time: 30 min

Im not completely satisfied with the card box yet... I think Im going to add a bow or something at top. I feel its missing something but we'll see what I have time to do. Nevertheless, here's how I did my card box for now:

1. Get box and cut slit in the lid. I used an X-Acto to cut it but a box cutter would work too.
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2. Use spray glue to glue your fabric of choice to the bottom half of the box
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3. Time to cover your lid
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4. Use fabric glue to cover lid. Make sure you cut slits in fabric so you can wrap around the open slot.
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5. Finished covering lid & bottom of box
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6. Add some ribbon and your card sign
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7. This is the finished product for now but again I think I may do something a little different! I will update if I make any changes!
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4 comments:

  1. Nneka
    OMG. Courtney sent me a link to your blog and now I check it weekly for ideas for my wedding. Wow, you really are talented! I wish you were a wedding planner so that i could hire you.
    Everything looks awesome!

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  2. This looks great...very professional!

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