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Lined Canvas Diaper Box. You can find almost anything on Pinterest…it’s true.

Lined Canvas Diaper Box

Upon wasting my time searching the other day, I found a fantastic tutorial on upcycling diaper boxes. Hmmm…what could I do with this? Oh, yes – toys scattered all about our living room floor: check, a desire to get said toys put away when not in use: check, cute fabric laying there staring at me: check! I decided to take on this project! I changed some things from this tutorial I found, but you could use either hers or mine. What you’ll need Diaper Box Canvas fabric (1 yard covered two diaper boxes) Measuring tape Spray adhesive Craft glue Scissors (or rotary cutter and mat) Here’s how Cut the flaps off of your box.

Measure the outside width and length of the box. Width Length Cut your fabric Mine was 25 x 31 Center your box on the canvas. Measure out from corner of the box (to the corner of your fabric) 2 inches and mark it with a pin. Don’t forget to cut the 2 inches from the pin toward the box. Semi-finished product. I try DIY: Weekly Wrap-Up: Pillow Boxes. Apparently, while my mom was pregnant with me, she took a part-time job at Nordstrom (or was it JC Penney?)

i try DIY: Weekly Wrap-Up: Pillow Boxes

Wrapping gifts for the holiday season. I don't know if this story is true, or if I pieced together stories to make it to be true. Either way, it's a great story to tell. Ang Alamat kung bakit mahilig akong mag-wrap ng regalo. My mom loves to wrap gifts. I'll try to post a gift-wrapping idea each week. These little paper delights are called pillow boxes. Here's all the things you'll need to make these boxes. Make Your Own Pillow Boxes. Pillow boxes are perfect for so many occasions, whether you are giving a gift, or looking for a fun way to package a party or wedding favor.

Make Your Own Pillow Boxes

Here is a quick tutorial on how to make your own... in whatever color or paper you choose. There are so many fun possibilities. Jigsaw GiftBox Tutorial. Hi welcome to the tutorial for my Jigsaw Giftbox.

Jigsaw GiftBox Tutorial

Each box measures 2"x2"x2" and is stackable. How to make boxes from paint swatches. If you've got paint chips sitting around begging to be made into something, try folding them into boxes for paperclips, thumbtacks, party favor candies, or tiny gifts.

How to make boxes from paint swatches

I made these from Behr swatches, available at Home Depot. You'll need paint swatches, double-stick tape, an X-acto knife, ruler, and cutting mat. For the box bottom, cut a 1/2" strip off each of the two rounded ends of the swatch. You should be left with a 5" x 5" square. At a point slightly more than 1 1/2" from one edge—about 1 17/32" if you want to be picky, but I just eyeballed it—score a line with your knife. The box lid is constructed the same way.

Fold each sheet on the scored lines, bending flaps inward and securing them with double-stick tape. Cute photo sleeve. DIY Design Community « Keywords: Christmas, Holiday, gift-box, felt. Curbly-Original So a few months ago I spotted these DARLING felt, flatpack breadbaskets from Teroforma, and I thought, "Dude, you can totally make that.

DIY Design Community « Keywords: Christmas, Holiday, gift-box, felt

" My idea, however, was not a breadbasket, but a little gift basket. So I grabbed paper and pencil and came up with plan. First, the supplies: one 8" x 11" piece of heavy felt from the craft store, NOT the flimsy kinda scissorscraft knife and cutting mat, optional but helpfuldoo-dads to decorate the boxa pencila PDF template, which you can find on my Scribd page Second, the how-to: Print and then cut out the template to create a pattern. Trace the pattern onto the felt. Using the scissors, cut the image from the felt; if you have one, use the craft knife to cut the little, rectangular slots (it's easier than using the scissors).

Depending upon the thickness of your felt, you might have to adjust the openings of the trapezoidal opening. Third, the folding: Improv Diary. We have a fantastic stationer in Amherst called Hastings and my favorite part of the store is where they stock the office supplies. They seem to have all of the genuine, plain jane, almost old fashioned type stuff — air mail envelopes and manila envelopes, and craft paper envelopes you can buy individually.

You know what I mean. I really appreciate that stuff because it hasn’t needed to change and improve and it is the starting point for creative correspondence (or just correspondence). DIY Wrapping Paper Gift Bag. Because sometimes you just need a small gift bag...

DIY Wrapping Paper Gift Bag

I needed to wrap a t-shirt that I made as a gift. So, I made a gift bag using wrapping paper, freezer paper, tape and ribbon. It was easy to make and cute. Turn baby scribbles into bows (Gift Bow Tutorial) Benjamin and Lyla both love to color, but right now all they do is scribble.

Turn baby scribbles into bows (Gift Bow Tutorial)

I have stacks of sheets that Benjamin has colored all over and I was hoping to do something fun with them. I saw this tutorial at Smile Monsters for making your own paper gift bows and I immediately wanted to turn the scribbles into bows. These are such a great idea for wrapping presents (especially for the grandparents). Lyla helped color with markers. She loves the little (very washable) markers and gets them all over her face and hands. First, cut the paper into strips 8 and a half inches long and 3/4 of an inch wide. Next, fold the strip in half to mark the middle. Try to keep the ends somewhat pointy. Once you have made all of these figure 8 petals, start gluing them one at a time. Next, add the last two folded up inside of the others.