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| Originally, I had saved a couple of shipping boxes for this project, but after looking at some tutorials on card boxes, I decided to buy boxes with lids. I cut about a yard and a half of fabric that matched with Linda's theme. I was pleased that the creases on the sides flattened out when I ironed them. That's right, ironed right on the the box. It worked out really well. |
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| Using a box cutter, I traced out a hole for the cards to slip in. I cut out the bottom of the small box, leaving about 1/2 an inch of a boarder so that I could glue the two boxes together. With the portion that I cut out, I traced the same sized hole on the lid of the big box. I then glued the two boxes together, matching up the square holes. I used black binder clips to hold the two boxes together until the fabric glue dried. |
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| To model the invitations that I made for Linda, I wrapped the boxes in the blue and white cord. We had embellished her invitations with blue and white bakers twine so I wanted to keep with the theme. |
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| I spray painted wood letters for a monogram. |
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| We were having a lot of difficulties finding white, rectangle vases that were tall enough for what Linda was looking for. I found these at Ikea and was convinced that I could spray paint them white to give Linda the look that she wanted. There are some imperfections if you look closely, but from afar they don't look so bad. I purposely painted the vases in large boxes in my parents' garage so that dirt and dust didn't blow on them. What happens? A tiny spider crawls up and decides to commit suicide right in the middle of one of the vases. I had to send Linda a picture because I couldn't believe it. Thankfully, she thought it was hilarious and I was able to scrape off the spider and paint over the spot. |
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