This is a bit of a different blog post to usual, today I'm going to show you how I turned some old Office shoe boxes into pretty boxes for storage!
I've been having a bit of a crafty phase at the moment - I'm moving into my new Uni flat soon and I need to make it girly and cosy, but at the moment it's all bare and cold. So first I made a padded fabric notice board which is just so easy to make (believe me, I have no creative skills to talk of) and it looks great, people couldn't actually believe I made it!
I'm hoping to give my room a shabby-chic/vintage/Cath Kidston vibe but don't have very much money to spend! But also I like my room to be tidy: mess stresses me out! That's why the ext thing I thought I would make were some pretty storage boxes!
I'd seen the type of thing I was after around the shops and online but didn't really fancy paying so much for something that ultimately is a box wrapped in pretty paper!
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| http://everydaybeautiful.typepad.com |
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| http://shabbypinkandpretty.blogspot.co.uk |
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| Laura Ashley |
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| Laura Ashley |
Elements that I really like are the little tabs on the side of the boxes and ribbon.
So here goes my first semi-tutorial but it hardly needs it as its so simple...
1. Gather your materials:
- pretty wrapping paper
- pretty wrapping paper
-pretty ribbon (x2)
-scissors
-staplegun
-selotape
-boxes
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| Excuse the tum! |
2. First I centred the box lid on the wrapping paper, cut to size and stapled the excess around the edges.
But, I had a problem:
The staples were sticking through the paper, for some reason they weren't folding like usual.
3. Padding! To stop the boxes from becoming a hazard I used padding/wadding to wrap around the lid so that it would be too thick for the staples to stick through.
4. Repeat step 2. (see it really is easy!)
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| Mushroom toadstool? |
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| Don't mind the excess photos of padded box lids! |
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| Oophs! and again. |
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| And again. |
5. For wrapping the boxes I decided to use selotape as I didn't have enough wadding to use the staplegun.
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| Fold the edges, a definitive 'home-made' look! |
6. To make the tabs: fold a little bit of ribbon
and staple to the middle side of the box (x2)
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| I also added tissue paper to the inside to cover up my 'work' |
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| Not convinced the tissue paper is doing the box any favours... |
7. Finally staple a trim of ribbon around the lid!
And then you have pretty boxes for storage!
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| Ugly storage vs. Pretty storage |
So there it is, my first tutorial (kinda)! I'm hoping this will help me achieve the desired effect in my new room!
What do you think?
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