Tuesday, December 20, 2011

DIY Folded Boxes + Decorations



"Brown paper packages tied up with string. These are a few of my favorite things!"

Hi, all! Kristina here with another holiday idea.

For today's video I created folded boxes out of lunch bags. These would be perfect for little holiday treats for friends and neighbors, or even a small piece of jewelry (hint, hint Santa!). And edge punches are a great way to dress them up, but of course you could go simple and use only string, baker's twine, or ribbon.

Anyhow, enjoy! The video below walks you through the creation and decoration of the boxes.

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20 comments:

  1. Love these! Thanks so much for the video.

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  2. Great little boxes. Thanks for sharing

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  3. What a great little video, with some cute ideas for decorations too.
    To Bunnyfreak, you can say the box must be about 3x3", as she measured the width of the lid to be 3" right?
    Have a great day everyone.

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  4. What a great idea! Thank you for the video.

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  5. Really cute Kristina! I'm so glad that you are doing these Simon Stamp videos. I get to watch you almost every day of the week!

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  6. I love these ideas! I have a ton of border punches, so I can get right to it!
    DeniseB

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  7. Kraft, Kristina, baker's twine and hand-made boxes are among my favorite things. I'm on it!

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  8. Great little boxes , thanks for sharing this idea! love them .
    Hugs Cheryl

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  9. nice job...need to go take a second look at my border punches.
    You rock!!!! Have a great Christmas.

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  10. Gotta love those little boxes! I've used my border punches like that on cards, especially the pine bough one, it's such a lovely effect. Thanks for sharing,

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  11. THANKS for sharing!! I LOVE the ideas. What fun gift boxes these would make for jewelry presents too!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  12. Oh I love these-and such a great tutorial.Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

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  13. PS: I've made many of these over the years. Here's a couple of ideas I've used:

    1) use old calendars to make the boxes. I ask friends for their calendars at the end of the year. The calendar is usually something they like (cats, dogs, inspirational sayings or pictures, etc.). They really enjoy seeing their favorite calendar take on a second life. A set of "nesting boxes" made out of their calendar is a special treat.

    2) insert a chip board liner (you can cover it with dp) that fits around the inside perimeter of the box and is wider than the box is deep. This allows the top to not fit completely down over the bottom of the box, thereby allowing more room for whatever you put inside.

    Love those punches!!

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  14. Thanks for the box tutorial. I've got the day off, so I may try this out. ALWAYS love Kristina's videos!

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  15. These lil boxes are really cute.

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  16. This is great! Thanks for sharing such a cute idea :)

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  17. Brilliant! She never ceases to amaze me. :)

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