Hey there,
So glad you could join me today!
I am a girl who loves pretty packaging and believes that it really is worth that little bit of extra effort to make someone feel really special before they even open your gift! Perhaps it comes from years and years of being a Martha Stewart fan *wink*, but I happen to love pretty gift wrap! Adorning your packages is easy if you pull out the crafty supplies in your stash and put them to work for you! You bought those goodies....why not get some extra use out of them by using them to 'pretty up' a gift for a loved one?
Not only are little gift boxes such as these, perfect for birthdays and a wide variety of other occasions, but Mother's Day is on the way...you could decorate a little gift box for Mom to show her just how much you care!
For today, I created two boxes to show you. I bought a set of these kraft nesting boxes at my local hobby store and have had them for awhile now, just waiting for the perfect time to use them. I think there were 3 or 4 in the set for maybe $5. They're the perfect little blank canvas to decorate and the best part is, you wouldn't technically have to 'wrap' them, since they look so cute as is. This means that you can decorate the lid of the box, making it totally reusable! The recipient can use your pretty box to pass on to someone else!
I used small and medium sized boxes today as well as some standard paper doilies from the cake decorating section at the hobby store. On the larger of the two boxes, I had a doily that was too small for the look I wanted to achieve and one that was too large and hung over the edges of the lid. To solve this little crafter's dilemna, I simply put one accordian fold in the middle of the doily, turning the circle into an oval. I then turned the doily on a diagonal so that my little oval doily fit perfectly on the lid!
Next came the fun part. I pulled out the Frilly Flowers dies and a roll of vintage cream felt plus a roll of kraft felt. I die cut the flower layers from the cream, and the leaves from the kraft. I mixed up the flower layers so that each flower would be a little different than the other. The layers were stitched together with a kraft button at the center, using chocolate baker's twine and rustic jute button twine. I adhered the flowers to the box with foam adhesive (securing the foam to both the flowers and the box with scor-tape). I wanted to be sure and give them a little height, which is why I used the foam adhesive, but it's not quite sticky enough to hold the felt flowers, which is why I added scor-tape too. ;) The leaves are adhered with scor-tape. Lastly, I added a few Basic Grey opaline pearls.
For the small box, I used a standard small doily and then created a 6-layered flower!! I used every one of the flower dies from the Frilly Flowers collection, to make this flower. The more layers, the better, right? :)
I'm pretty sure giving a gift box like one of these, is guaranteed to make the recipient smile. :)
I hope I've encouraged you to bust out some of your own crafty stash and whip up some gift toppers soon! Whether you've got a specific gift in mind, or just want to get a jump on having some pretty packaging on hand and ready to use, this is a perfect little weekend project!
Take care, dear readers, and have a great weekend!
{Felt Flower Gift Toppers supplies -- click on thumbnails}
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