Card Box by Amanda of VintageGlam
You may remember Amanda from her inspiring wedding that I featured back in March. She has started her own blog, VintageGlam, and if you haven't seen it yet, be sure to stop by and check it out. She's got tons of great DIY projects and downloadable templates, along with all kinds of ideas for your wedding. Today we're lucky enough to have her stop by and share a project with us - a pretty box for guests to leave cards and notes at your wedding.
Step 1: Sand the box entirely.
Step 2: Spray paint or stain your box.
Step 3: Cut a 10"x14" rectangle of a foam sheet (you can also trace the box on the foam). With a x acto knife, cut a slit of 1/4"x6".
Step 4: Cover the foam with fabric. Flip ip upside down and trace the slit with a sharpie (suggestion: when tracing, just make one straight line. I tried cutting a perfect rectangular slit on the fabric the first try around and it didn't work because the fabric stretched out).
Step 5: Using adhesive spray, glue the fabric onto the foam board. Cut small chips of foam board and place in the slit until it dries. This will make sure the fabric covering the slit will stick to the foam. I also found out that red polished nails won't work well with spray adhesive (my nail polish started to rub on the fabric). So ladies, make sure you remove your nail polish before working on this project! (I had to learn the hard way, unfortunately.)
Step 6: Measure the thickness of the edge of the box. This will be the slack needed to secure the top of the cardbox.
Step 7: Make a frame with the smaller rectangle
Step 8: Cut 4 strips of fabric. They don't need to be perfectly cut as they will the covering only the edges of the frame. Glue the strips of fabric around the frame. Make sure the edges are not bulky, otherwise it won't fit in the box.
Step 9: After both pieces are dried, glue them together. This is the trickiest part because they have to be aligned in order to fit (see photo of the finished top, above). Measure twice to glue it once!
Step 10: (Disregard the floral tape in this photo...you won't need it.) Snip the stems off two fabric flowers of your choice. Cut a 5"x5" piece of fabric from leftovers. Fold in half. Draw a leaf shape on one side and cut.
Step 11: Cut a wire slightly longer than your leaf. Place the wire on the right side of the fabric and sew.
Step 12: With a hot glue gun, glue the flowers and the leaves onto the card box top.
Thanks so much to Amanda for stopping by to share this project with us! Be sure to take a look at her blog, VintageGlam, for more ideas and inspiration.
Step 1: Sand the box entirely.
Step 2: Spray paint or stain your box.
Step 3: Cut a 10"x14" rectangle of a foam sheet (you can also trace the box on the foam). With a x acto knife, cut a slit of 1/4"x6".
Step 4: Cover the foam with fabric. Flip ip upside down and trace the slit with a sharpie (suggestion: when tracing, just make one straight line. I tried cutting a perfect rectangular slit on the fabric the first try around and it didn't work because the fabric stretched out).
Step 5: Using adhesive spray, glue the fabric onto the foam board. Cut small chips of foam board and place in the slit until it dries. This will make sure the fabric covering the slit will stick to the foam. I also found out that red polished nails won't work well with spray adhesive (my nail polish started to rub on the fabric). So ladies, make sure you remove your nail polish before working on this project! (I had to learn the hard way, unfortunately.)
Step 6: Measure the thickness of the edge of the box. This will be the slack needed to secure the top of the cardbox.
Step 7: Make a frame with the smaller rectangle
Step 8: Cut 4 strips of fabric. They don't need to be perfectly cut as they will the covering only the edges of the frame. Glue the strips of fabric around the frame. Make sure the edges are not bulky, otherwise it won't fit in the box.
Step 9: After both pieces are dried, glue them together. This is the trickiest part because they have to be aligned in order to fit (see photo of the finished top, above). Measure twice to glue it once!
Step 10: (Disregard the floral tape in this photo...you won't need it.) Snip the stems off two fabric flowers of your choice. Cut a 5"x5" piece of fabric from leftovers. Fold in half. Draw a leaf shape on one side and cut.
Step 11: Cut a wire slightly longer than your leaf. Place the wire on the right side of the fabric and sew.
Step 12: With a hot glue gun, glue the flowers and the leaves onto the card box top.
Thanks so much to Amanda for stopping by to share this project with us! Be sure to take a look at her blog, VintageGlam, for more ideas and inspiration.
Labels: DIY, guest blogger
posted by Kathryn at
5:30 AM
8 Comments:
What a beautiful and elegant card box!
Hi Kathryn,
LOVE this post. Yellow and gray are my colors, so I'm all over that box.
I just wanted to let you know that I religiously read your blog. I know it must feel crazy sometimes, sending these posts out into the abyss and then sometimes getting very little feedback...so keep in mind that you're keeping one gal very happy every time you write something! I have you in my Google Reader so I see your updates as soon as they're on your blog!
xoxox
Elizabeth
awesome!
What a fun project! I love the gray and yellow combination.
I agree with the yellow and gray color combo -- very, very nice. Beautiful way to tuck away those cards for safe-keeping.
What gorgeous colors!
Beautiful blog! The craft gives me some nice ideas!
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Ooh... I want to use this idea to create a card box for my wedding. I'm doing an alternative guestbook, using notecards instead. I too religiously read your blog! Keep up the beautiful work. It's surely inspiring this bride! I even began my own (admittedly not-that-put-together) blog.
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