DIY: Mini Gift Boxes from Soap Packs

Hello there! Hope you all are doing great! I am good as always and busy getting crafty with simple things around me. Here's one of them - some soap boxes which I used to make some pretty little gift boxes.

The best thing about this project is that it can be tried by any age group. In fact, this project was a part of some craft column which I wrote for kids. But yes, as I said, can be tried by any age. This project is one of the simplest and can be created in a numerous of ways... Its up to you and your creative minds :) So here's how you go about it.

What You will need:

Plus some fine ribbons and fevicol.

Cut your paper according to the size of the Soap Box, taking into consideration the sides, edges and bottom. Wrap the paper around the soap box and leave out the top opening.

Paint the top opening of the box with a similar colour. You could also create a design as you like.

I've made 4 gift boxes using gift wrapper, crepe paper and tissue paper. The options are unlimited; you could also use newspaper, colourful magazine pages, or even thick tracing paper.

The final step - you need to beautify your gift box!! Well, this is the most exciting part and the options are numerous. In this case, I've just used some fine ribbons and quills. I feel its a cute way to wrap your gifts :)

So take your ribbon and glue it or tie it around the box and finish it with a quill. Try using different shaped quills.

Well, again, you really don't have to stick to decorating your gift boxes with quills. You can try out boxes with decorative stones, quilled roses, dried flowers & leaves or even a simple bow made out from ribbon. Another great way would be to use paper twine/bakers twine to decorate your gift boxes. 

You can use these gift boxes for small items such as earrings, pendants, key chains or some small momento. A very personalised way of packaging gifts for your friends or loved ones. A great option to the expensive gift packaging available in the market. Why pay so much when you can make it by yourself! That too, with the simplest materials available. So the next time you go shopping for your monthly groceries, keep aside all the soap packs you bring. And do not forget to share your pictures with me. Would love to see them.

Till then, Happy Crafting!

Karen

DIY: Quirky Coasters from CD's and Price Tags

Hello Folks! Hope you all are good and well! Its been raining cats and dogs over here in Goa over the last few days.  And I prefer to be more of an indoor person during monsoons - enjoying a hot cup of tea along with some hot chocolate cake just out from the oven. And not to talk about some street side masala corn! Yes its one of my monsoon favourites!  That's it from my side.

Getting back to my post on quirky coasters, here's a super way to recycle all the Cd's as well as price tags in your home. And you won't believe it, they simply add a happy and homely feel to any table! Well, here are a few snapshots before I go about telling you how to make them...

The First Six are Cd's and the next 6, Price Tags.

 Aren't they simply pretty??? In my own words, they simply add an 'awwww' factor to a table. 

So here's how you got about it... You can try these coasters with Cd's or Price tags. The technique is the same. 

For those of you using price tags, if you're a regular shopper at pantaloons, there's this brand in salwar/Kurtis called "Rangmanch" which usually has its price tags in the form of circles. This is what I've used for the coasters. 

Getting Started with your coasters:

·      Get your CD/Price tag painted in acrylic colours. Chose your colour depending on the colour of the thread your using. So keep it contrasted to make these coasters more colourful.  For e.g. if you're using a green or an orange coloured thread, paint the CD/price tag in black. 

·      For the thread, you can use any type of thread except for wool. 

·      Apply a little bit of fevicol to the CD/price tags, especially at the edges for it to hold the thread and for a durable finish.  

·   Start rolling the thread over the CD/price tag carefully. Make sure the first layer is strongly glued to the CD/price tag. Roll the thread in a way which creates a lot of geometric designs. :) (That's the simplest way I could put it! :D)

·      Finally, wind up by gluing the last end of the thread with fevicol. Make sure you use a decent amount so that it doesn't come off later. And you're done with your coaster!

If you do try out, Don't forget to share your pictures over here. I would love to feature them in my blog.

Till then,  Happy Crafting!!

See you next week.

Karen

Bookmark Love

Hello folks! I know its been very long... was caught up with a lot of things here n there. At the same time, a lot of good things came my way! Firstly, Krafty Krook was featured in Goa's leading daily Herald which was just so fantastic! You can take a look at it in the side panel. Thanks to this, I stumbled upon an opportunity to write a weekly craft column for kids! Isn't that great? So that it for these 2 long weeks along with these beatiful bookmarks I made for a customer. These were coupled with a gift box and a greeting card. Here's a snapshot:

If you notice, majority of the bookmarks have been crafted with punched paper and quills. They make cute elements especially when its meant for gifting. They simply add a warm feel to a bookmark in addition to giving the reader a cute ornament for their books.

The gift box is crafted using printed card stock and a quilled design. And nothing else makes me more happy than knowing the client loved it all!!! :) 

Well that's it for now. Next week I have some really cool stuff lined up - Coasters from CD's and Price tags!! 

Till then,

Happy Crafting

Karen