Little Boxes, Little Boxes

Hi Dolly here and I wonder how many of you are old enough to have seen the title of this post and be humming the song?

Oh come on … someone must remember it!

But the post isn’t about the song but about genuine little boxes and what to do with them.

I wonder how many of you keep boxes that are pretty and cute with the view to making something in them and then never get around to it?

Today’s post is a super quick solution.

I spotted this little box when looking for a necklace. The necklace was cute, but it was the box I wanted and the way I looked at it, it was £3 for a box to fit an album in and they gave me a free necklace!

I wanted to use it for a mini book of the big cat sanctuary we had visited and it was super quick to make.

The inside of the box measured 4 ¾  “ x 3 ¼  ” and so I cut several strips of cardstock of  3”. You need to make sure it is snug but not TOO snug.

As I was using 12” x 12” cardstock it gave me the perfect overlap for flaps.

I scored the strips at 4 ½ “ and 9”and the little left over bit of 3” made the flap enabling me to stick it to the next strip with extra strong double sided tape and create a pocket for a tag.

Before I glued it down I punched a semi circular hole at the top of the opening just to make it easier to get the tag in and out and obvious that there was a tag in there.

You just repeat this as many times as you want or need to create the accordion booklet.

 

I cute two pieces of thicker cardstock for the covers, covered them and decorated them. Before sticking the back cover onto the accordion fold book I added a small loop of ribbon between the book and the cover. This acts as a kind of tab to help you pull the book out. I find this really useful as the books are often a snugger fit than I anticipated.

It is then just a case of adding pictures and embellishments.

 

I promise it is really really quick and simple and works with any size of box.

I have made them in quite large boxes as almost full sized albums and even in teeny boxes like this wedding favour box which is only a 2” cube.

 

 

Now, go grab one of those pretty little boxes you have been hoarding for ever and fill it with a quick and simple memory.

Comments

[Lynne]

Gorgeous, I'll never look at a box in quite the same way again.

[Eleanor]

I've been squirrelling boxes away from work, really lush strong designer ones, now I know just what to use them for. Love the Big Cat box - well I would wouldn't I?
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