I immediately knew what I would do with them as they were crying out to be used a homes for silk corsage flowers or pomanders, being of a round disposition, you understand. ;)
I took off the labels, leaving the bottom of the box with its dark brown almost black finish. I cut a circle in a matching paper, ( all the papers I've used are Stampin' Up. They are such good quality and never tear or wrinkle when gluing them. I'm sure you could find some good papers in your collection). Then I glued that to the bottom to disguise the shop label.
Next I took a LONG piece of paper ( still not quite long enough I had to join it ), and glued that to the side.
If you make sure you have a decent overlap on both top and bottom, you'll be able to bend it over the top of the box and onto the bottom- which is of course the top. IN other words, bend the paper into the cavity of the box and glue it and then over the flat top.
It helps if you snip the paper first down to the level of the box.
Whilst this is drying you can create your flower. For the second box, I used a very pretty lining silk in cerise interspersed with an embroidered net which I picked up at the Kensington Dollshouse Festival a while ago. This is finished with a tiny sprig of 1950's gold net, a couple of toning ribbons folded and glued ( for the top rose ) and some unusual tiny bobble trim, I got from an old scarf, in cream. A gold button decorates the top flower middle and two buttons are placed one on top of another in the corsage flower. A brass one and a mother of pearl in a dark red. To disguise the holes in the top button, I squeezed a little pearl drops in gold into them.
Then it was all mounted onto black stiff net and a clip was attached. If you want a tutorial on how to make them GO HERE> Then I mounted the flower on toning card and stuck it into the centre of the box lid.
I used a paper edge punch to make a decoration for the box top and used a lovely textured off white Bazzil paper.
The pomander was made in the same way as HERE>
Never throw any of your parcel ribbon away. The black wired ribbon came on a box of cosmetics I had for Xmas, one year. SO useful in small amounts.
The flowers are made from cream lining silk and gold tissue ( which doesn't, I have to say, crinkle well with heat, but I persevered.) Again in the middle, is a gold button and a little rosette of the 1950's gold net.
Never throw boxes like this away...if you are crafty!
You never know when you might need them :)
What's more...apart from being a present chosen with care and a lot of thought for the recipient... you would never buy something like this in the shops. Or if you could, you'd pay and arm and a leg.
And who amongst us in these straitened times, has that to give?
What WOULD we craft with ;) ?
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