Is There A Chocolate In The House?

On Friday night I will be going to craft party at a friend's house and each guest is asked to bring a small hand made gift to trade with another guest. Hmmmm what could I make that will bring a smile to someone??? My idea came in a two part series.  My best friend posted a questions about chocolate yesterday on facebook and I thought, most ladies I know LOVE CHOCOLATE. So I knew my theme for my gift would be CHOCOLATE!!!

Now for the second part of my idea: Today we had an earthquake in California and it was slightly felt in the Los Angeles area.  Sitting there on the sofa watching TV, I felt the quake and thought, "wah-lah! I'll make a fire extinguisher cabinet".

"Yes, yes tell me more Maria",  you say excitedly,

"but instead of the extinguisher, I'll place a CHOCOLATE or two inside". See, my crafty mind works even in the face of danger.....that could be a bad thing.   I've always said, I'm a  craft-a-holic and a choc-a-holic.  I wonder what Freud would say about this!!! would I be chocraft-a-holic? actually, that sounds like a dinosaur. 

Here's how I made it:
I found a small wooden box I purchased at a yard sale for ten cents, it was pretty but I knew I wanted to do something different with it.  I gathered my supplies; acrylic paint, red and white, a sponge brush, a hot glue gun and CHOCOLATE

I also used a transparency to print "In Case of Emergency Break Glass"

 I first took off the pink flowers and  painted the wooden box red on the outside and white on the inside

I then used the glass as a template to cut the transparency and replaced the glass with the transparency.
 Seriously, you have to do this part, you wouldn't want your friend getting hurt by actually breaking the glass and then chewing on CHOCOLATE covered in glass, safety first my crafty friends.

I then hot glued the CHOCOLATE  inside, first I placed a large one but decided that the two smaller ones looked better:

This will definitely bring a smile to someone who loves CHOCOLATE as much as I do.  A variation of this idea would be to place a gift card inside for a shop-a-holic.





Linking up to:

hoo are you Tuesdays

1. What is your favorite restaurant?

A Chinese food place on 9th and Main called New Moon, absolutely devine!! I think I'll have lunch there today, I'm already craving the Kung Pao Chicken and Calamari

2. What kind of music do you like?
50's 60's 70's Rock, doo-wop, psychedelic, New Orleans Jazz, Classical, and today's top 40 hits.  Love-Love Mika     

3. What do you watch on TV?

News, movies and craft shows

4. Do you enjoy reading and if so what kind of
books do you read?
Self improvement, DIY, pretty much anything that looks interesting and a variety of authors of both fiction and non fiction.

5. What is your favorite color?
Love the color Coral, it's so beautiful.


Now go over and join Leslie at Night Owl Crafting for Hoo Are You Tuesdays

Origami Gift Box

Happy Pink Saturday Everyone!!!

Today I'm going to post a tutorial for an origami box.

Here's what you'll need: decorative scrapbook paper, paper trimmer, spray adhesive, card stock, and bone folder or a spoon will work too.  

 

 The spray adhesive is not really needed if you are going to make this box with heavy cardstock, I like the decorative flower paper but it's too thin for this project so I adhered it to a thick cardstock.

The decorative paper I'm using is actually scented drawer liners and they smell soooo pretty, just like flowers. I got 6 sheets 16.5" by 23" each one.  I got them for a reasonable price too at TJ Max.

and look at the box it came in,very pretty.  I'll be using it to store my ribbon when I'm finished with the paper.

If you are not using regular size scrapbook paper, you will need to trim it to 12" by 12" and a separate piece that's 12" x 5".  Your finished box will measure approx 4.5" by 4.5"

Here's a link that will show you step by step easy to follow instructions on how to fold your paper:

When you go to the site, you may need to scroll down until you get to the pictures.

Origami Box


If you use a spoon or bone folder to press hard on your folds, it will make it a LOT easier once you are ready to put the box together. 

One of the folds is kind of hard to follow so I'm posting pictures of it.  The extra pictures might help.  This is the part where you have to fold the corners in:

 

 

and complete the fold, do this for all sides:

Once you fold your paper into a box, you can now finish the cover.  My cover is 12" by 5".  I glued the thin liner paper onto a heavy cardstock to make it stronger and glued ribbon in between: 

 Next, you will need to fold it over the box like the picture below.  Place it  under the box and make the folds on the back to bring the cover all the way over the top:

  Make sure it all fits well before you glue the box bottom and back side of the the cover

Glue or attach the box with double sided tape to the cover bottom of the box and back side:

you can click the picture below to see it close up or double click to see it even closer

And that's it! you have a very pretty gift box that you made yourself for someone special in your life.  Here's a closer look:

I took a card making class a few months ago with a very friendly and talented group of ladies.  The ladies made these boxes for Christmas.  They all turned out very pretty and it's where I got the idea of making the cover this way.  Previously, I had been making the cover by making a slightly larger box but I like this cover much better. 




Today I'm linking to these parties:

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