Birthday season is here... Somehow or rather loads of people are celebrating their birthdays between October and December.... My fren's gf is also one of them.... Was initially asked to just demonstrate a few ribbon tying methods so that he can wrap all the pressies up but then since our schedules kept clashing I self volunteered to make him a couple of boxes after being appalled by the selection of boxes in which he planned to purchase....yucks....
The decided theme was white boxes with green ribbons so I went along and made these 2 boxes... both were my virgin attempt... :) But I must say they came out looking quite good... a couple of not so well finished corners which can be improved with practice but all in all a good outcome....
First up is a pyramidal box which is held together with 2 ribbons... the pyramid will unfold itself once the ribbon is loosen... so there is absolutely no glue or tape or anything else holding the box up... quite a nifty design aside from the fact that it can only contain a small gift....
Next up is a hard box .... Usually I just make rigid boxes with thick card-like paper however special request was for it to be a hard board box... something I have never done but have an inkling of how to do... so I got home last nite and plonked myself in front of my work table and started construction... lo behold!! It was a nice success... except for some not so neat corners as I mentioned... Request was also for the ribbon to not required re-tying so I had to have it only attached to the cover... to snaz it up a bit I added some pale pink paper flower to accentuate the green ribbon... outcome turned out to be kinda wedding favour-ish but very sweet looking... am quite pleased... the diagonal ribbon also made it look less standard.... :)
Well I hope the gf likes the boxes and keeps them.... I always preferred to place my presents into a box (unless they come is a box itself) so that the wrapping doesnt go to waste... the boxes and ribbons can be reused....
