Paper Boxes of Awesome!

Hey everybody!

Early morning Thing A Day!
I was watching a tutorial last night and I wanted to make it my Thing a Day.
The tutorial was how to make boxes out of paper! So, now I don’t have to buy any to ship my items in. Amanda gave me a bunch of really nice paper a while ago too. So I have a crap load of paper that has been sitting around for years and now I get to use it for something awesome!

These boxes are so neat. I have a problem getting them to fit into one another and with making perfect squares out of rectangles…But other than that it’s working out great!
Looky!


The thing in there was a new little make up circle thing. I cut it into a square and shoved the ball chain through it so it looked nice. Well nice-ish. I have to cut it better next time.
I might use cotton instead. I just happen to have some of those, so I don’t have to buy anything else yet.

I made 4 boxes this morning, chances are I will make more.
I am trying to find a way to make them even without doing the first two folds. It leaves creases on the top of the box. Which isn’t bad, I just want them to not have creases.
The big one you can see the creases on, the little ones were made crease-less.

The lady that did the tutorial has a lot of neat stuff on packaging your etsy items. It was really neat to watch the videos.
But since my mouse has been sucking, it didn’t save when I tried to bookmark it. Thank you mouse. Now I hate you. I click click click the left button but I get nada.
So! I have found another tutorial for the same box. It’s not a video though. I will post the video later if I can find it again.
Nifty Paper Box Tutorial! – http://askthesky.wordpress.com/tutorial-paper-box/

Now I’m going to go back to bed.
I love sleep <3

Happy Crafting Everyone!
Xo -Brianne

Edited: March 25th, 2010

Oh Mai Gosh

Tutorials are freaking long!
I have to admit it was alot of fun! I took like 60 pictures and just picked the best ones. It was so big I had to do it in two parts.
Surprisingly I started it at like noon. But It took me so long I had to leave before I could finish putting the big tutorial all together. I just finished it now.

Here are the links to my DeviantArt. It was way to big to put on here.
Part I Part II
If it has spelling errors, I’m sorry. It was so big I didn’t even go back to read over everything. I probably will tomorrow…

That’s it for tonight though.
If you use it I would love to see what you made!! And if you post about your charm, all I ask is for you to link your viewers to this blog.
I hope it is informative!
Happy Crafting Everyone!

xo-Brianne

Edited: March 23rd, 2010

Clam’s Nest

Hi Everybody!
Today’s creation I absolutely LOVE. Hands down my favorite so far. I intend to wear it everywhere.
I saw this and knew I had to make one for myself. Luckily I had the materials I needed to make it, therefor I did not have to go to the store. Which is a plus! Michael’s always sucks me into their awesomeness.

It’s a Clam’s Nest! That’s what I am calling it anyways.
I found a tutorial on how to make it and honestly it took such a small amount of time to create. What’s really great is how it doesn’t have to be perfect. In all of my creations I always have to get them as perfect as I can. This can be messy and twisted as long as it is around the pearls in somewhat of a circle.
The tutorial is on youtube by Denise Mathew. Check it out! Click Me!

Happy Crafting,
xo-Brianne

Edited: March 8th, 2010