Betcha Can't Make Just One!

I did a lot of yard work this morning. This afternoon I decided to relax and play. I continued the Tampax experiment.

I went and found some more different scraps of paper and this time some tiny trim lace. The first set I made was at Tessie's request. She wanted something exotic in which to store trinkets.

She picked the paper. It was a photo from a fabric ad in Veranda Magazine. I buy Veranda because it has great ideas for dollhouse decorating, but also for the heavy, glossy, colorful photos that can be used for miniatures and also for collage in real life. This was a full page photo of some decorator fabric laid out flat so that you could see the design.

I did these three boxes and have plenty of paper from this one page for a lot more. The braid on the box under her elbow is the loop braid that you see for sale at shows. I decided it was too big after I made it. And Oops! I placed it upside down in the picture. The other trim I used is a very fine lingerie lace. I will have to look up where I ordered it. I know it was from on line somewhere.

You could even use #5 or 8 Perle cotton for trim if you wanted to have something a bit smoother. I am also thinking that the adhesive backed metallic strips of fancy designs that are used for scrap booking would work well.

After I finished these, I noticed that the smallest one was stuck just at one spot, making it a hinged lid. If you wanted this on purpose, you could attach a small piece of ribbon between the lining and the outside on the bottom of the box and simply attach with glue to the inside of the lid.

By the way, notice that some of the boxes are oval. I simply smooshed(technical term) the tubes on two sides to make them flatter. The top and bottom paper hold them in shape.

All in all, I made seven boxes. I kind of like the boxes made with the Mary Englebrit paper that are sitting by Spike. He is still trying for something with bones on the outside so that he can keep his doggy chews inside. Sorry Spike, no luck so far.

The last set I made was from dollhouse wallpaper that is leopard skin on the bottom with a frieze of animals running across the top. I used a leopard head from the border to top the large one and some leaves were placed on the smaller one.

Anyway, as I said before......Betcha can't make just one! Have fun!



See you tomorrow!