A Heart Shaped Box for Valentine’s Day Crafting
It’s my favorite time of the month again, with the International Bloggers Club challenge. We…
It’s my favorite time of the month again, with the International Bloggers Club challenge. We are a group of friends from all over the world who get together every month to share our projects and discuss how things are done in our countries. Last time we shared gift wrapping ideas, and the month before wooden projects.
And now with February right around the corner we are sharing our Valentine’s Day crafts with you.
At the start of this month I had shared 10 projects for a special Valentine’s Day. But I just love a good Valentine’s Day challenge and this was it for me. One project in particular really got my creative juices flowing as you will see below.
What I Used:
- Heart shaped box with Styrofoam insert
- burlap ribbon
- coral colored scrapbook paper 12″ by 12″ (30 by 30 cm)
- faux flowers from the dollar store
- a ribbon that originally contained Jordan Almonds
I started out with this heart shaped box with an espresso set inside. I believe it was a wedding gift favor that my dad handed down to me. Thanks Dad!!! Now I’m not much of an espresso drinker but I cannot pass up a nice box! It was just screaming “Use me for Valentine’s Day!!” And that is exactly what I did!
Below you can see what it looks like when emptied out. It has Styrofoam under the satin fabric and spaces for the coffee machine and for cups and saucers. I wanted to work with those cut out spaces so I just left it like that.
The How To:
The first thing I did was to make some roses out of burlap ribbon. I think I’m actually getting better at this. I had attempted it before with my basket bottom craft. In this case the more you practice the better you get. Here is a video on how to make them from someone who really knows how to do it. The ribbon I got had white edges, so it makes them look extra special.
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I placed them in the three large openings inside the satin covered Styrofoam.
I then took that ribbon that was included in the box and had the Jordan almonds nestled inside, and turned most of that into a rose as well.
That also went inside the heart shaped box.
The next step was inspired from Canary Street Crafts. They had made beautiful spiral flowers using just paper. I found this beautiful shade of coral scrapbook paper at Michael’s which I thought would be perfect for this project. I outlined four circles and cut them out.
Then I cut them into spirals. To get the shape, I twisted the paper around itself and just held it tightly woven for a few minutes. Once I let it go it opened up like you see below. The ladies who originally made it used glue, but I didn’t use anything.
I placed them in the box and they held their shape very well, so unless I decide to hang this up on the wall, there will be no need for glue.
The last items that I added was these faux flowers which I got at the Dollar Tree. Instead of roses I purposely chose these small flowers, some of which were coral colored.
I cut them up into small branches using pliers.
And then just stuffed them all over the place. Anywhere the white satin was showing through, I just added the flowers.
The flowers look like they are bursting out of the box!
Here you can see the little flower and faux diamond piece that originally held the Jordan Almonds.
I even stuck a few flowers in the center of the burlap roses.
Now what am I going to do with this? Well for now I think it makes a lovely piece to place on a dresser or as a centerpiece. But I can also hang it on the wall… of course I will have to glue everything in place.
Right now I have it leaning against a frame which has a soft pink color as background. I think that it is more than enough to put me in the Valentine’s Day spirit.
I’ve gotta say thanks to my dad here for gifting me this wedding favor. I may have no use for the espresso set but the box was a big hit with me!! I hope you are inspired by this outside the heart shaped box thinking and come up with something like this for your Valentine’s Day crafting.
And if boxes are not your cup of tea then hop on over to visit my four friends who are also sharing their Valentine’s Day Crafts. Simply click on the images below my name. If you’d like to see more past challenges click here.
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Very nice use of an old box Mary, your Valentine is gorgeous. But ignoring an espresso machine? Never ever in this house lol
Absolutely gorgeous! Your dad probably knew the box was safe with you (he just forgot to take the expresso stuff out) and that you’d turn it into something beautiful! And you did…
Mary this is absolutely beautiful! I love how you propped it in the picture frame too!!
🙂 gwingal
Your heart box turned out so pretty Mary! Perfect for Valentine’s Day! I love all the different roses but my favor are the burlap. Love anything burlap, and those roses turned out so pretty!
Pinned this lovely craft!
Neat idea, now if I can just find that heart shaped box I know I have around here.😄
Hi Mary, you really are a creative lady. You have worked wonders with that old expresso set box. It’s very pretty and a lovely Valentines Day decoration.
xx
I love how this sweet heart came out!! I did something similar a few years ago but I used all red velvet roses!!
Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Debbie
I just love the espresso heart box. This is a good way to upcycle and make something beautiful at the same time.
Ooooh, Mary!
This heart box turned out really beautiful!!! You KNOW I pinned it to my Hearts to You! board on Pinterest… 😉 Also to Crafts to Make, because this would be such a beautiful project to make for Valentine’s and for a wedding.
Thank you for a lovely idea,
Barb 🙂
what a cute and pretty and easy explained little project. love it
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Such a pretty Valentine project. My favorite is the burlap ribbon roses.
Mary, this is outstanding. I love the flowers and now I want to make some!!
Mary, your Valentine’s day box is gorgeous!!! What a beautiful repurpose! I love the variety of flowers both in color and shape. You are doing a great job making those burlap ribbon flowers. I love how you have it displayed!
I would’ve been dancing for joy had I unearthed an espresso set but then I am a confessed coffeeholic. I just adore what you did with the heart box and the array for pretty handmade roses. Pinned and shared and had to come visit the blog for a closer look. ♥
This turned out SO beautiful–Thanks for linking up to the Friday Frenzy!
Oh I love your heart box! Just gorgeous! Thank you for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things! I would also love for you to come over and link up at the Share The Love Valentine Link Party that just went live today on my blog.
Hope to see you there!
Hi Mary, this is absolutely darling!! I have a box that would be perfect for doing this. Your flowers look great. I have made them before and they are a bit tricky. 🙂 I wanted to feature you, but Share Your Cup is not listed on your linky page. I know I have featured you before. I must have missed checking. It’s one of my party rules. I’m sure it’s not intentional.
hugs,
Jann
TJan thank for thinking of me. I have the name of your blog party next to the “Thursday” . I was unable to find a button so I just used the name.
Those boxes are so beautiful. What a great way to decorate for the holiday.
Now that I see your tutorial, I realize we have a box like that with a tea set in it. My kiddos used to play tea party with it.