DIY Design Studio Blog: 2018-12-02

Friday, December 7, 2018

Perfect for Gift Giving

Let's make a beautiful gift box!

Today's project is a great upcycle using sturdy packaging from a recent purchse I made. It is very much like a circular wine bottle "box", but a bit shorter. It will be great for odd shaped gifts or plyable type gifts like a scarf, kitchen towel or a cute pair of fuzzy socks. So, let's get started...

Here is what we started with.

YOU can see the complete supply list & links at the bottom of the post.

Here we have the first layer of vintage text pages decoupaged onto the surface.

Next, I dry brushed ivory colored chalk paint, added a bit of black chalk paint here and there, then the final layer was a thin coat of gold metalic using my gold metallic Gelato. I was going for a worn, vintage look.

Then, it was time to decorate the lid. I added more gold metallic, laces, big chunky glitter and die cut snowflakes that I painted white and added more chunky glitter to. I initially thought I would use a pretty glittered Prima flower on the lid (seen in the top pic here), but decided on the glittered snowflakes.

Now, it was time to add my digital images. For the back of the box I cut out a number of smaller vintage Santa images and decoupaged them in a random pattern. I then added more glittered snowflakes. You can see in the image below that I added beaded trim to the lid of the box...you can never have too many embellishments!

And here is the front again with a much larger focal image of a very cheery St. Nicholas and a cute little angel peaking over his shoulder...along with a few more glittery snowflakes to tie it all together.