Paper Boxes

Paper Boxes


These boxes are the same...only different.

The only difference is the size of the boxes.

The red and white checkered one is made from a 12 X 12 sheet of scrapbook paper. The other is tiny and is made from a Christmas greeting card.

This is one of those things that comes in SO HANDY to know! I even use these boxes to organize my bathroom drawer without the tops on them. They make great little dividers.

I really like this video tutorial on this from ScrapperTown.com. You can find it HERE

Paper Tube Gift Embellishment/Ornament/Flower

Paper Tube Ornament/Gift Embellishment/Flower

This is SO easy - and so it's fun and quick too! I just cut the tube in about 1/2 inch sections. I cut the first one the size I wanted it, and then used it to mark down the tube in segments using a pencil so that they would all be the same width.


Then I just glued them together. WAY easy.

The Girl on The Go has a tutorial on her blog. You can find it HERE. She stapled hers - I just used glue.

I love how they used the ornament on this gift package!

There are many elaborate things that can be done with paper tubes. Lots of people are making amazing art by spray painting them.
Modern Mom's has a bunch of neat ideas HERE.

Plastic Bag Pom Pom Embellishment

Plastic Grocery Bag Pom Pom

When I was a kid, I thought one of the coolest things ever was to turn a Kleenex into a carnation. Now a-days, we call them "pom poms". Of course I could not resist this idea when I had a pantry full of what it would take to create pom poms and they were FREE!!!

Here are some links to a couple tutorials on how to make them.

Aunt Peaches has the tutorial I used to learn how to make them. Click HERE to see her tutorial.

Creature Comforts has a tutorial also with a little bit of a different technique. You can find that HERE.

And while we are talking pom poms and free stuff...Matsutake has figured out how to make pom pom lights. You can find them HERE.