Crafty Ideas

I promised I would tell you what I was up to and share with you what I was doing. Well I am making shower favors for a wedding, these can also be used for baby showers or little gifts that you may want to give your friends. It is a perfect theme for summer or a beach wedding. The items can vary, instead of shells and sand you can put miniture baby items, a picture,flowers etc.

The boxes are easy and simple to make - Directions will be below pictures:




Purchase these small boxes from your local craft store these wooden boxes are approximately 21/2 inches square. Inside the lid they have a removable lid that will give you access to the glass on top of the box. You will also need sand, small sea shells and a strong glue, all can be purchased at your local craft store

I spray painted it with stone paint (you can use what ever you want. You can even decoupage these.)

First step:
Prepare the Box -
Take thin strip masking tape and tape of the glass on top of the box. (This is so that paint doesn’t get onto the glass.)

You will also need to take small pieces of tape and place it over the metal closures front and back. The front latch can be completely removed if you want to do that. It is just for decorative purposes.

Second step:
Paint the box, you can spray it or hand paint it, the design is your unique choice. You can even decorate it in decoupage too. When the paint or the decoupage is dry I recommend that you seal it. Let it dry overnight.

Third step:
Take all the tape off of the sealed off areas touch up if necessary by hand. Then open the box and lift metal tabs that are on the inside of the top cover remove the small square of wood. This gives you access to the glass. (Tabs are shown in the picture below.)


Fourth step:
Place the tiny shells on top of the glass, I found that five is a good number, but the choice is yours. Then you add the sand I think about 1 teaspoon more or less is good. (You can put the back on and see how it looks and make adjustments as you see necessary.)

Fifth step:
When everything is the way you like then you take off the back and place glue (I used gorilla glue) all around the lip on the cover where the square wood lays on top of. Make sure that it is evenly around, glue has to cover the entire lid or sand can leak out. When you have that completes place on the back, press it into place and hold it for a minute then tighten up the metal tabs but leave the top lay open so the glue can dry, at least an hour.

Then you are done and you have a small shaker box that can be used for a small gift or as I did I made beaded wine glass charms to place inside.


I can be googled at L A Hardt or click onto my profile below