Monday, May 16, 2016

Recycling shoe boxes

I like to keep the larger shoe boxes to keep on my closet shelf. Since I purchased some gift wrap at Michael's for $1.50/roll. I thought it would be nice to cover my shoe boxes. I found a nice print of black utensils with a cream background.
Of course it's always nice to have a nice big craft table to work on. Since I did not have one, working on my bed was a quick solution
The two boxes I covered were different from each other. One was a Nike box which had a fold over cover and the other box had a separate lift up cover.
I cut out the half circle holes and ran tape across the edges. I snipped the curved edges so the tape would stay put.
The wrapping paper was a little thin, I would prefer a thicker weight of paper, however, for the time being, at least it looks pretty.
Just a note, sometimes when I first start on sometime new, my mind just goes for it and not realizing that the pattern on the paper goes in one direction, thus the top box cover is going in another direction. So, keep in mind the direction of the design pattern.


Original Nike shoe box

Since the wrapping paper was only 20 inches
 wide, I covered the sides of box first

Finished product

Both boxes

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