Hello Everyone!
I am so excited to be sharing my project from Jennifer Paganelli's latest book, Happy Home. This book is gorgeous... filled with inspiring pictures and many different projects!
As my first (of many) projects from the book, I choose Pretty Boxes because they are so beautiful as well as being unique and useful! Wouldn't these make a nice gift too? I liked that the pattern could be applied to a variety of boxes with or without lids attached. I purchased three different-sized boxes so they could be stacked or nested as shown in the book. These sturdy plain boxes can be purchased from Michael's Craft very reasonably (under $3 each)
Here are a few mid-project pics:
I also added some decorative ribbon. I placed a line of glue and pressed the ribbon into it. You could also use hot glue for this and don't forget to seal the ends of the ribbon:
I let it dry:
And...whalaaaa....all finished!
I made six boxes so far. And I am making more this weekend! It didn't take long to do and was such a relaxing fun project. As a side-note, you can see I used newspaper and plain paper to cover the area when working with spray adhesive. That stuff rocks but don't get it where you don't want it!
So here are pics of the completed projects...
Nested boxes:
Boxes all around:
Large box:
Medium box:
Small box:
Side by side:
And stacked:
Both Sets:
I was very pleased with the results...what a great way to organize things and hid them away in style! Plus, I just love seeing Jennifer Paganelli's fabrics around the house! I little glimpse of heaven. Which, of course, brings me to the title of the book....these projects bring such energy, warmth and happiness to your home....making it a very HAPPY HOME, indeed!!!
Thank you for following along on today's Blog Hop stop! For the next stop, please refer to Jenny Fish's blog Sew Pretty Dresses. The most amazing thing is that she taught me how to add a button to my blog...check it out:
God Bless,
Cathy 
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what a great project!! Wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteThese boxes are GORGEOUS!!! You did a great job Cathy!!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! The combination of pretty and easy is a winner, for sure.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right, these are great for those little pops of Sis Boom around the house.
I can't say how fabulous these are!!! All the good words were already used in the first comments. LOVE them to pieces!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that pretty stack!
ReplyDeleteOMG these are truly amazing Cathy!!!!!! You are something else!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job!!! I love how colorful they are! You can never go wrong with storage!
ReplyDeleteI love these boxes!!!!! Every photo had me oohing and ahhhing!!
ReplyDeleteThose are so gorgeous! I really need to make some of those. Thanks for the inspiration! :)
ReplyDeleteThey are gorgeousl!! I am inspired to make a few of my own...thanks for the "in process" pics too! I am a visual learner!!!
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