Re: *~*~*~*~*4-15-2012 Dream Wedding!*~*~*~*~*

aw you looked beautiful! congratulations!

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I really enjoyed the review. Congratulations! Everything looked very beautiful.

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Great review! Thanks for sharing!

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Omg! I searched for your review cause I wanted to read one about the Watermill. But now I can't stop thinking about your card box! it looks INCREDIBLE! Do you have any more tips on making it? I might need to try my hand at it!

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For the card box:

Materials:
4 wooden frames (got mine from dollar tree)
a piece of wood that will be the bottom of your box
a lazy suzan that will allow your cardbox to rotate (optional)
wood glue
foam board
fabric
Fluff(optional)

Steps:

Clean the insides of the frames. Let dry and then add pictures. I highly recommend using copies of pictures rather than prints directly from the photographer. They may get damaged trying to get them out of the box afterwards. We had quite a time trying, but luckily managed.

Glue two of the frame together side to side (making a corner) and clamp. Let dry.

Glue the bottom piece of wood to the inside of these two frames. Again clamp and let dry.

Glue the other two frames to the other corner and the bottom piece of wood. Clamp and let dry.

THIS IS VERY ANNOYING AND TIME CONSUMING. LET IT DRY COMPLETELY AND MAKE SURE TO NOT USE TOO MUCH TO IT DOESN'T START COMING IN THROUGH THE SIDES AS YOU ARE GLUING. ALSO MAKE SURE TO MEASURE YOU BOTTOM PIECE OF WOOD CORRECTLY. DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU START GLUING.

After everything has dried cut your foam board to fit the top of you cardbox. Cut a square in the middle to your liking for your cards. I got one of the biggest cards I could find to test how big I should make it. Cover the top of the foam board with the fabric you have chosen. Make sure you have enough slack to wrap it around a little on each side so you have room to glue it down and some for the middle.

With the fabric placed on the foam board where it should be carefully cut a line down the middle just where the opening is. Do not cut a square, just a line and tiny slits on each end of the line so you can tuck it under the foam board to glue.

I used a jewel glue (from AC moore) to glue the fabric to the foam board. First you should glue down the middle where the cards go in. Tuck in the parts of the fabric that you cut for the middle slit and glue to the bottom of the foam board. If you are going to use fluff for the top to give the top of your box a bit of a puffy look just glue two or three sides down to the foam board, let it dry, and then push some fluff in there make sure it is decently even and glue the last sides down. The jewel glue worked better than regular glue, but it dries very fast so you have to work quickly. Make sure to pull decently tight so it looks neat.

YOU WILL MOST LIKELY NEED SOME HELP WITH THIS AS TO NOT GET GLUE ON THE TOP OF THE FABRIC THAT WILL BE SHOWING. THE JEWEL GLUE I USED LEFT MARKS THAT DID NOT COME OUT AND I NEEDED TO DO THIS ALL AGAIN. 2ND TIME IT HAPPENED AS WELL BUT ONLY WITH ONE MARK HENCE WHY I PUT FLOWERS ON MINE!

Once your fabric is dried to your foam board glue down to the top of the box. (I used the jewel glue for this too)

If you want your cardbox to be able to rotate buy a lazy suzan (got mine from target) and make sure it fit under your frames without sticking out. I used some small pieces of wood because the one I bought had a lip to it and wouldn't reach the bottom of the box to stick to it. I glued down the small pieces of wood to the lazy suzan (in a cross shape to make sure I covered all sides) with the jewel glue. I then glued the lazy suzan with the wood pieces to the bottom of the cardbox using the wood glue. Let dry and enjoy!

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Great review and pictures. Loved your card box, I am going to steal the idea also. Very original and a way to showcase engagement photos.