I wanna buy the supplies today to make my own card box. any suggestions ladies?? I was planning on just going to michaels is AC Moore better??
TIA
please post pics of some cardboxes
HamptonsBride
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i bought a box at a craft store (in Indiana of all places) and repainted it and the hardware, cut a slit & added dollhouse molding around that & decoupaged it...not sure if that helps you...you can also do great things with cardboard boxes like I've seen many brides get from ForTheModernBride vendor...basically just cover the boxes with ribbon & nice paper or fabric!
Here's my before/after pics. Then a pic from the vendor I mentioned.
I made my card box out of three diff sized hat boxes that I got at AC Moore. I covered it in a thin wedding styled disposable table cloth that I got from party city and used silver ribbon as a border (got that from AC Moore as well). You will need a glue gun and lots of glue ...and patience! Heres a pic of mine -Good luck!
kristin597
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Grrr.. I can't get my pics to post...they are in my album.
a plain hat box is deep enough I wasn't sure?? is it worth making your own??
gettinghizitched
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Posted by Bellez95
I wanna buy the supplies today to make my own card box. any suggestions ladies?? I was planning on just going to michaels is AC Moore better??
TIA
please post pics of some cardboxes
I don't really see a difference in the two stores but I'm sure you will find what you are looking for. I would do a search for cardboxes. I've seen them before on here. HTH.
Cpt2007
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I made ours. Bought three round boxes (white paper, and thick) at Michaels. They didn't call them hat boxes, though, so they might look at you funny when you ask for them. Painted them wtih acrylic paint (3 coats), hot glued the ribbon and shells on and then glued the top box onto the bottom. Very easy to do, and in total, I probably spent about $30 or $40 on the entire thing.
These are my shots taken right after I finished it. Don't have any of my pro ones to show it in the ballroom, sadly.
Home Goods has a lot of very pretty boxes. I'm keeping my eyes open there to find something that matches my colors and then making a slit in it to put cards in. Their inventory changes a lot, so it's worth stopping by a few times. I plan on spending no more than $20 (and that's the high for their boxes that I've seen!)
mRm2008
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Posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008
im going to attempt to make one like these:
i think ill save shoe boxes..and either paint them or cover them with fabric..then add some ribbons and whatever other decorations
these are very neat..posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008
kristin597
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a plain hat box is deep enough I wasn't sure?? is it worth making your own??
I used three hat boxes and cut the bottoms out of the small and middle sized ones and the top of the largest box. I had one of the hat boxes so I only had to buy two and the other materials. To me it was worth it.
