Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Summery gift box decor

I had a local bakery make these amazing coconut macaroons…..

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and yes they taste just as good as they look. The problem was that the box was so plain. So I decided to spruce it up Smile

I cut strips of paper 2 inches by 12 inches and folded them accordion style……

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IMG_1304 and the fun part comes next. I cut some circles out of cardstock and had my glue gun ready and then I flattened out my circle (yep that’s the best way I can describe it lol)

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After adding a few embellishments I came up with this….

3 comments:

  1. So cute! I love how that turned out and those cookies look amazing!

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  2. Really neat! I love the bow idea, without using a bow. Did you have to fold those by hand?

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  3. Oh my goodness, that is soo so cute!!! Love how creative you are!

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