Birthday box

Last week was my stepfathers birthday, as we weren't going to get to see him, I needed to make something light that I could post to him.

I decided on a box of drawers. I loosely followed this video..

Box of Drawers

This is the basic construction, the sides that open out to reveal drawers and the lid.

next I made little cards to go in the drawers..

I fastened each card onto a square bar of chocolate..

Then I glued a strip of card around the bottom of each of the four sides..I then made 4 voucher holders/envelopes..each one slots into the decorative edge of the card strip.

As I had put heavy chocolate inside, I wanted it to be a little more sturdy, so I added a thicker piece of card underneath the bottom drawer, and I added eyelets and string to keep it fastened.

I decorated the envelopes and popped a vouchers inside each one.

In the man envelope a bookshop voucher in the violin envelope a music shop voucher, in the coffee pot envelope a starbucks voucher and in the wine glasses a voucher to buy a bottle of wine.

They slip into the sides, and are held in by the lid.

Finally I decorated the lid. He is a big fan of vintage aeroplanes...so I cut some and mounted them on acetate to make them springy, then attached them to 'some clouds'

It was all well received.

Truffles...

First off make truffles..use THIS RECIPE that I posted last year. Depending on how big you make them you end up with between 70 and 90 truffles.

ok..so you have a mega ton of truffles now, right!..you could just eat them all, and they are super yummy so why wouldn't you...

or you could give some to your neighbours, think of it not as Christmas cheer, but more as a way of saving your waistline.

A couple years ago my lovely friend KIRSTY gave me a home made mince pie in a really cute lil box, obv I saved the box and took it apart to make a template for it. So this is totally not my idea..but this is how i made mine...

Cut some medium weight cardstock. 11inches by 6inches.

score 1 inch in from the edge on all four sides...

 then score 2 lines 1 inch apart across the middle, (so 1 at 5inches and 1 at 6 inches measuring from one end)

my card was plain white..

make a 1 inch cut on the 4 score marks on each of the long edges.

I glued some shimmery copper paper to the outside of my box, just cos..you don't have to..

Fold the cut tabs to the inside and secure with double sided tape or glue dots.

You now have a little box with a joined lid.

here they are folded and closed.. they measure 4inches x 4inches now, and they are 1 inch deep.

Cut or punch some scalloped circles, and some holly leaves and berries..

Attach the leaves and berries to the circle, i flipped one of the leaves over on each one, as my paper is dark on one side and I liked the contrast. Add your message...

Attach them to the boxes, so they are half on and half off...

and finally fill with truffles, you can fit 9 truffles in each box...

as for the cloth that is on my coffee table..i made that years ago using Hardanger Embroidery.