DIY Card Box

Jan 23, 2009 | 1,949 views | Categories: DIY, Jessica & Eric | Tags: card box, DIY | 4 Comments »

Here is the perfect project to get your fiance involved in the planning process!  So here I am for the past year doing project after project after project and I really didn’t think that my wonderful fiance had the slightest idea how much work I have been doing.  I knew I wanted to do this for a while but me and power tools . . . well lets just say that we don’t really get along too well.  To begin you will need 4 large picture frames, brackets with screws, hot glue gun, pillow stuffing, and a Styrofoam board.  First step here is to pre-drill your picture frames and then use the brackets to attach them.  Here is my amazing fiance Eric working on the frames.

You are going to need to do top brackets and bottom brackets.  Not only will this hold the box together but it will serve as supports for the top and bottom of your card box.  Here is what you should end up with. . .

Next step is to cut down your Styrofoam board to fit the top and bottom of the box.  I of course had to take it one step further and make the top fancy by using fabric to cover it (here is where your hot glue gun comes into play) and then I proceeded to stuff it to give it a pillow appearance.  Don’t forget to cut a slot in the top!  Here is the finished product. . .

I am so happy with the result!  We inserted 4 of our engagement pictures (taken by the wonderful Carla Ten Eyck) into the frames you cant make it any more personalized than that!  I think that after joining in on this project my fiance has a new found respect for all of my hard work.  Good luck ladies )

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