Sassy Altered Ribbon Box

Cheers

Love this idea I have so much ribbon I need more storage thanks for sharing. Love the colors also

November 14, 2009

Very pretty. Is the box actually meant to hold ribbon?

June 06, 2007

Sassy Altered Ribbon Box

Altered boot box turned ribbon box. Box was orange so decided to go with a sassy pink and orange theme to try something new. Pretty pleased with results. Got to use my husband's power tools (drill and Dremel Tool) so that was fun! Well... I started with an 11X17 inch shoe box. I painted the two short sides with hot pink acrylic to cover the shoe logo. I drilled 3 holes in each side for the dowels. I dropped the middle dowel down so the ribbon wouldn't bind with the front row when in use. I then figured out how many holes I could fit on the long sides for the ribbon to come through. I made 2 rows, a high and a low, for thinner ribbon on one side. For the lower row, I used large grommets from the camping section. For the upper row, I attatched keyhole plates with mini brads over the holes to finish them off. On the other side, I made one row of slots for thicker ribbon. I drilled them all out with a Dremel tool. To finish them, I glued on flat plain metal frames in 2 sizes. Then I started to decorate! I used the Heidi Swapp foam daisy stamp and white acrylic paint to randomly stamp images on the body of the box. I also stuck some little brad-like handles in the sides to tie random bits of coordinating ribbon to. For the lid, I cut a piece of Sassafrass Pretty Polly in Pink Posies patterened paper to form my main background. Then, using Chatter Box Decorative 2 sided cardstock in Tangerine Eyelet, I cut out the strips of the design and layered them as a border using both sides of the paper. For the lettering, I purchased some adhesive chipboard letters at Keepsake Trends; they were beige, black and white and I couldn't find B's so I made some using the R for a template. I just randomly painted them with acrylic paint. The R and a B are white and I used the same Heidi Swapp foam daisy stamp to embellish with small flowers and polka dots in hot pink. For the I, I used orange acrylic and a white ink pad with a ramdom daisy background rubber stamp. Etc... Etc... Behind the R and O, I used Heidi Swapp Large Floral pink daisies. I stamped randomly around with the white acrylic and foam daisy stamp and embellished the whole thing with ribbon, pink Button-Ups, tags and thread. To finish around the edge of the box, I ran 1.5 inch hot pink grosgrain ribbon through the Xyron and just stuck it on! ... Most items came from Keepsake Trends in Surprise