Today I was searching around for the perfect gift boxes that I could use when selling my items, when out of the blue, DH says to me, "why don't you make them?" Hmmmm....
His comment made me begin researching on YouTube on how to make a box, and lucky me, they have quite a few tutorials on how to make a box. From regular printer paper to origami paper, to scrapbooking paper, to holiday greeting cards (great recycling idea!) So many ideas... next, all I had to do is decide what KIND of boxes I wanted to make, because unbeknownst to me, I could make a square box or a rectangle box, or perhaps I could do an origami star box, or the interlocking top box made from one piece of paper and no cutting, or I could make a hexagon box, a pentagon box, and I think that I even saw an oval box tutorial.
For the past few hours I've been watching box making videos and decided that I would use either scrapbooking paper or maybe I will give greeting cards a try, as they seem appropriate with the holidays coming along. I chose the video above as a good tutorial overall, it's a one-piece box where the top interlocks upon itself, and although the guy in the tut uses computer paper, any paper can be used. Now I will have to check out the scrapbooking section and begin a new journey in box-making. If I am good enough, I think that I will begin shipping orders in them. I think it would give a personalized touch and I could make the boxes any size I would like. As long as they are sturdy enough, they would hold up in shipping and could be used as storage for my customer's new purchase for years to come. Excellent idea DH! Now to begin my journey...
