Make retro candy/sweet boxes and bouquets for adults & kids + Photos (MERGED)

midnightraven3

i just ordered them
thats something else to go on the spreadsheet

thank you again:T

Zara77

Hi I saw some jars/biscuit tins etc for 75% off at Wilkinson,normally their on small designated shelve area. They tend on to put the actual sale price but iv bought jar,plates for about 10p to £1. Happy hunting.

midnightraven3

its not often i feel "needy"
but i do today:(

and i blame you lot:rotfl:

ordered my boxes
and have trawled through the "mking retro candy boxes" thread with all the pictures of finished ones

am i the only one who now thinks

"i wish someone would me meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee one"?
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

we make all these lush things
but i am the only one who does make all their own gifts

thats kinda

searching_me

midnight .. im the only one that makes them too .. i love making them and seeing happy faces but just once id like one in return x

midnightraven3

i love making things too
i get so much pleasure, from both making & giving them

its a lot harder than just throwing money into a present

but i do know what you mean
if someone just made a little effort to make a small something rather than buy a huge anything it would mean so much more

searching_me

thought counts for everything ..

im thinking of doing one for OH .. how well do you think jelly babies keep outside the packet? hes going away soon for a couple of days im thinking of doing one then hiding it away i would do it closer to the day but we spend 90% of our time together if im not at work x

midnightraven3

i know from experience JBs dont keep well
they go hard on the outside:(

couldnt you do the rest, and leave the JBs till nearer the time?
depends how you are wrapping/decorating the box i suppose

or you could get the little bags of JBs and use one of those instead, still in the bag

searching_me

i never thought of the little bags cheers ma dear x

sharkie

Years ago we had this young chap at work that during his youth, being housed by the government was shown how to make various incredible origami boxes which he sold for about £10-£30+

I always kept my eye open for this and found that the person that wrote the books that taught his instructor was Tomoko Fuse - google him,

These seem drab to the ones that he made also the symmetry of the patterns on the paper and colour choices were no where near as good as Tomok's, or that chap's http://motherwit.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/origami-pals/

bluenose1

midnightraven3 wrote: »

has anyone seen any good boxes this year yet?
wanting to make some retro boxes this year
but i am never in any shops that sells things like this
so any recommendations would be most welcome:)

I got some clear plastic ones from Home Bargains, they had a few different sizes. Think they were £2 each.