Tuesday 5 October 2010

Decorated Cadbury Dairy Milk Miniature Box

I’ve been using a lot of Cadbury Dairy Milk Miniatures (from Home Bargains £1.09 – 20 chocolates in a box) for Halloween and Christmas projects, but until last night, had never thought of decorating a full box ……
Cadbury Dairy Milk Miniatures - Decorated Box
I took off the box sleeve and carefully undid it, then drew round it onto a piece of patterned paper and cut it out.  Next, I carefully stuck the paper onto the sleeve with double sided tape, using my stylus to go over the creases.  After that it was plain sailing as I put the sleeve together again
Cadbury Dairy Milk Miniatures Chipboard Flower from The Range
To decorate, I’ve used a band of contrasting paper and brown ribbon to go round the box and a chipboard flower I got from The Range a while back (a pack of five for 99p), plus a bit of my signature faux stitching!!!!
 Cadbury Miniature's Decorated Box
As my sister would say, “You have too much time on your hands”
Cadbury Dairy Milk Miniatures Decorated Box 4

9 comments:

misteejay said...

I think it looks super Helen - lovely to use as a gift.

Toni :o)

Alix said...

oh that makes such a great gift!

PepPop said...

Great work but couldn't help laughing at your sister's comment. Jaqui x

Unknown said...

What an ideal gift for my work colleagues. Unfortunately I couldn't find any of the chocs in my nearest Home Bargins but will keep looking. Great work Helen.

Caroline and Jayne said...

Not just tasty, Beautiful too :)
Why don't you pop along to our craft blog www.fiskarettes.co.uk We have competitions, challenges, charity events and even a class at the NEC (Birmingham with Shimelle lane - but you need to book x)You can inspire or be inspired :)

Cheryl W. said...

What wonderful inspiration for all kinds of boxed candy. I will NOT forget this one, Helen. You are so, so, so creative!

Glen said...

I love this Helen...very nice to have a whole box of CDM to oneself! *Ü* TFS. ~Glen~

Sandra said...

This really is lovely - such a wonderful gift.

Anj said...

give chocolate away???? Are you lot mad - chocolate goes straight into the emergency drawer!! Only joking - its lovely Helen, well done x x