Haiku Boxes, continued

Folks out there are telling me they're having a dab of a difficult time figuring out the Haiku Boxes I posted about early in September, so I am including some more photos of the steps to help you visualize it better. We're starting with a 9x7 rectangle of DSP (Bella Rose pictured here) and scoring it at one and two inches from each long side, and two and three inches from top and bottom. Then we trim out the corners all the way to the inner score lines, as shown here in the photo. The two little flaps there will be tucked into the bottom of the box for stability.

You bring up the bottom flap of the box, tucking in those two little flaps and securing with sticky strip. Sorry the pictures are so goofy--my camera is giving me a horrible time lately. Sometimes I mess up electronic gadgets just by touching them--no lie. I have had cameras quit when I picked them up, analog and digital watches stop when I wear them, streetlights go out as I walk under them. I'm surprised I haven't imploded my Cricut or anything. Someday I'll probably spontaneously combust or something. Anyway, my camera is quitting on me every time I press the button. I have changed the batteries multiple times and it still does it. About every twentieth time it will take a picture instead of quit. Incredibly frustrating!

Anyhooo-- back to the original topic--where where we? Oh yes, you're attaching the ribbon tie and label area to the top flap, which not only covers the top but comes half the way down the front of the box. Here the box is pictured laying face down, with the ribbon attached to the edge of the top flap. Hope that makes sense. It took me seriously an hour to figure out how to close this box when I was designing it. You want a smaller length of the ribbon sticking out on the right hand side, because the other length of ribbon is going to wrap all the way around the box, capice?

The final picture is the box right side up again, resting on it's bottom, with the top flap down and the ribbon tied all the way around the box, closed. If you're really confused at this point, it's because I added another piece of DSP to the bottom front of this box just so I could use more of the patterns in the adorable Bella Rose collection.

Allrighty then... if that doesn't do the trick, I'll just have to come over to your house and we'll make one together. If it's got to be done, it's got to be done. You make sure you have some DSP on hand, and I'll bring the chocolate.

Comments

[Rhonda]

Thanks! That first picture did the trick for me! :) Sorry :)