Valentine Candy Boxes

The Quintessential Candy Box

I fell in love with  Nita's heart shaped candy box last Valentines.

Isn't it a confectioner's delight?

You can see how she made it by clicking on the link.

At the end, she tucked in a vintage valentine I had sent her.

I think it is the prettiest Valentine Candy Box I have ever seen~

so it inspired me to look for more and try my own hand at making one.

I am not a big crafter~more of a painting rooms,  wallpapering walls

 and sewing curtains and pillows kind of girl...but this was an exception.

Yesterday I found 2 at the store~but I still

 wanted to try and make my own special candy box.

These cute scalloped candy boxes were found at TJMaxx~

Its part of a valentine display spot in the house 

in honor of the Love Holiday.

To make my candy box, I used my shabby chic samples for the rosettes~

  I bought a small and a medium sized box
 of chocolates at the supermarket, 

but decided to try the small size first.

After cutting the squares into circles and making a pinwheel shape, 

 I formed little rosettes that I applied with hot glue to the back 

of the fabric and then glued them to the box like so~

one at a time, following the shape of the box.

 After all the rosettes were glued on, I wrapped the red

 box with a wide pink satin ribbon to cover the red 

and attached it with the hot glue.

Then I tied a pussycat bow and stuck it on the side.

 I looked in the button box to find a proper button to adorn the bow~

and found a mother of pearl button with a lilac center.

Happy Valentines Day to all~

 A homemade valentine for my sweetheart~

I set my little heart box on top of the pretty decoupage style boxes.
I love the aqua and yellow box that my box is sitting on~
(pssst~they were on clearance for only $2 and $3)

I put our sealed Valentines right here on this pink tray

Until February 14th~

Pretty peacock blue and pink

I'll keep looking for a real vintage candy box~
but until then, these will do just fine.
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