Vintage Heart Boxes for Valentine’s Day!

Hey, howdy, hello crafty friends! Guess what? It's February already! Whew – January was a blur! This year is starting off so much better than last year and this week has been very busy. I'm excited that my Bible Study group started meeting up again this week after a holiday hiatus, and I've been going to stitching meet up which is so fun, and I got my hair cut! That's a good thing. I love getting my hair done! And it's been a minute. LOLZ. Happy February – the month of love and lots of other good things. For some reason this year, more than other years, I am really into Valentine's Day! I've been making many projects and cards and treats. I'm going to have to cram it all in here on my blog before the 14th! Have you been making Valentines already? I hope that you're having a good week too! XO

Today's project is really fun and I love how it came out! I had this vision in my head and it turned out better than I hoped! I made pretty vintage heart boxes using a wonderful die set from Concord & 9th, and all my vintagey goodies in my stash. When I was little, I always got a heart shaped box of chocolates from my parents for VD, and these heart boxes remind me of chocolate boxes!! This is a super fun project to put together and very easy. CLICK HERE to see another project I made with these heart box dies! I think these would be beautiful for a bridal shower or wedding favors, and with pastels, for a baby party. The possibilities are endless!

I took lots of pictures to show you all the details. I ended up making three different boxes, all vintage style…

 

I am kind of obsessed with Anna Griffin crafting supplies and have been for a long time! I have a nice collection of things to mix and match together for my vintage projects. I am especially fond of the flowers…I used some Anna Griffin flowers on each box. (I even made our wedding announcements from Anna Griffin Vellum!)  I used doilies and trim, and embellishments and pearls and glitter glue….and and and…. I just got out my stash and found some pretty things to decorate the boxes. That is one of my resolutions this year – use my stash! I've been doing good so far. Heck, I have enough crafting stuff to last me 100 years. Time to use it!

 

Lots of gold paint splatters on everything and also glitter glue and pearls…

 

I even found some old millinery leaves! It's fun to use what you have on hand.

 

Here is a side view of the box assembled. I'll go into some more details about making the hearts here in a second.

 

 

 

Here is one of the boxes in my hand to show you the size and scale. It's really the perfect size!!

 

The die set is very simple to understand and use. Basically you make two identical heart pieces and then they fit together to make a box with a lid. It's a genius product from Concord & 9th of course. Everything they do is genius! Here are all my pieces to make the two hearts. That's it!! I made the top and bottom of all the boxes out of cream cardstock and then layered vintage looking papers.

 

 

If you use double sided paper, then the inside will be pretty too! TIP: If you're using text paper, or paper that has a definitive up/down pattern, be sure to die cut your pieces so that the writing/pattern will be right side up on both pieces. Here in this next photo is a completed box before any embellishments.

 

And here are all three boxes plain – which would also be pretty!! 

 

 

 

Part of my valentine stash of goodies. In my craft room, most of my stamps and dies are stored by company. However, there are three things that I store in separate bins: Halloween, Christmas, and Valentines. That way, it's easy to have those things all together for holiday crafting. I like to get the bins out and see what I forgot I had! LOLZ.

 

And this is a photo of the bottoms of the three boxes! (Just like the tops!) I chose to add a patterned paper heart to each one so that they would be pretty all around. 

 

Inside each one, I tucked in some crinkle paper, and some little candy hearts. Reminds me of days gone past – a little heart full of candies.

 

 

 

 

Side views…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay friends, that's it for today's project! Wishing you a blessed and happy day today, and a great weekend coming up. February is going to be very busy from a creative standpoint and lots of good things are coming. Thank you for your continued support and love. XOXO