Sew Lovely Vintage Mini Sewing Box

Heya all....It's Mad About Scrappin Monday again and I have a really cute vintage mini sewing box to share with you all.  I received my latest design team kit from Leanne this week and O M G!!! You guys!! this kit was awesome!! It was jam packed with so many goodies I was gobsmacked!! I have to give a big THANK YOU to Leanne she really spoiled me.  Anyways..... One of the paper pads were Sew Lovely from Papermania.  I saw this and of course immediately thought sewing box!! Then my mind started racing and I thought ...."oooooo what if I could create a miniature version of the vintage sewing boxes????" and guess what?? I did!!!!!

I used a couple of Redhead matchboxes that look something like this....

...and they measure 2"x2 1/2" or 5cmx7cm

Then from some thin chipboard I created the base box.  I have some pics of the process, but not a lot.  I got busy with creating and making that I forgot to stop and the "during" pics.  But here is what I do have... 

 Here it is in it's raw or naked form...

 ....and here I am playing around with some hinges 

 Sorry guys this is where the process pics jump ahead and I have a few pics of me creating the handle from some popsicle sticks and a piece from a wooden skewer.  As you can see I have already begun covering the boxes.  I should let you know too, that I pulled the outer cover of the matchbox apart so that it creates a lid of sorts.

 I perfected my hinges and then cut them from some thick cardboard and covered them with some of the tape measure print from the collection.

 Here it is all finished and I am just trying out the hinges and making sure that they all move freely.

                                       and here are her Glamour shots!!

 TO embellish the "lids" or top of the boxes I have used a selection of paper roses, a metal bird charm, some sewing themed buttons and I have printed the words "Sew Lovely" on to some fabric.

 I have filled the insides with bits n pieces from my sewing supplies

  

I am really happy with how this turned out and to top it off it works...it is functional and all parts move!!! I hope you have enjoyed my little Vintage Sewing box as much as I have.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Please be sure to check out Mad About Scrappin on all the links below:-

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Paper Bag Recipe Mini Album

G'day everyone, I have a quick share for you all today.  I am in the process of creating a paper bag recipe album with my DT kit from Mad About Scrappin.  This month I have the Homemade with Love papers from Carta Bella.

This is the first time I have ever worked with Carta Bella and I love how thick and textured the papers are!! This collection is a little grunge-y and very vintage!  I just love all the kitchen  inspired designs and elements they have cooked up for this.  Just perfect for recipe books!

I have used  some lunch paper bags from my stash.  These were some that I received from the US, and they looked a little like this...

I have used 6 paper bags measuring 5" x 9.75" x 3.15" or 12.7cm x 24.8cm x 8cm. To prep my bags I first opened them up and folded on of the side gussets outward so that I could cut a slit into them....so they looked like this....

I then adhered down all the flaps. 

 After this was done to all 6 of them I then  folded all these flaps over and burnished them well with my bone folder.

I folded the top or gusset part of the bag in half and adhered it down.  This will be where I bind the mini.  It will be flip from the top. I also then trimmed the edges of my bag so that they now 6 inches.

Once I finished this step I then inked up all the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain and then set them aside whilst I cut all my papers to size.

I have no pics to accompany these steps, but I mat all my bags from

Secret Recipe

Baking Stripe

Kitchen Corner

Conversion Table

Mixing Bowls

Love Pie

and  folded up the flap to create a pocket to house a recipe card.

 This is the flip or back side of the bags

  Here are some of the recipe cards I cut out from the collection

 and this is the reverse of the cards.  I have mat with some freebies I found on Pinterest.

These are some that will be going inside the paper bags.

 This is a work in progress so please be sure to join me here again next Monday when I share the finished mini album with you all.  Thanks for stopping by and till next week ...

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