Inspired by Jessica Jones’ thumbtack tutorial, I decided to make a bunch. I’ve been dying to make these thumbtacks since I first visited her blog several months ago, but a million nifty excuses trumped any of my attempts.
Well, Mother’s Day is just around the corner and is the perfect excuse to set aside homework and laundry and other practical chores to get knee deep in crafts. You can check out the thumbtack tutorial HERE. Ms. Jones’ illustrative instructions are very easy to follow. Emphasis: For the 1/2″ button covers, you will need thumbtacks that measure 3/8″ at the base. Any larger, then the thumbtacks won’t fit inside the button cover.
For packaging, I decided to create origami gift boxes and thought that miniature boxes to house 6 thumbtacks would be endearing and so very cute. I found a simple origami gift box tutorial from Expert Village HERE. To create a cover, just use paper dimensions that are slightly
larger than the base of the box.
The thumbtacks and the origami box were a great joy to create. Thanks, How About Orange and Expert Village for these rockin’ tutorials.
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Those are adorable in their tiny boxes! Love ‘em!
Cute! I love making those tacks.