Maggie Muggins Designs: St. Patrick's Day Treat Box {Silhouette Treat Box Shape}

March 14, 2012

St. Patrick's Day Treat Box {Silhouette Treat Box Shape}

I was so excited with this new shape when it was free a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, not many people seemed to have used it. I had a hard time searching (on google) for inspiration. It's easy to make, but I wanted to see how others decorated it before deciding how to decorate mine.

Patience was worth it when I finally figured out the right key words "paper sour cream treat container". There are a lot of really creative ideas there. Here are a few of the ideas I found to inspire me:

1. Valentines Clear 2. Chevron Stripe 3. Christmas Stocking 4. Penguin Joy 5. Joy at Christmas 6. Love You 7. Wild About You
8. Soccer 9. Sweet Treat Holders 10. Easter Chicks 11. 12 days of Christmas 12. Spice Cake 13. Christmas Lights

So how did I use my treat box shape? I decided to use it for St. Patrick's Day and this is what came to me:

The Silhouette Treat box shape was easy to cut. I re-sized it a little so that the two boxes fit perfectly on an 8.5x11" sheet. It was easy to put them together. I cut these from Paper Accent's Precious Metals Cardstock (Bronze, Copper and Gold Pearlized sheets in a package.) I picked up a package of the paper at Fred Meyer.

First I taped the back and pressed it down - careful to not press the edges.

I increased the stitch length on my sewing machine to 5 and sewed across the bottom.

At this point I filled the treat box. Don't overfill it or it will rip open easily and be more difficult to sew closed. Then I carefully pinched it closed and sewed across the top.

Lastly, decorate as desired. I used Silhouette's Pot of Gold shape. I turned it into a print and cut, printed it on Avery White Shipping Labels to make the shape a sticker. Using the same shape created a slightly larger offset and cut that out in the blue cardstock. The stickers went on easily and then I adhered these to the treat boxes with double sided tape and that was it!