Paint Chip Boxes

When Sherry (and Katie, Ana and Erin) mentioned that the Pinterest Challenge was back for its fall 2011 edition I was thrilled to jump on the bandwagon. See my whole relationship with Pinterest is due to Sherry and her persuasive letters and since the last Pinterest Challenge happened while I was in California for a week sans internet (and pre iPhone) I knew I had to participate this time. The icing on the cake was that the weeklong challenge coincided exactly with our two and a half day break from school due to teacher conventions. Extra long weekend + Pinterest Challenge + super cold birthday + Courtney's birthday coming up = time for some intense crafting. Of course I had a mountain of homework (thanks Ms. Nies) so I didn't end up doing it until Saturday night after a long, cold, somewhat disappointing day cheering on both of our teams at state. But I digress.

Since I was going to be super busy, I knew what I was going to take on had to be relatively quick and easy with very few materials on hand, so I hopped right on over to my paint chips board on Pinterest. (Yes I have a board especially dedicated to paint chips. It's a sickness people.) I decided to make cute little paint chip boxes based off of Jessica's tutorial on How About Orange. (Another Sherry find.)

So I gathered up all my supplies and set to work.


A couple notes about my supplies: I couldn't find our double sided tape so I just made loops of scotch tape and that worked just find. Also, for a cutting mat I used an old magazine and that worked just fine, as long as you aren't expecting to be able to read it after you use it. Since I don't have an exacto knife, I just used a box cutter.

One useful tip I discovered was that it's easier to cut straight lines if you use your ruler as a guide, like so.

The first cap I made didn't fit for some reason so I just made another one (this time in pink!) but the rest all turned out awesomely. I'm super happy with them and think I'm going to use them as a box for some Hershey's Bliss to give to Courtney for her birthday on Tuesday.

So thanks Sherry (and Katie, Ana and Erin).