In most of our Indian homes, we get Wedding Invitation cards, and instead of throwing it, we could do some cute crafts .
I did this box using Invitation card. I made it with lid, so I used to store my lip balms/stationary products in this box.
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wedding cards |
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Waste Wedding Invitation cards box |
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Box with closing lid |
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Paper box |
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Clear view of box and lid |
Some of the card design looks classy, so I don't like to throw it , and turned into decorative box.
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classy box |
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Printed Invitation cards |
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Box - Base |
A close view of how it is being done
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close view of box |
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Invitation card box |
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Wedding Invitation card box |
Flower vase, box with lid, and opening close flat box
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flower vase, box |
In many of the Invitation cards, you would notice, lord images, and here I have cutted lord Venkateshwara images.
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lord venkateshwara |
I used 2012 old calendar as my base for wall hanging ( This is 2103 recent craft)
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lord balaji cut out with old calendar |
I pasted the cropped image in center, and painted green. Cute wall hanging is ready.
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Lord Balaji wall hanging |
For framing - In one of the wedding invitation card, I noticed Lord Ganapati and Sai babi with their mantras. So I just framed them with black cello tape.
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Framing |
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Ganesha + Sai baba frame |
Bookmark :- Draw your favorite design, and collect all the small desgins to border in invitaiton cards, and paste them. Here I have drawn a vintage girl, and in her skirt, I used small floral desgins for her skirts, top, bag, and belts, these are all from Waste Invitation cards.
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Boomarks, frame, Wall hanging |