Jute Trinket Box

I love it when I can make a craft from items - especially recycled ones I have in my stash! I found a small heavy duty cardboard tube in the stash that I have no  clue where it came from. I imagine something was wrapped around it, but there were no markings or glue on it. I just knew that I wanted to make something out of it and not throw it away! Now the time has come to do just that! 
 

Hello and welcome to our Creative Craft Hop hosted this month by Donna @ Modern on Monticello! We are delighted to have two hosts - Donna and Sara @Birdz of a Feather! They each take turns hosting every other month! Thank you ladies for hosting this awesome Creative Craft Hop! If you're coming over from Rachel @ Tea and Forget Me Nots, isn't her Halloween Garland adorable!

For this hop, I'm sharing how I turned a heavy duty cardboard tube into an adorable jute trinket box! Here's how!

Materials Used:

• Heavy duty cardboard tubes - 2.5", 1/2" 
• Natural jute rope - 5mm
• Jute cord
• Hot glue gun/glue sticks
• Cardboard
• Craft knife, pencil, scissors
• Burlap
• Quick dry glue
• Wired ribbon - 1.5" wide
• Large eye needle

Start by removing a large amount of jute rope from the roll to wrap around the cardboard tube. Run a line of glue inside the tube and .  .  .

lay the end of the jute rope on the glue to secure.

Begin wrapping the jute around the tube .  .  .

going around and around the tube. Be sure to squeeze the jute rows together while you wrap - not leaving any space between lines.

Until ..  .  .

the tube is completely covered. Seal end of the jute rope with hot glue, cutting off excess jute. 

Add a decorative look to the outside of the jute covered tube by threading a large eye needle with jute cording and weaving the jute cording inside and out around the larger jute rope.

To seal the bottom, place wrapped tube on a piece of cardboard cut from a cardboard box. Draw a circle around the outline of the tube and .  .  .

cut out using a craft knife.

Lay the cardboard circle on a piece of burlap. Leave about a half inch of burlap from the edge of the circle and cut out around the circle. 

Apply quick dry glue to the cardboard circle and .  .  .

press it down on the center of the burlap circle. Cut slits in the edge of the burlap to .  .  . 

seal  on the cardboard. Measure another piece of burlap the exact size of the cardboard circle. Apply glue to the burlap edge and .  .  .

lay the burlap circle on top .  .  .

for a finished look.

Apply to the bottom of the tube by adding glue around the edge .  .  .

to secure to bottom. Wrap smaller cords around edge for a finished look!

To make the top, repeat steps to cover a cardboard circle, as before for the bottom. Once that's done, to dress up the top, a decorative ruffle will be added.

Leaving the 1.5" wide wired ribbon on the roll, take the end of the ribbon and pull the inside wire from the edge creating a ruffle.

 

Once you've created enough ruffle to wrap around the top, begin gluing the ruffle edged to the edge of the top.

Secure the pulled wire by either forming a knot and cutting off excess wire. Or tucking wrapped wire end in fold of ruffled ribbon. Fold over the ribbon end, cutting off excess ribbon and glue the ruffle edges together at fold.  

And finally for the top, glue on a strip of jute rope for a finished edge around the bottom of the ruffled top.

To make a handle for the top, wrap a smaller cardboard tube ( one leftover from washi tape) with jute cording and .  .  .

glue to center of ruffled top!

How cute is this!

Perfect for small trinket items!

Up next is  Sara @Birdz of a Feather, one of our fabulous co-hosts, sharing her amazing Crochet Can Cozy! You must check it out! Sara is so creative and talented! 

And be sure to check out all of the talented bloggers sharing their awesome creations listed below: 

Easy Halloween Garland

Jute Trinket Box

Crochet Can Cozy

DIY Jadeite Jack-O'-Lanterns

Easy Fall Door Hanger Instead Of A Wreath

DIY Halloween Sign Craft Idea with BOO ghosts

How to Make Turkey-Themed Thanksgiving Place Cards

DIY NUTCRACKER STAFF

Fall Wine Glasses

Monochrome Soda Bottle Goody Bag

           

Repurpose a throw away soda bottle (trash) into a lovely monochromatic goody bag!  Something so creative, enjoyable and beneficial for the environment at the same time! A goody bag made out of a recycled soda bottle is so simple to make resulting in a gorgeous look especially when trimmed in a black filigree monochrome color! I love using soda bottles in projects as seen here, here, here, here, here, and here! I think I may have gotten carried away crafting using soda bottles, but this monochrome craft is such a cool project- although I would have preferred to used purple as the monochromatic color, lol!

It's time for another Sustainable Craft Challenge hosted by Julie @Sum of Their Stories! Welcome! This challenge is all about sustainable crafting with a different theme each month!  The projects must have some sort of a sustainable element to them. This could be an upcycling or recycling element, or something that reduces waste, uses leftovers, etc. This month's theme is Monochrome! I know! Are you wondering what eco-friendly craft can we come up with that's monochromatic? I did too! But Julie put us at ease with saying it's OUR interpretation of a craft using only one color or a variation of one color- black, white, or gray. I must say that I'm using a plastic soda bottle which is clear! No color, but by using black trim to decorate it makes it, I think, a monochrome project, lol!

So let's get started!

Supplies:

• Plastic Soda Bottle (2.9 Qt.)
• Vaseline
• Masking Tape
• Craft Knife/Scissors
• Bone Folder
• Ruler/pen
• Black Filigree Frame images
• Clear stencil sheets
• Gorilla Glue with Brush for plastics
• Stiff Black Felt
• Hole puncher
• Bow ribbon

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How to:

Begin with a clean plastic soda bottle. I keep emphasizing plastic, but when I was little, soda bottles were made out of glass and had to be returned for a small deposit. Maybe we should go back to that! It would certainly help the environment in so many ways! Anyway, on to my project!  I got this particular soda bottle from the Dollar Tree. It has a smooth surface with no ridges - perfect to make a goody bag! But first, remove the label.

If there is any adhesive left on the bottle that you can't get off after removing the label, apply Vaseline and let it sit on the glue for a few hours to work its' magic! 

Then clean off with soap and water; let dry for a nice smooth finish.

Next, tape off the top using masking tape and .  .  .

begin cutting the top off using a craft knife to get you started following the edge of the masking tape.

Once you have a slice opening big enough for scissors, switch to sharp scissors to finish removing the top. 

It's so much easier using scissors to cut the plastic for a nice smooth edge.

To remove the bottom portion of the soda bottle, follow the line that's inscribed in the plastic for easy removal .  .  .

resulting in a nice plastic cylinder shape.

For a rectangular shape bag, flatten the plastic and . . .

using a bone folder or the round handle end of scissors, flatten one side of the  plastic in half and .  .  .

then "by eye" flatten the other side in a .  .  .

smaller width.

Complete forming the bag by using the bone folder to flatten the remaining sides in the same widths of the larger and smaller sides.

To make flaps on the bottom to close, measure the width of the front side and divide in half, 

cutting up the sides and .  .  .

folding over to overlap the four flaps. 

To decorate the goody bag, I found a free image online of a black rectangle filigree which I resized in Word to fit the front, back and sides of the goody bag - then copied the images on clear stencil sheets and printed out using a laser printer.

                                                          

               

Attach plastic filigree images to bag with quick dry glue.

 

           

Cover the inside bottom of the bag with a piece of stiff black felt cut to size. 
                               

Use a hole puncher to make holes near the top for the ribbon handles.

Just insert black ribbon ends through the holes, one side at a time and tie into a couple of large knots to secure. 

To complete the look, add a simple black and grayish bow for an adorable monochrome soda bottle goody bag! Perfect to use for any occasion or celebration! 

I hope you enjoyed how I made my Monochrome Soda Bottle Goody Bag!

Welcome again to our Sustainable Craft Challenge Blog Hop!  

Be sure to check out all the creative "Monochrome" Sustainable Craft projects from my fellow crafters listed below:

Julie @ Sum of Their Stories  - Monochrome Patchwork Bag DIY

Marci @ Old Rock Farmhouse  -  Simple Silhouette Greeting Cards

Gail @ Purple Hues and Me  -  Monochrome Soda Bottle Goody Bag

Allyson @ Southern Sunflowers  -  Easy DIY Button Art on Canvas - Tutorial for Adults

T'onna @ Sew Crafty Crochet  -  Monochrome Crochet Scarves

Terri @ Our Good Life  -  Monochrome Watercolor Painting