So whether you are going rustic glam or having cottagecore aesthetic, personalize any wooden box to display at your wedding ceremony or reception so your loved ones know you've truly thought of everything for your fall or winter wedding!
How to Make a Beautiful Blanket Box for Your Fall Wedding
Difficulty Level: Easy
PROJECT MATERIALS
• Wooden crate (we used an IKEA Knagglig pine box)
• Measuring tape
• Colored wood stain of your choice
• Sponge brush
• Clean cotton cloth
• Electronic cutting machine (e.g., Cricut)
• Permanent gold shimmer vinyl
• StrongGrip Transfer Tape (if using shimmer or glitter vinyl)
• 12×24 StandardGrip cutting mat
• Scraper tool
• Weeder tool
• Our Cricut Design Space project that you can click and make without any changes!
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Measure your wooden crate and decide how long you want your vinyl words to be. To be centered on the middle panel of our crate, we sized our phrase to 14" long and no taller than 1.6".
2. Paint your box with the wood stain of your choice. Thankfully, wood staining is easy peasy! Instead of a solid opaque color, you get a beautiful semi-translucent color that allows the natural wood grain to show through. The basics of wood staining is stir well, sponge brush on, wipe off with a clean cotton cloth, allow to dry, and repeat. The more coats you put on, the more opaque your color. Since we wanted a stronger white hue for our crate, we gave our box about 5-6 coats. It's essential you wipe off after applying each coat of stain to give a clean even surface.
3. While your box is drying, open Cricut Design Space and start a New Project / Canvas to add your "in case you get cold" phrase or use our ready-made Design Space project.
4. Place the amount of vinyl you need on your long cutting mat and let your machine do the work! Once your words are cut, weed out the excess vinyl from your phrase that you won't be needing.
5. To help you adhere your shimmer vinyl to your wooden crate, use clear StrongGrip transfer tape as no other transfer tape will pick the vinyl up otherwise. (If you're not using a glitter or shimmer vinyl, standard transfer tape is what you will need.) Cut the amount you need and place on top of your vinyl words. Use your scraper tool and push across the transfer tape to give a good connection to the vinyl underneath.
6. Peel your transfer tape off of the vinyl. Your phrases should now be on the transfer tape and not the glossy paper. Position on your wooden crate. When you have it where you want it, use the scraper tool again to adhere your words onto the box and peel off the transfer tape.
7. To style your crate, source color-coordinated blankets to put inside for your guests. Thrift stores are especially great places to look for upcycled blankets at affordable prices! If you're having a hard time finding small throw blankets, consider getting a ton of fleece fabric and asking a sewing friend to do a blanket stitch on the edges. Alternatively the easiest route is that you can find packs of wedding blankets ready to go on Etsy. And after the big day, upcycle your crate into a chic blanket box for your living room!
TUTORIAL CREDITS
Photography & DIY Tutorial: Chelsea Barton (originally designed for Jen of Something Turquoise) | Wooden Crate Box: IKEA or Amazon | Colored Wood Stain: DecoArt | Gold Shimmer Vinyl: Cricut | Cricut Explore Machine: Cricut | StrongGrip Transfer Tape: Cricut | Burnish & Weeding Tools: Amazon
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