Recycle, eh!

I spotted this Valentine's Day idea for recycling a cardboard candy box into a pretty photo frame at the Kodak project website when I was looking for Valentine ideas and couldn't resist making my own version. Since I don't have a lot of patience with long instructions, I modified it to just a few simple steps.

All I did was take a tin heart-shaped chocolate box (the same kind I use for my clocks), cut out a favourite photo (a copy, not the original) to fit inside the bottom of the box and attached the lid to the back of the bottom but upside down (see photo). This makes the frame stand up. I used double-sided tape to hold the whole thing together. Easy, no??

You can use tin, plastic, or cardboard candy boxes for this project. A velvet covered cardboard one would be lovely. I also spotted some Valentine candy boxes covered in faux leather to resemble a football or soccer ball. Nice for the man in your life (and you can eat the chocolates if you like before you make the frame - shhhhh - no one needs to know that!).