{"id":5512,"date":"2011-12-07T09:35:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2019-11-25T21:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T02:03:18","slug":"bow-tie-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/07\/bow-tie-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow Tie Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>A bow tie should have it’s own storage box!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Rather than go with a typical gift-wrapped cardboard box for this bow tie I made,<\/strong><\/a> I decided to go with a neat little wooden box that I found at an AC Moore<\/strong>. I liked the cutout on the top of the box and wanted to use the fabric I made the bow tie with in that space. I brushed some Mod Podge on a piece of the fabric so when I cut it out it wouldn’t \u00a0fray. I put the box on my scanner lid side down, scanned it at 100% and printed it out for a guide. I taped the fabric to the guide and cut it out. After I glued the fabric into place, I coated the box with two coats of varnish.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I used a piece of Lotta Jansdotter’s\u00a0Spring Buds<\/em>\u00a0in mustard to make a small cushion for the bottom of the box. Voila! A special box for a special bow tie!<\/p>\n

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A bow tie should have it’s own storage box!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[177,4,19],"tags":[995,1083,824,20,240,1082,1103],"class_list":["post-5512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts-2","category-news","category-sewing","tag-bow-ties","tag-echo-fabric-collection","tag-gift","tag-handmade","tag-holiday-2","tag-lotta-jansdotter","tag-mod-podge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-1qU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8528,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/06\/22\/printing-canvas\/","url_meta":{"origin":5512,"position":0},"title":"Printing On Canvas","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"June 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Printing with digital grounds on cotton worked out well, so I was curious as to how an image would print on a rougher surface like canvas. 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