Geeky Heart Candy Box for Valentine's Day
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Nothing says Valentine's Day like heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, right? Rather than buying a giant heart box, I like to surprise my husband with several of the tiny heart boxes throughout the day. I tuck them in his backpack, truck, or around the house. They are inexpensive and it's so fun to get a bunch of them, but I don't always like the childish designs they come in. This year I decided to make my own design.
We are in a pretty geeky household, so I figured I'd go with a computer-themed Valentine design. I started with an old motherboard and some keyboard keys from my computer parts stash, and added some words on labels that I made with my retro embossing label maker. Then I took a picture of the whole thing so I could print it out. You can use my image too — just download our free Geeky Valentine candy box printable label.
After you download our template, just print it into a sheet of sticker paper and grab a mini box of chocolates.
Peel the backing off the sticker sheet. (If you don't have sticker paper, you can print on regular paper instead, and just coat the back of it with a glue stick.)
Hold the lid of the box and the sticker sheet up to the light to help you center the design on the box, then press lightly into place.
Put the piece on the table, image side down, and press more firmly, to make sure the sticker has good contact all over the lid.
Then use some scissors to trim away the excess sticker.
Then put your new lid on the box and that's it, you're done!
Isn't this custom geeky Valentine's Day candy heart so much better than the boring ones in the store? What a quick way to turn an ordinary box of chocolates into a cool gift for the computer geek in your life.
4 comments so far:
this is so cute! i pinned it on pinterest! thank you for sharing.
I loved this! :0)
My boyfriend loved me making him make this for me!
Haha, sounds like you've got a good thing going, Amy :)