A couple of years ago, I had attempted these heart boxes by Robin Glynn for the first time. While I had not perfected it, it still turned out great. So this time, with Valentine's Day coming up, I decided to give it a go again.

This time, I wanted to make it sturdier, so attempted it with thicker paper. That is, with 120 gsm from some of the paper packs that I had with me. So, in addition to being really pretty, these boxes also turned out to be functional.

The pink and white boxes are my absolute favourites. Naturally, these boxes have been duly handed over to Little Miss! She apparently is once again in need of boxes for her things!

The blue box, termed "Love is in the air", was specially requested by a friend.

And with that, we come to the end of the post :)

With Valentine's Day coming up, a lot of us must be on the lookout for pretty things to make and gift. So naturally I went googling and came across this lovely heart box on Flickr!

The creator of the heart box is Natan Lopez. I understand that the diagram for the model will be published in the magazine '4 Esquinas' but am not sure when it is to be published. But in the meanwhile, the diagram and CP have been kindly shared by Natan on his Flick! profile (links below).

Some points that I learnt after trying out the heart a few times:

• For the base, I used a square that was slightly smaller than the one for the lid. I wasn't able to make them fit together well when I used squares of the same size.
• In Step 23 in the instructions, it is suggested that the corners be either folded or cut off. I suggest cutting them off; else there is a lot of folded paper which didn't make the folding easy at all!
• For the lid, in Step 25, adding one more valley fold around the box ensures that the base is slightly taller than the lid.

Model Details:

Model: Heart Box 

Creator: Nathan Lopez

Difficulty Level: High Intermediate

Paper Ratio: Square

Paper Size: 7 inches for lid and 6.75 inches for base

Instructions: Flickr!

Instructions (CP): Flickr!