Apron Recipe Holder

How cute is this?  Wouldn't it make an awesome little hostess gift filled with Holiday recipes?  This idea came from a share by Liane Peden on the yahoo group StampinUpLNStampers.  I loved her idea so I gave it a few tweaks to make it my own. 

I know you are going to want to make one, so I just went ahead and created a tutorial.  (Idea was Liane's but this tutorial is all Ellen's - Liane probably has a much easier way to explain/create this) 

Chocolate Chip Cardstock  -  5 ¾ x 11

Score at 10 ¼, 5 ¾, 5, and ½ inches

Turn paper and score at 5 inches

Snip the scored lines – up to the last score line (you are snipping up ¾ of an inch). This is what forms the bottom of the apron box.

Cut away 2 ½ inches from the top of the apron box EXCEPT for the 4 ½ inch wide front of the apron.

To get the curve, I traced the curved edge of my tape dispenser – (you could eyeball it for one side – then lay the piece you cut off on the others side, trace and cut so that the two curved edges will match.)

Cut your designer series paper for front of apron. If white core shows on the cut edge of the paper just run a marker along the edge

Attach two jumbo eyelets with crop-a-dile. Insert approximately 7 inches of red 5/8 grosgrain ribbon. Secure with tape. Cover the ribbon ends on the “inside” of the apron with square scrap of cardstock approximately 2 inch square.

Assemble box using red sticky tape on the bottom flaps and the ½ inch flap.

Adhere ribbon around the “waist” – tie a separate bow and attached it to hide ribbon ends.

I used a pop-up glue dot to secure the bow.

It took approximately 12 inches  of ribbon to go around the box and 14 inches to form the bow.

Decorate at desired. I used the pine-cones from the Autumn Days set – inked with marker so I could have brown cones and green needles – punched with circle punches.  I used the small tag punch for the pockets (sponged in old olive).


Here is a photo with a 4x6 index card so you tell the size.