Embroidering a shipping box, because why not?

[CraftyOctober]

I wanted to do some embroidery lately but didn't have any specific desire to do a hoop or decorate any of my clothes. Since I have to mail out my sister's birthday present, I thought, "Why not decorate the box?" I had just watched Jenny Hart's tutorial on embroidering on paper and figured it would apply to a cardboard box just the same. Working at the post office, more often than not the only stuff I ever really see personalized in the mailstream is stuff coming from jail inmates. Why should they be the only ones with the time to make a unique, pretty letter?

I chose a simple subject--Lumpy Space Princess from "Adventure Time"--and sketched it out on the box. Then, I used a tool to punch holes around my drawing evenly. I used six strands of floss and just a boring old backstitch, then shaded it with colored pencils. Now my box will be sure to get where it's going and my sister will see how much I cared!

[Calabaza]

Oh, cool! I must remember this. What a great idea!

[johnson.mom2two]

Oooh neat!

[AugustBell]

Ahahaha this is awesome!! I bet she will smile really big when she sees this!

[kittykill]

How clever!