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Études de fleurs (ca 1820) – Pyramid Gift Boxes

Today I’m sharing another batch of Pyramid Gift Boxes, this time wrapped in floral plates from Études de fleurs et de fruits (ca 1820):

Wings of Whimsy: Études des Fleurs No4 ca 1820 - Pyramid Gift Box #antique #freebie #printable #pyramid #gift #boxIMG_4704IMG_4702IMG_4703IMG_4701Print out and whip up some unique French Floral Pyramids! I print these on Canon Matte (170g) photo paper. 

I contrasted this set with rough twine, but you can of course use anything you wish to string them with: lace, pretty ribbon, yarn or embroidery floss! To get my string of choice through the holes, I make a little “needle” of a piece of wire (about 5″) by bending it in half and twisting it around my string. This makes threading easy peasy 🙂

The Pyramid Gift Box is very easy to make, my girls are making these themselves all the time to use for gifting cash when their friends have birthdays. I must have made a gazillion different designs for these, and in addition they are super easy to embellish further. The Pyramid Gift Box is perfect for litte gifts, party treats or simply cash; like a 3D-card 😀

Here are low resolution previews of each of the boxes:

Wings of Whimsy: Études des Fleurs No1 ca 1820 - Pyramid Gift Box #antique #freebie #printable #pyramid #gift #boxWings of Whimsy: Études des Fleurs No2 ca 1820 - Pyramid Gift Box #antique #freebie #printable #pyramid #gift #boxWings of Whimsy: Études des Fleurs No3 ca 1820 - Pyramid Gift Box #antique #freebie #printable #pyramid #gift #boxWings of Whimsy: Études des Fleurs No4 ca 1820 - Pyramid Gift Box #antique #freebie #printable #pyramid #gift #boxFind your high quality copies of the boxes in the download folder, free for your personal use and enjoyment 🙂 Download Printable

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I have used elements from the following source for these designs:

Études de fleurs et de fruits – Biodiversity Heritage Library on Flickr

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6 thoughts on “Études de fleurs (ca 1820) – Pyramid Gift Boxes

  1. These Floral boxes are DIVINE ! I especially fell in love with the rose designs.I hope you will have one with pink Redoute Old garden roses 🙂 I’d like to make for a breast cancer patient.Thank You AGAIN for your generosity !!

    1. Hi Brigitte 🙂 I will consider your request, but I think it could be a while before I get there, I have sooo much planned for the next few weeks…:-P I love Redoute roses too, and agree that they would fit the boxes well! xoxoxo

      PS Meanwhile, may I suggest you print out some Redoute roses from this link: https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000795820#page/42/mode/thumb, then print one of my boxes, cut it out, and place it on the Redoute prints to trace around it?

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