Juice Y Couture Bag

With all this over-rated hype over fancy schmancy over-pricey Juicy Couture accessories, I'll show you my very own ... JUICE-Y Couture Handbag

Posted by Peggy W.

About

This is a crafting project I did back in March 2008. And since then there were requests for tutorials but I have not gotten around making another one, so I am going to illustrate and explain.

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • 4 Juice Cartons
  • 4 Shoe Laces
  • 4 Aluminum Can Tabs

Steps (8 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    I used 4 identically sized carton boxes. For a wider bag, you can opt for 5 or more, and for a narrower bag, you can use 3 or even 2 cartons. Open up the seal at the top carefully by hand and remove the plastic cap (if any).

  2. 2

    Prepare 3 Types, as illustrated:
    Type 1 : End - 3 sided with 1" flap and punched holes along one side;
    Type 2 : Intermediate - 2 sided with 1" flap and punched holes along both; and
    Type 3 : End - 3 sided, no extra flaps and only punched holes along one side.

  3. 3

    Cut of the the top part, leaving about 1" from the crease line. At the side flaps, measure and mark a stretch of approximately 20mm spaced points. At the marked points, use the hole puncher and make a hole.
    (Tips: For evenly spaced openings and uniformity, use a separate cardboard strip and punch the holes evenly along it. Then overlay the strip on all the flaps and traced the holes onto it with marker.)

  4. 4

    Fold the top flaps inwards.

  5. 5

    Here, we'll 'stitch' it all together. Using backstitch, I stringed up the carton boxes with 1 pair of orange and 1 pair of yellow shoelaces to string. You can choose your own color to match the graphics on the carton boxes. Start from the 2nd hole from the top.

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    As for the rings for the strap, they were a total of 4 aluminum can tabs. And string on the straps through the tabs ;)