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Heart Candy Box

The Martha Stewart Show

Martha embellishes lovely heart-shaped candy boxes for Valentine's Day.

Embellished Heart Candy Box

Give your valentine one-of-a-kind gift packaging using an embellished heart-shaped candy box.

Tools and Materials
Scissors
Martha Stewart Crafts heart candy box
Embellishments: glitter, Dresden, ribbon, trim, shells, baking and candy cups, etc.
Craft glue

Embellished Heart Candy Box How-To
Lay out embellishments on heart-shaped box until you are happy with the design. If you're folding and gluing miniature baking and candy cups to make flowers, follow steps 1 through 4.

1. Snip two paper cups in half, as shown below. Turn halves inside out.

2. Pleat each half, as shown below. Secure pleats with a dab of fast-drying craft glue.

3. Join four pleats at their points with fast-drying craft glue.

4. Affix flower inside a third inside-out paper liner if desired. To finish, pierce the flower with a small gold brad. To make a more ornate flower, you can place a bit of embossed gold trim at the center before adding the brad, or glue cutout leaves beneath the flower.
5. Fill box with candies or other goodies, using the paper candy cups that are included with the heart-shaped box.

Resources
Dresden and other vintage trims and embellishments can be found at blumchen.com. Ribbon, trim, and additional embellishments are available at tinseltrading.com. Shells can be found at shellhorizons.com. Fill your embellished heart candy box with irresistible sweets using this recipe for indulgent Chocolate Truffles, courtesy of chocolatier Chuck Siegel. Special thanks to Jelly Belly and Necco for providing the candy used on the show.

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