Ideas and guides

Make something personal

Gift projects to make

Each project pairs a Bessie Boo decal with a crate, jar or box you supply, with wording ideas and tips from Fliss's listings.

• Make it Make a Christmas Eve box you can use every year Letter a plain wooden crate with their name, fill it for Christmas Eve, then bring it out again next year.
• Make it Make a personalised book crate for a book lover Letter a wooden crate with their name, fill it with books and a few cosy extras, and give a gift that keeps their reading pile tidy.
• Make it Turn a plain jar into a personalised gift A plain glass jar, your own words in vinyl, and something they love inside. One idea, three ways.
• Make it Make a movie night box A wooden crate lettered with the family name, filled with snacks and a film for a night in.
• Make it Make a memory box for someone special Add a name, a date, or the details of a special day to a box or book they'll keep for years.

Guides and tips

• Guide Christmas Eve box ideas How to put together a personal Christmas Eve box, starting with the box itself.
• Guide Vinyl decal tips: measuring, ordering and applying How to measure, what to put in the personalisation box, applying vinyl in winter, and looking after it afterwards.
• Guide Finished crate or DIY crate decal? How to choose Many Bessie Boo designs come two ways. Here's what you get with each, and how to pick.
• Guide Personalised gifts for book lovers Ideas for readers of every age, and which ones need a crate or bookcase of your own.