chocolate: Decorative Box ~ From Unfinished to Finished

Senin, 26 Oktober 2009

Decorative Box ~ From Unfinished to Finished

I had an unfinished wood, hinged lid box for 6 years. 6 years! Just sitting in a closet waiting to be made pretty. I really thought I had taken before and during painting pics of this, but I can't find them anywhere.

I had bought a package of black and white scrapbook papers and this embellishment/paper set below, a couple of months ago. This came with paper, too, but I really just wanted all the little doo-dads it came with.

I really liked the design of the "Enjoy" embellishment {I would have liked a different word, but you take what you get}. I picked out three of the black and white scrapbook paper designs, and cut them to be just a bit smaller than the sides, front and back of the box. I covered the knob feet and lid knob with aluminum foil and spray painted the inside and outside of the box black. It took two coats with some touch-up in certain spots.

I Mod Podged the paper onto the box and the "Enjoy" embellishment had a sticky back, which I just pressed onto the front. I then painted the feet and top knobs in white using a small sponge brush.

Here's a view of the back paper used. {You can just see the frame of the picture I painted black this past weekend}.

I just left the inside plain black. I've held off on doing something to the top of the lid {I just feel like it needs something} because I'm hoping to find either a pretty ribbon that will work with it or a small patterned stencil. When I'm not sure, I like to wait until I see something that "hits" me.