Show Us What You're Workin' With #13!!

I have a super cute project for you today, it's one of my favorites that I've done in quite a while. Here we go ...

I started with this box that I got at the thrift store for $.99. The flowers are H-I-D-E-O-U-S but the box was in great shape and it was too good of a deal to pass up. It sat in my craft room for a few weeks because I didn't really know what I wanted to do with it. The one day it came to me!!! My dad had just made-over my closet and there was a box of sheetrock compound on the floor. I took the box to the craft room along with a putty knife and went to town.


I loaded up the knife and spread it on the box, right over the ugly flowers. I didn't take any closeups pics though ... I don't know why.


I didn't want a smooth look so I left the texture, just like you would if you were texturizing a wall.

For the front of the box I gooped the stuff on and then pressed the knife against it and then lifted it up *** does that make sense? *** It left these little peaks all over. Now the box was covered it has to dry for quite some time. I waited 2 days just to make sure, but just follow the instructions on the box. I took some sandpaper to the peaks on the front of the box just to make sure they weren't sharp and it left some nice texture. I painted the whole box with Antique White and let it dry completely.


Once the paint was dry I painted a brown glaze over each side and the front and then wiped it off with a damp rag.

I made sure to not wipe the glaze out of the divots and holes. I just kept wiping until I got the look I wanted.

I didn't paint the inside of the box ... I totally forgot all about it :) So, I cut a piece of blue fabric that I had leftover from my jewelry holder, and glued it to the inside.

I used a bit more of that blue fabric, some burlap, and another fabric from the jewelry holder to make these 3 little rosettes and hot glued them to the corner of the box.

Here she is all finished and on a shelf in my closet. I am in love with the end result and for $.99 I love it even more!!

Now it's time to party!!!