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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Vintage Halloween Box

hello WONDERFUL PEEPS~ here is MY {VINTAGE} Halloween BOX transformation.
I saw this scrap paper at Roberts Crafts way back in May, and grabbed it because I LOVED IT! I new I WOULD make something with it around Fall.
BEFORE~ I FOUND This box a few weeks ago at Desert Industries for $1.00 dollar original tag $6.99. I am on this BOX KICK YOU KNOW... ;)
HERE IS WHAT I DID~ I started by painting the box all with Acrylic Paint~ base- dark brown with a glaze made of vintage white mixed with water that you rub on with a paper towel and rub off. Lid~ orange mixed with brown and vintage white, and the same vintage white glaze over it.
TIP~ for a more old vintage look, I opened my scissors and ran them along the outside edges of the paper CAREFULLY fraying them and tearing them a tiny bit. LOVE THIS look!
I then used my mod podge, (it is the lustre one and I WANTED the dry dull look) to the backs of the card paper and layed them on the box and smoothed them out with my hand.
DONE~ with the painted glazed frayed cards and mod podged on!
and another~ MY SIS IS FAB. SHE loved it (as did my mom but she watched me make them) she thought I BOUGHT IT! HE!
ONE MORE!
AND FINALLY~ I made two bows for the top, I used distress ink for the creme polka ribbon and distressed the ribbon. Then looped and pinned with a safety pin, then made the other bow and pinned it too. I then hot glued them on and together and hot glued the button on the top.
AFTER~ AND THERE YOU GO!
THANKS SO SO SO MUCH FOR STOPPING IN.
I am linking up with Fingerprints on the Fridge for Feature Yourself Friday HERE and Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home HERE Tatertots and Jello for Weekend Wrap Up Party HERE  Make It 4 Monday At Cottage Instincts HERE and Santas Gift Shoppe for Marketing Monday HERE and Blue Cricket Design for Show and Tell HERE.
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32 comments:

Val said...

You are amazing!!! Do you ever get sick of my telling you this? lol

Summer Rae said...

I love it when people think I bought the stuff that craft! Great job!!

Kelley said...

Soooo cute. I was just getting my brain in gear to think about halloween and fall...thanks for the jump start.

La said...

What a great box! Thanks for sharing! La

Ellen said...

Very cute!! Great job...makes me wish it was October!

staci @ lizard n ladybug said...

smart thinking to grab this paper back in May!!! Such a cute box!
Great job!!

Jen @ tatertotsandjello.com said...

Darling my dear! You are the cutest. Love your box!!

xoxo
Jen

Meghan said...

Now this is super cute!

Blessed Mommy of 2 said...

How adorable! =)

Lori said...

Wonderful job Jenn, looks like one of those really costly vintage pieces!! Adorable! Lori

♥ Noelle ♥ said...

oh i love this one, too cute!!

The Autocrat: Haley said...

Sllllooooowwww dooowwwnnnn!!! {j/} Wow! You have whipped up so many Halloween projects! Yet, another fabulous one! I'm totally in love with that paper too!

Kenzie said...

This is so cute! I need some of your motivation!

Coley said...

I just recently came across your blog. I'm loving all your Halloween projects! You do start early don't ya? :)

Anonymous said...

You are so talented with all your cute ideas. This box is adorable. Love you.

Alison said...

Jen, my friend, this is just too cute! Love that vintage paper!

What I Did Today said...

**open mouth** This is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Jennifer said...

I love it!!!! I love halloween decor!

jolene's spot said...

that box is too cute! Thanks for making everything look soo easy!

Amanda said...

Hi Jen, love your Halloween box, so cute! I'm also the editor over at OldFashionedLiving.com so I shared this on our Facebook page :) http://www.facebook.com/OldFashionedLiving

Jenny said...

What a great, great idea! This would be fun to package little Halloween gifts in, too!

Thanks for sharing your talents!

samantha said...

I always love buying paper when it's on sale. I will have to dig through my stash to see what I can come up with. Great work

Sue (Someone's Mom) said...

This is really cute. Is that scrapbook paper?

Michelle@Somedaycrafts said...

You seriously have to got to stop making all these cute Halloween ideas until after Sept. I told myself I wouldn't start featuring Halloween crafts until Sept. and I already have 20 "future features" and probably 5 of them are from your site! You are out of control (in a totally great way.) Love this one too!

The Cottage Girl said...

So what are you going to put in the box? Love it, and thinking on making something similar for Thanksgiving to insert "what I am thankful for" notes by family members.

Kathy@DandelionsandDustBunnies said...

It looks fantastic. Love the vintage cards you mod podged on there. So adorable.

Happy Nester said...

I love it. It turned out fantastic!
Monica

ANKH said...

This is so fabulous! I am linking to this/you in my next blog post!

henthornehandmade.blogspot.com

Erin said...

Too fantastic for words!!!

southernscraps said...

Awesome box!

Lindsey @ Inspiring Creations said...

I love how it turned out!! I just might have to search for that paper and make my own! Thanks for sharing :)

Cristie said...

Love the vintage look!