Hey there! New Mexico is finally experiencing a peak of springtime, with a bit of warmer weather. The trees are trying to wake out of their slumber as I see tiny buds opening up towards the sun. I love springtime because that means summer is around the bend!
Over the winter, Paul’s mobile phone finally died and he bought a new one and as he was unpacking it I kept looking at the box. I tell you, mobile phone companies spare no expense when it comes to their packaging. I just could not throw the box away. So… why not alter it and give it a new purpose. Now this little box will hold little odds and ends and keep my desk a bit tidier -well one can only hope :0)
Here are a few pictures to serve as a walkthrough and the embellishments I used.
The box before it’s transformation:
The tranformation begins:
I chose a color theme, and started by adding paper to the inside of the box. Unfortunately, some of my measurements on the inside of the box were off a wee bit so I covered my “oopsies” with a bit of washi tape.
After the inside of the box was completed I added the papers to the outside of the box, antiqued the entire box, and finished it off with embellishments.
Embellishments used:
- Metal Bookplate Drawer Pull (front of box), #HD587-B
- Vintage Crochet Doily (used the center of doily), Tracy
- Bronze Flower Filigree (large flower), #022-B
- Flower Metal Filigree (small flower), #025-C
- Octagon Glass Pendant (flower center), #GL1212-AB
- Bronze Metal Filigree (leaves), #592-B
- Grey Round Glass Beads (box feet), #BD026-GY
Before and After:
Hope you enjoyed the little walkthrough. I would love to hear how you have altered household items or items that were headed for the trash but were rescued and transformed into something beautiful!
Happy Creating!
LouAnn
I love the idea. My husband is always asking me if I want various boxes & containers we get things in. You have inspired me. Thank you
Judy, I am so glad you are inspired – I would love to see pictures of your altered boxes – please share when you can – hugs!
Love it LouAnn! You have inspired me to do something with the one’s I have laying around. Thanks for sharing.
Yay! Stacy, I hope when you alter your boxes that you’ll come back to the blog and upload a picture of your box’s transformation – hugs!
Great use of a box too good to throw away. Thank you for sharing
Thank you Juanita.
I Love, Love, Love it! I especially love how you “antiqued” the papers rather than just sponging the edges. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much for your kind words Bonita! Yes, I like making the papers look “antique-y”.
Beautiful…Thnx for sharing. I like altered boxes etc. Hagd..
Thank you Loretta – it’s amazing what people have done to boxes – such creativity out there. Have a great day!