Once I was done with the newspapering I wanted to apply something else, and inspired by this post at Celebrate Creativity, I decided a floral would be nice! Not floral like the mid to late 1990's floral -I've been looking at old magazines and my eyes practically melted out of their sockets at the pattern overload! - but something simple.
Using black ink and making up a pattern as I went along I stamped my box. If you are going to undertake a project like this be warned that stamping something like a shoebox is not the easiest thing in the world. It's flimsy the farther away you get from the edges and wants to buckle so you have to place your hand on the underside to get a solid stamping on it. Not all of my stamps turned out so perfect but that has a nice, vintage appeal to it that I don't mind at all.
To get the flowers to stamp along the sides, I took the lid off, stamped, replaced the lid and applied just the top flower portion, matching it up to the stems as best I could.
Yeah, I'm not an expert stamper by any stretch of the imagination. But I'm happy with the results and now I don't have to look at any more clutter! And since the shoes (and therefore shoebox) were free thanks to a giftcard* this whole project cost me nothing but time.
*Can I brag for a minute? I got the shoes on super clearance for twelve dollars and got a free shipping deal so I was able to get the shoes and a sweater for my $25 gift card! How's that for a deal?
6 comments:
You do amaze me. I should hire you for de-cluttering advise around my house.
I love how this turned out. The only thing I'm not sure about is getting newsprint on my hands each time I touch it. There has to be a way of covering it so that doesn't happen.
You're right about the newsprint thing B, I neglected to put a matte mod podge or decoupage sealant on it, but that would take care of that problem!
That's a really cool idea. Maybe I'll be inspired to clean my house!
That looks really cute! What a great idea! I want to try it. :)
Oh I like the box! That's a great idea!!
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