Wednesday, December 7, 2011

12 Days of Christmas Event: Day 7

On the 7th Day of Christmas My Crafty Friends Gave To Me........


A Decor Idea by Tricia: Napkin Ring Holders











And.........


A Gift Idea from Pam: Altered Box



HOLA EVERYONE!!!! I am excited about this post for a couple of reasons! FIRST>>>It is LINDA's BIRTHDAY and SECONDLY>>>>> it is DAY 7 of the 12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS OOH -LA- LA VINTAGE TREASURES BLOG HOP EVENT!   Thank you Patti and Doreen for including me in such a fun event!

My project is a simple gift using something old and making it new again with a shabby chic flair. A wooden box discovered at a yard sale, a vintage playing card, items in my stash and beautiful products from OOH- LA- LA VINTAGE TREASURES ARTFIRE SHOP turned into an WONDERFUL birthday gift! Give it a try! Simple, quick and elegant.



You can use any box to alter. I found this wooden box at a yard sale for $3! AWESOME find! Using crackle paint,  I painted it blue. I did not paint the inside as it was already padded and I like that! 




Using the bottom left side of the Webster's Pages "Ladies & Gents Framed Beauty" paper that I purchased from OOH LA LA VINTAGE TREASURES, I used the bottom of the box to trace the oval that I would use on the lid of the box. I knew the oval I traced and cut would be smaller, but that is what I wanted. I inked the edge of the oval and adhered it to the lid with quick drying glue. Using a second sheet of the same patterned paper, I fussy cut 2 flowers from the sheet, inked the edges and placed them to the side. 

I hot glued lace around the lid and let it set. I hot glued flatback pearls on the lace and let it set. I found it easier to hot glue both the lace and pearls a 1/2 inch at a time as the hot glue sets quickly. 




I hot glued the lovely bouquet (top) and the flowers (bottom) are also from the OOH LA LA VINTAGE TREASURES ARTFIRE SHOP! (The flowers were a thank you gift from Patti and Doreen and went PERFECTLY with my project!) 


I adhered a vintage playing card to the "mirror" on the paper. I hot glued flatback pearls around the card's edge. I adhered the flowers the I previously fussy cut with foam dots to give them dimension. I hot glued flowers and leaves that I found in my stash and about an hour later..........





I loved how this project turned out! OOH LA LA----the bouquet really makes the entire box pop! Stop by OOH -LA- LA VINTAGE TREASURES ARTFIRE SHOP and check out the awesome goodies for sale! 

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!



Here is a video with more details!







The winner of Day 6 of The 12 Days of Christmas Event is.........



Anita she said...
Thank you Colton----you take after your Mother----very artistic.Your wreath is great.
HUgs, Anita

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance win a surprise Christmas Gift

Thank you Pam and Tricia for your amazing projects!!

10 comments:

  1. Thank you both for your beautiful projects that you did. I love them both and the colors you each used.

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  2. i love this so wonderful and veryvintage you did a great job happy birthday linda

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  3. Awesome project Pam..Happy birthday Ms. Linda!
    Darlene
    froggyrules1966@yahoo.com

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  4. Amazing projects.. Love this Happy Birthday!!! TFS!!!

    XoXo,
    Liz
    beautydecade@gmail.com

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  5. Love this beautiful creation!!! Happy Birthday Linda!!! Mine is next week!!!
    best regards,
    Wanda

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  6. Love this project! A great way to make something old new again with a vintage twist! Great job!
    Hugs,
    Laurel

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  7. Happy Birthday Linda!
    Those napkin rings would look amazing for a dinner party. And so easy to make. Thank you Tricia.
    I love how you did your box Pam. Very shabby chic. Thanks for sharing Hugs Virginia

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  8. That is such a beautful box I love every inch of it Pam you did such a great job, Thanks every for the b/day wishies I LOVE MY BOX

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  9. Love the altered box, Pam :)That is really cute. I love how you used all the items from the oolalavintagetreasures store. I'm altering a box now and this helps give me ideas :)

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  10. I am a little late getting to all of these but never to late to say how wonderful this is!!!!Thanks for sharing,sarah

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