NOT ANOTHER CIGAR BOX!!

Good Evening Bloggers!! Hope your week is going well! Okay, I know you all are saying this woman is obsessed with altering cigar boxes. I think you are right! I discovered that I am enjoying altering boxes almost as much as I enjoy sewing and embroidery.
This type of crafting relaxes me after a hard day at work.
Anyway I thought I would share with you yet another box. Please don't throw tomatoes at me, for the same show different day. LOL.


DISCLAIMER: PLEASE IGNORE THE FACT I FORGOT TO CLEAN OFF THE GLUE STRINGS BEFORE I PHOTOGRAPHED THE BOX. LORDY IF I HAD A BRAIN I WOULD BE DANGEROUS!!



The paint I used on this box is called Linen by Folk Art. I painted the entire box before I added any other decorations. I had a thin wooden heart I bought at a yard sale and I MODGED PODGED the paper I bought at AC Moore to the heart. The paper was a crisp white, so I decided to delicately swipe my paint brush across the paper to give it an aged effect!.
The rose came from a Christmas gift, so I re purposed it as a accent to this box. The butterfly came from Michael's I bought it several weeks ago. The ribbon I had in my ribbon stash. I bought the little shiny leaves at AC Moore on clearance for a 1.00. I have several left over for future projects!







This is the inside top of the box! I had some butterflies left over from my Michaels trip I made a few weeks back!! I am really trying to use up from stash of things I have on hand vs buying any thing new. I did buy the paint I used on this box and the paper was on sale at AC Moore. I paid I think about 85 cents each for two sheets. But the rest of decorations I had on hand.







This is the bottom inside of the box! I continued the brassy button effect in each corner here to continue the effect.

New Project and Yard Sale Finds!

Good Evening bloggers!! I will make my introduction very short. Today I want to share with you my latest project. I also want to share the goodies I found at yard sales today! Hope you enjoy viewing my photographs!




SHABBY CIGAR BOX!


I decided to alter this box in a Shabby Chic fashion, because of the paper that was inside the box already. It was perfect for shabby chic. First I painted the box white with crafters glue and let it dry. Then I hot glued the daisy trim all around the paper to frame the box. Next I pulled random roses and some heart shaped beads from my stash and started hot gluing them on the paper. The pretty blue teapot and coffee cup came from a note card. I bought a whole set at TJ Maxx for 2.00. I think it made the perfect center piece for my shabby box.
I added pink lace with string pearls glued on to the lace.
I am really getting some practice in altering these boxes! Mine are not as put together nicely as some of the ones I have seen on you tube videos!! I am still working with what I already have vs buying more stuff!






The inside of the box! I covered the bottom with paper I found in the cigar box. I opened the box up to look inside before I stared altering and to my surprise it had the original paper that they wrapped the cigars. It was so pretty, I decided to use it as my base paper. I also used the paper on the top of the box as well.







I was going to cover the inside of the lid with paper, however I decided I like the photo there and decided to not cover it up. I did put some pink lace at the bottom and glued string pearls to the lace. I bought the glitter flower at Michale's . I had used one these flowers on a previous project. I put two little rosebuds in the corners of the lid.






I added some of the paper to the sides of the box!








YARD SALE FINDS!

This was my favorite find today!! I love anything with Roses and I am really trying to develop a collection of blue roses!! This platter was 2.50. I fell in love with it when I saw it. It was made in England, but is not a vintage piece.






I can see these two red hearts on my Christmas tree this year! I paid 50 cents each.






This green coupon thingy was free!!





I thought this little gold clutch was so cute for 25 cents! I may do something crafty with it, I don't know!







I know Easter is over, but I could not pass these brand new never out of the package bunnies up! They were a 1.00 each!

How I spent Easter Afternoon!

Happy Easter Bloggers! It turned out to be a beautiful hot day here in Myrtle Beach! The sun was out and the world seemed right!
I thought I would share with you how I spent my Sunday afternoon!! Some you may think it was an odd way to spend Easter, however it was just my hubby and I. He spent the afternoon watching golf and I crafted.
Whenever I am out a yard sale and see cigar boxes, I always buy them. I have about 10 boxes in my collection. I just bought four more on Saturday.
I have been watching crafting videos on you tube. So I came across a video on altering cigar boxes. So I decided to give it a try.
I did not buy anything extra. I used what I had in my stash already.
First I used folk art green craft paint to paint the inside of the box and the edges. I bought this paint at a yard sale a year or so ago.
Then I used some drawer liner in a paisly print (also a yard sale find) and modged podged to the top and sides and the inner lid of the box.
Then I gathered bits and pieces of things to decorate the box. The large rose and leaves are off an old wreath that I took apart. I discarded the wreath and kept the flowers. The lace under the flower I made using my embroidery machine. I had made the lace to use around a table runner. So the piece I used , as well as the piece on inside of the lid was extras from the table runner project. I just utilized them for this box. I also had the cream colored trim on hand as well, I don't remember when I got it or where.
The bling on the box, the rhinestones I took out of an old costume jewerly bracelet. It had several of the rhinestones missing. So I took out the rest and used them on this box. I can use the metal part of the bracelet in another project by hot gluing some pearls in the slots were the rhinestones where.
So anyway, this is my first try at an altered box. I plan to try this again with my other cigar boxes.


















This is the front side of the box. The gold piece is a button I bought at Michaels many moons ago. I used wire cutters to take the eye of the button so it would lay flat. I hot glued it to the box.










Another photo of the inside of the box.

I have been Blessed!!

Good Evening Bloggers!! Am I a lucky bird or what!! I came home from work and when I started to sit down in my favorite chair I could not! There was a very large package on the seat that my hubby placed there. It was a package from one of the sweetest bloggers in blogland! Diane @ My Thrifty Groove!!


I won a give away from Diane at My Thrifty Groove Blog!! She is such a generous lady and has been so faithful in following my blog!! I never miss when she post because I get all sorts of good ideas and love to see her dishes (now Diane loves her dishes).

Diane , thank you so much for all the beautiful items!! I am so blessed to have received all these nice items!!


Diane took the time to wrap her give away items so beautifully!!






Look at the pretty colors in this purse! I cannot wait to use it!!







This cookbook is wonderful. It has easy recipes from store bought mixes. When it comes to cooking I am all about easy! LOL






She included 3 sets of two placemats! These all are so pretty! Two works well in our home because there is just two of us!!















A cute little bunny tree!






She even included me some bunny socks! I like me some bunny socks@







These are two of the prettiest delicate napkins! I love the cutwork design around the edges!!






A Martha Stewart Holiday How to!! Is this not awesome!







Is this not the cutest little embroidered tea towel!! So springy with the tulips!






She even included a chocolate cross! It was part of beautiful Easter Card!







And more chocolate!! yum!

Yard Sale Finds

Good Evening Bloggers!!
I wanted to share last weekends yard sale finds with you. The pickings have been slim at yard sales lately! Or I am just being more selective in what I buy. I bought these three items all for 3.00 dollars! This was the extent of my yard sale purchases this past weekend.
I hope everyone is having a good week! Take care and have a wonderful Easter weekend!!




I have been looking for an ice bucket for a long time. I finally found one that I really liked! I love the old world look of this. It fits into my decor really well.






I do not know what attracted me to this little box, the colors or the train. But I really fell in love with its old world look!








I fell in love with this little wire candle holder. Not so much the color of it, I plan to paint it red, white or black, which do you think would look best?

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

It's Friday!!! Time to announce the winner! I would have loved to have blessed everyone, but I could not!! Congrats to the Winner!! God Bless everyone of you!




I cut out all the names of people who commented. I put the names in this bowl. Which by the way was a 25 cent yard sale find!






I gave hubby charge over the bowl!!








My sweetie drew the winner's name from the bowl!






AND THE WINNER IS!!

BETSY @ MY SALVAGED TREASURES

Sharing some of my Stuff!

Good Evening Blogger friends!!
This has been a long week for me. I have been fighting bronchitis and been on breathing treatments three times a day. I still had to work all week. Today was a night mare at work. But tomorrow is Friday! One more day and then the weekend!!
The give away ends tomorrow. I will announce the winner either late Friday night or early Saturday. So look for my post! Good luck to all who entered.!!

I thought I would share some of my stuff. I have found this stuff in many different places, yard sales, Goodwill, my own projects and a gift from my son!! Hope you enjoy looking at it all.



I could not believe it when I saw these two red boxes with red gingham tops at a yard sale last week. They were each a dollar. I buy these boxes anytime I see them because I store alot of my fabric and other craft supplies in them.





I tried my hand at mod podging! This rather large heart had the old style geese design!! I decided to give it an update. I have been seeing music sheets all over blogland in crafting. So I thought I would give it a whirl. I kinda like it. Its hanging in the toilet area of my master bathroom. I told my husband he could make sweet music!! LOL







These napkins were brand new in the package. When I found them I thought they were paper or plastic. I paid 50 cents for them. When I unwrapped them when I got home I found they are linens! They match my kitchen so perfectly!! There are 6 of these.







I bought this little apron at Ross's. I thought I could use it as a pattern to make more aprons that I can sell at the Flea Market or maybe even on line.







The two pillows below are yard sale finds. Each were a dollar! These came from an immaculate home. I don't like to buy pillows from just any yard sale. I also took added precautions. My new washer and dryer that we bought for this house has a steamer/sanitizer. So the first thing I did was run both pillows on the full cycle to clean and sanitize them!









My son made me this little cradle in shop class years ago!! He was in high school. He is 39 years old now! The bunnie is a 25 cent yard sale find! I made the little white pillow with the buttons that is sitting beside bunny.








This small afghan is a Goodwill Find! The colors match my house perfectly.








When I went to my Social Work conference about a month ago. I ate at the Cracker Barr ell. Of course you always have to shop in the general store! So I found this cute little oval bunnie plate. Its the only Easter decoration I have inside the house. This and the wreath on the door will be all I will be doing for Easter.

Can we say.........GIVE AWAY!!!

Good Evening blogger friends. It is time for me to give away some of God's blessings to me! I have one simple rule for this give away. Post a comment on this blog!! Thats all! I love for people to follow me, however I do not like making that a rule for a give away!! I feel like I am bribing people to follow my blog! I want you to want to follow my blog!! LOL.
Seriously, the only condition God puts on me when he blesses me is that share that blessing with others!!! So here we go!
I will announce the winner next Friday! April 15!
Good luck all, I wish I could bless everyone!!



Time for me to give back some of the blessings I have received!! God has been so good to me!! This is all that will be in the give away. I have posted some individual photos of the things for give away.
However the candle sticks and table runner in the background is not a part of the give away. LOL







Pink heart box full of goodies!






I have to admit it was very hard for me to part with this little bird! But I tell you God has been so good to me, it's time for me to share my blessings!!






Paris Stationary






Paris Note Cards!!

Does this look tacky?

Good Evening Bloggers! This weekend sure flew by, I can't believe its Monday already!! Hope all is well with my blogging friends.
I found this purple Christmas wreath this weekend at a yard sale for a 1.00. I had seen some purple mesh Easter decorations in a store that cost 55.00 for the egg shaped wreath with one or two silk flowers on it. The purple mesh was more a lilac color.
But I thought I could do some spring wreath with this find. So I am asking my friends. Does this look tacky??