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LITTLE BOXES MADE OF TICKY TACKY

I've been busy painting boxes and yes, they're a bit tacky, made of ply and held together with staples. But they're sturdy, we have quite a few and they needed to be made useful!


The boxes looked like this back in February.



I was a little stumped on how to decorate them as I haven't painted anything other than skirting boards and the like for as long as I can remember. On the advice of my girl, I bought a box of acrylic paints, as they're inexpensive and easy to use.  She bought me this book a few Christmases ago, when I said I was feeling crafty.


I knew I want to have a go at painting flowers, so chose this template as a starter.


Well, it sort of looks something like it....mmmm.


There was no stopping me after that.  I chose flowers I love, well, there aren't many I don't love.  You can see this project was started in February, snowdrops were still about...this is how long it's taken me. I do go off projects sometimes, do you?  I left it a few weeks and my mojo came back.


I have to say, I was surprised at how much I loved painting these little flowers and how totally relaxed it made me feel.  I am prone to anxious spells every now and then and immersing myself in something crafty is great medicine.  I usually go to crochet at those times, as it's rhythmic nature is so soothing.  Now I know that painting has the same effect, I am determined to do more of it.

Pansies, I couldn't resist having a go at those.


You can actually see how rough the wood was in these pictures which made painting the flowers tricky at times.



Not happy with this one.... overly large flower, stumpy stem and weird little leaf...meh!

The last two are my favourites, because daisies and sweetpeas are top of my flower list.






I was going to line the boxes with fabric, but that proved too fiddly, so I just painted the insides white.  I also painted three little white dots in each corner, just because.

Now all I have to do is finish them with some clear wax and they're ready to go...where?  Not sure, we shall see!

Anyone else re-inventing, re-purposing items with a bit of paint?

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