"EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT"......Ps.127:1a

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Personalizing Makes it Special

I have missed doing small projects around the house.
It was a little refreshing being able to start and finish a project so quickly.

I had this cardboard box that I got at a yard sale.
I no longer had a need for it, so I asked my youngest if he would like it.
So I painted it with Annie Sloan's Old White.
He said he wanted it for his stamp collection.
 So we picked a graphic from the Graphics Fairy.
He has a collection of postcards too, so we thought we'd use that for the side of the box.
I just used a font from 'Word' on my computer to make the word 'Stamps' on the lid.  I transferred it using the charcoal method of coloring on the back and tracing it onto the project.
I made sure to center the word 'Stamps' on the lid.
I then painted over the charcoal lines with my Sharpie Marker 
and stained the box with Dark Walnut color stain.
I think it looks great on his desk.