Tinsel Towne christmas card keeper finish!

finished up this awesome little box last night ~
...I am so pleased with how it finished up!

 

can't wait to get my first christmas card to keep in here :)

I wanted to keep it less "Christmas-y" and more
"Winter-y" so it could stay out all season long ~

but I had to add the jingler-bells for fun ~
((they are simply pinned on so they can be removed...))

jingle all the way!

 I thought at first I would cover the box with fabric,
but that turned out to be a challenge because of the lip on the bottom of the box,
so I base painted it black then comb-painted it in a muted sage color paint...

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I painted the inside of the box black too,
then added old yellowed book papers to the bottom & inside of the lid ~
I'll likely toss in a handful of whole cloves,
some dried tangerine peels and a couple of dried pine needles ~
together they smell like Christmas to me.....




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 and I wanted to dress it up just a little more, but still simply,
so I tied a length of crinkle-ribbon 'round the sides ~
looks like a pretty little package waiting under the tree!!

waiting to be filled with Holiday Joy ~

 and you can see that tarnished silver pipe-cleaner I told you about,...
really helps make the finish so old looking!!

tarnished silver ~ love!!!

 

 and as you can tell by the look on his face, Iggy approves of my project...
although he was quite smitten with the pre-tarnished pipe-cleaners and
'borrowed' a couple of them for his playtime fun!!

Hi Ig!

So there you have it ~ 2 of 4 new projects to fill your winter days-to-come...
as soon as the models are stitched for the next two, I will be putting togather kits for all 4 new designs and should have them released by November 1st ~

 

Hoping you all enjoy this beautiful Autumn day!!!

 

Blessings from Notforgotten Farm...

Lori