Before and After: Painted Box

This was the old box I bought at a yard sale:


And here it is now:


I love goooooold.....
The design is a zoomed in view of a modern take on classic brocade. Or, as I call it, a doodle.

The box sat unfinished for a few weeks because I couldn't decided what to do for the lid. I was going to finish it with a glossy coat all over, but I like the way the gold shines against the matte turquoise. Pretty pretty pretty.

Striped Shirt- Before and After

Here, again, is the old shirt I decided to cut up:


And here is what I made(!):


OK that picture makes it look kind of boring. But it's crazy interesting in real life, I swear. The inside is lined and I took one of the shirt pockets and sewed it in:


I switch up which purse I carry almost every day (sometimes more), so I'll use this for lip gloss, hairbrush and the like so I can keep them together. I still have about 75% of the shirt left so I can do more with it down the road.

Wall Art: Before and After

I finished the wall art paintings and hung them up last night in our room. Not that there's anything wrong with the olde dainty flower pictures. I've been wanting to have a bedroom that was more bold than cute. Here's what the wall space above a waist-high bookshelf looked like before:

And here it is now:I'm pretty happy with it. It was the first time I've painted for fun (other than walls and furniture) and it makes me want to do more.