Shadow Boxes

Greetings! I am starting on a small project today with 3 plain little shadow boxes. I will be posting pics as I go. So far I have sanded. . .and I am still deciding what the finished look will be. I will probably use the pink and green paint that I have from the step stool project and I also have some more butterflies.

I was not satisified with the color of pink on the butterflies to coordinate with the scrapbook paper I will be using for the shelves, so I mod podged new wings on them that will better match. Just took some tracing paper and made a wing template and then traced around on the scrapbook paper and cut out with scallop scissors. Unfortunately I tend to be a perfectionist and these are the things I do to get things to go my way. :)

I have put primer on the shelves and I did a little more sanding and now I'm ready to paint. . .my favorite part! I have balanced these two shelves on vegetable cans so I can paint with them a bit elevated. I wont be painting the inside flat part since I am putting scrap book paper there.

Now I have finished my painting above and also added the clear coat below. The 3rd little shelf is around somewhere. I will get it in the pic next time. They are looking pretty good so far! Im starting to see a bit of a mess beginning in my work space (a.k.a. my kitchen table with an old piece of fabric). Think I will straighten up tonight and then resume the project tomorrow. This going to work all day is really keeping my productivity down! :)

Tonight I finished mod podging new wings on all three butterflies. . .looks cute! Since it is 11:15pm now, I will resume the fun tomorrow.

I lined two of the shelves tonight...I will hopefully be done completely tomorrow. I quit when I knocked over my bottle of Mod Podge (gasp) on my work area. So after that I decided to clean up and call it a night.

I have finished my project! Yay! I think they turned out super cute. Thanks for following along with my project. :)

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Little Girls Step Stool

This was an unfinished wooden step stool...which is no fun, right? So I painted in a bright Tutti Frutti pink and an equally bright green. I have a book of thick scrapbook paper (almost like cardstock) and I scallop cut the edges and mod podged onto the top of the stool.

One bonus with using the thicker scrapbook paper is that there were NO wrinkles or bubbles. It just lays right on and I used a brayer just to roll over to be sure it adhered well. Then three more coats of mod podge (dry between coats) and a spray clear coat the following day. You can wet sand with #400 sand paper between coats of dry mod podge also to get a really smooth finish and then use #0000 steel wool on the last coat. Very smooth!

Added the butterflies last minute because they just happened to be the right colors..found them at my local Hobby Lobby. I love Hobby Lobby! Except I am usually there for about two hours.

Turned out pretty cute and only took a day to complete!