Tissue Box Makeover

I finally got on the chalk paint bandwagon.

I made my own.

Got the recipe on You Tube here.

I had a stockpile of thrifty finds that were patiently waiting for their makeover.

I spent an entire day painting.

Whew!

These will each have their own makeover story eventually. (Smile)

I wanted to start small when using the clear and dark wax.

I figured the tissue box was small enough.

This is a heavy oak box purchased at a thrift shop.

Painted in China White purchased at Lowes.

I applied a coat of clear wax purchased at Lowes and then applied Annie Sloan's dark wax purchased at a local shop, The Dandelion, that just started stocking Annie Sloan products.

I should have gone a bit lighter but this was my first time.

I was thinking of how I could add some pizzazz to this tissue box

 and I thought of the words "Bless You" after someone sneezes.

I used the tutorial here at Confessions of a serial diyer

on how to transfer letters so I thought I'd give it a whirl (on something small!)





I went to PicMonkey and clicked on "Design" and then clicked on "8x10".

I clicked on Text and chose a font that would be easy to trace and colour in.

I used the font called Emily's Candy.

In picture one I used sidewalk chalk that the kids play with and coloured the back of the words.

In picture two I trimmed the paper and taped it to have it centred on the side of the box.

In picture three I used a sharp pencil to trace the letters.

In picture four you can see how the tracing came out.

In picture five I used a fine tip sharpie to trace the outside

 and then in both picture 5 and 6 I used a medium and larger tip to colour in the letters.

I may not have traced completely perfect but the end result looked pretty good!

Not bad for my first time.

I had no problems tracing over the wax.

 

Blends in quite nice.

Well that's one "small" project done.

More to follow.

 

"Blessings"

 

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