Box Projects and a Painting

 

I have been wanting to 

make a cup holder

for Amber, who host

Thanksgiving and 

a Christmas get together.

The other day it hit

me that as of yet, I have

not made one. I was went

to Hobby Lobby and found this box.

Box was 6.99.

I weighted the buying or

making on my part and 

decided this time I would buy.

Took it home, burned the words in 

it and stained it. I sealed the 

stained area. I did not stain

or seal the inside since cups

would be in it. 

Big enough for two section

of cups and Sharpies still

slide in.

While letting the sealer

dry I painted.

Krystal lost her sis over

a yr ago and when I visited

their new home last month we

talked about her sis.

She loved purple and

of course butterflies

like Cardinals are a sign

of family visiting. 

I decided then I would 

paint Krystal a pic.

Above is what I came up

with.

I have never painted like

this but thought it 

was worth a try.

Krystal loves it so

last night I shared,

via chat on FB that it

was hers. She cried 

happy tears. 

Once I was in the craftroom 

the other night playing with 

cup holders and painting

I realized that I did not

have 11x17 canvas and

I am hosting a paint party

in my home around the

Christmas tree this Sunday. 

I headed to the Hobby again....

and got canvas. Needing to 

stop here and there for things

I hit the GW in Mt Juliet. 

I found this.

Now you all know that

I think out side of the box

a lot of the time...

But in this case I was

keeping it in this 

box

What the heck am I talking about.

I looked at how to 

repurpose this item.

Well, now is that not just perfect?

It is originally a desk item

with two slots for papers,

and three for pens and 

stuff. 

In this case two places

for paper plates

and three for silverware.

Bam, five bucks. 

I brought it home and 

scrubbed it down, I 

put shelve liner in 

the bottom of each slot

and its a way to hold

Thanksgiving plates

and silverware. 

Other then scrubbing it

clean, I did nothing. 

Great non consuming

project that will come

in handy!

Pam