Twinkle, twinkle little star....

deck caddy

my granddaughter turned 1 in June and after much consideration I decided to make something for her - after all what do you buy for a 1yr old that won't be thrown aside in a month or 2??  sooo!! what do I make her??? I was thinking about that old wooden box that I turned into a treasure for my deck and I thought "HEY!! use the other one for Ruby make her something for her new room!....so after a lot of thought I decided on a nursery rhyme or part of one and so  Ruby's little reclaimed old wooden flower box came to life

 

 I was a little under the gun to get this finished on time....I did it twice, I did not like the way it was going the first time so....ReDo day before her birthday lol totally luv it the 2nd time around : )  Her Momma really likes it 2....  I really should have taken pictures of the box before I started to paint...I'm really bad at before and after shots??Ruby did get this in time for her birthday....I am so late posting it because I forgot to take a picture??  I painted the whole thing a dark blue colour that I had laying around, printed out the font and traced into to the box and painted that with some leftover paint from a bedroom redo I created the stars using a couple of pop cans (rootbeer...lol)  the 2 smaller stars are puched out using the Stamping Up punches and the larger one is made using a template that I made up, I ran the stars through the cuttle bug using the Swiss dots folder and used a ruler and stylus to give them some dimension....it was so much fun to create, once it was working for me that is...lol and it has inspired a Tim Burton/Alice in Wonderland style paint job for a little table & chairs set...still working on that one though...will post when all finished...I'm so excited it is starting to look really cool...

back to chat soon,

happy craft/scrapping

sherry