I won tix to see Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Eli Young Band and Kacey Musgraves in concert tomorrow night through the Washington Redskins Women Group...whooohoooo! I almost peed my pants when I found out since I enter contests ALL the darn time but never win. Well I won and I will be there at FedEx Field with Alexa whooping and hollering LOL. Its gonna be in the 70s so I will be wearing a coat LOL...not sure where the HOT weather went but I want it back...NOW! Then on Monday we will go see the Washington Nationals play the Baltimore Orioles...our 2 fave teams facing off...gonna be a good one! And blissfully on Sunday we have nothing...nothing but hanging around and doing nothing LOL.
Only 2 more weeks of school left...my kids get out on June 6th and not only are they excited but SO AM I...omegosh! Between field trips, choral events, exams, projects and papers due...I'm TIRED. Why these high school teachers assign so much in the last 3 weeks of school is beyond me. But they've both had hours of homework each night and I'm DONE with editing papers. They both had 4 papers EACH...two of which had to be 10-14 pages long...and I'm the family editer...I'm over it LOL! Alexa doesn't know but she's getting a BIG award on Tues for her academics (she has a 4.1 GPA) so she will be surprised. So proud of her because she's had a TOUGH year with all her AP classes, Calculus and Chemistry...lots of homework, tests and projects for those this year and she's pulled straight A's all the way through...that's a tough accomplishment. She will be applying for early acceptance to her #1 choice Univ of SC in August. They base early acceptance on Academics only, nothing else so I'm hoping she gets in with that round...if not she can apply again in Oct. She's also applying to Auburn Univ, Florida State, Towson Univ and U of NC. So we shall see...hard to believe she will be a senior in the fall.
If you need more reading, I have some new posts and projects on my other blog "Bitz of Me" HERE that you may enjoy!! :)
PS...if you hover over my blog pics now you will see an AQUA P...that means you can pin it to Pinterest if you'd like! :)
PS...if you hover over my blog pics now you will see an AQUA P...that means you can pin it to Pinterest if you'd like! :)
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Altered Cigar Box....Shabby Chic Style!
Soooo this is my Mother's Day present for my mom....yup its late...yup she doesn't have it yet LOL. I will HAND deliver it in a few weeks when I see her and she will see it here on my blog as well ahahaha. But I had good intentions to get it done in time but some of my "supplies" didn't get here when they were supposed to...ugh. But I got it done and I'm purty pleased with how it came out. Its a bit shabby-chic-french-country and yes its another altered cigar box.
This is what it started out as...a plain old cigar box minus the cigars (eyucky)! I removed most of the stickers and sanded it down a bit in places. You can see my other altered cigar box I did HERE!
The blue butterfly underneath the large metal butterfly is a Jenni Bowlin accent...as are the hat pins. Flowers are a mishmash that I inked to distress and the ribbon I buy off of Etsy already tea-stained. Tiny paperclips are from Idea-ology as well. **Funny story about Jenni Bowlin...we grew up together and went to school together in Maryland. Lost touch during college but one day when kids were much younger I was watching a Scrapbook show on TV that used to be on and this guest was on doing a stamp bleaching technique. I was like "I swear that looks like Jennifer Russell, she talks like her & has same mannerisms"...hubby was like "oh yeahhhh right"...so I tracked her down online and sent an email asking if it was her by her maiden name. AND IT WAS HER LOL...I took art classes and ran an art club in high school and Jenni was NEVER interested so how funny we ended up in the same industry. But her mom was into antiquing and junking so I see that influence in her designs and store! We see each other at CHA every year and catch up...its nice to do that and so funny how it all came to be.**
I didn't do much to the inside other than line the bottom...I like to leave the wood burned branding on the lid intact as I think its part of the cigar box charm. I have to say I'm QUITE enjoying these boxes...I have a few more on hand and already thinking up some ideas for them ;)
Have a great weekend everyone!
WOW Suzanne!!!! This is fabulous, I'm sure your mom will love it!!!! Better late than never, right? LOL!!! Hugs, brigitte
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I absolutely love the Graphic 45 paper!!!! (Their papers are always so pretty.)
ReplyDeleteUmmmmm I know another good home for it too. LOL It is stunning Suzanne.
ReplyDeleteSaw this on fb and had to come over to find out how you made this... so clever and so beautiful.. I just signed up for one of Marti's mixed media classes (CMC) as I have gotten the "gesso- distress-vintage" bug and just wanted to play outside the box a bit, so when I saw this, I had to stop over. This is just gorgeous and I will def check out the stamps as well... thanks for the inspiration. Can't wait to see the others..
ReplyDeleteStunning creation!!! *_*
ReplyDeleteVale ;)