Now that my show season is starting up, I have been seriously busy since I've been back from Tennessee and all of those fun flea markets. I have so much "new" stuff here to play around with, I don't know where to start. I finally decided on these wood boxes that I found there---
Aren't these so cute?! The smallest is about 3 x 4 inches and the largest is 8 x 10, and the larger they are, the deeper--there's 8 of them all together. So, I decided to do something with all 8 of them.
Starting with the smallest, and with more help from my flea market finds--
This cute little doll.....and I had so much fun making her, that I decided to incorporate dolls in all of the boxes with specific themes--
.....my children's school box
......my fairy box
....my vintage ' home sweet' home box
....my sewing box with these fun little nesting spool dolls
.....my garden girl box
...my circus box
.....and the last one is my steampunk angel box.
A lot of the items that I used for these boxes came right from Tennessee. I actually didn't hoard them this time (which I tend to do)--I let them help me put these pieces together.
So what started out like this--
.....ended up like this--
I love them all!!
And my only regret is--is that I only bought 1 set of these boxes when I was there (and there were more there too). They were only $3.00 for all 8--why didn't I get more???
26 comments:
OMG Diane...what a super post...so much eye candy...I just adore what you have made with your boxes...beautiful art work!...you are so clever, your work is stunning..Jan x
I love them all too! How lovely they are!
Wow, what an amazing flea market. You found some wonderful stuff!
Fabulous boxes!! I can't believe you got that entire set for $3!!
These are all awesome!!!! My favorite is the garden box:O) Love them:O)
WOW Diane what a creativity and fantasy. beautiful work with this boxes.
Lovely greet
Marja
(marjascreativity)
Diane I love the shadow boxes....and you sure are working fast! You're kidding, the box sets were only $3.00? Holy Moly!
Wow Diane, these look super together! Maybe you didn't buy more because you bought a lot of everything?
My goodness, Diane! What a busy bee you've been....creating such Bee-uty!!
These are amazing....you really do have such an eye for putting things together! :D
So beautiful! Where do you get all that stuff? Love it!
$3 for all of them!!! Yes! You needed to get more because those are fabulous. :) You turn them into such gorgeous pieces of art. I love to see how you put them together. Just fabulous!
getting ready for 2 more fairs myself, so I'm gaining some understanding of just how franticly busy you are. Love the new box series, clever girl. I'm wishing I had half your stash right now :-)
I.Am.Speechless. Your creativity never fails to astound me. Yes, you should have bought them ALL.
These are all so gorgeous. I like all of them. They all turned out great. I need to take that trip, I guess. Thrift stores and garage sales here are out of reach for my limited craft budget. Glad to see how you used all that stuff you bought. I really like the thread spools and how you treated them!
Love them! You are so creative... I think my favorite is the sewing box... but I like the little tea shop one too!
Wow! These are fantastic! What a fun set of boxes - they lent themselves very well to these projects. :) Can't believe you took something so simple and made them so magnificent!
Love them !!!! My fav is the Fairy Box. So cute !
Why didn't you buy more ? ;-)
Happy Creating !
OH Diane, they are WONDERFUL all,
so in love with them,and their stories.
-YES why didn`t you buy more boxes- I often ask myself that question also when I comes home with something great, that I could use much more of !!!
Hugs ,and great weekend,dear.
Dorthe
Love, love, love what you did with your boxes!!!!
karen
oh wow.. fabulous all this great pieces!
I know what your talking about when you talk abouat hoarding findings. I do that also.
Your boxes are so pretty, someone should have all of them for display. I enjoyed so much your post from the flea markets. The booths look really good, like they had you in mind when they set up. I haven't blogged much but I kow how busy show time is for you and wishing you great sales.
I have been M.I.A in blogland recently, and now doing a major catch up to see how everyone is getting on, hopefully life is settling into a more normal rountine now&I can get back to visiting more regularly again. I have loved having a good look round your blog to check out all I have missed, All your work is just so inspiring Hugs Juls
Oh my gosh those are so cool! Your amazing! Thanks for sharing!
I agree with everyone...these are so wonderfully creative!!! And I cannot get over howamny antique doll heads you have!!!
What a bargain on the boxes. You made them into wonderful treasures.
What truly beautiful work these are xx
Stunning boxes, Diane!!!!
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