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???
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
ReplyDeleteI love them all too! How lovely they are!
ReplyDeleteWow, what an amazing flea market. You found some wonderful stuff!
Fabulous boxes!! I can't believe you got that entire set for $3!!
ReplyDeleteThese are all awesome!!!! My favorite is the garden box:O) Love them:O)
ReplyDeleteWOW Diane what a creativity and fantasy. beautiful work with this boxes.
ReplyDeleteLovely 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!
ReplyDeleteWow Diane, these look super together! Maybe you didn't buy more because you bought a lot of everything?
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, Diane! What a busy bee you've been....creating such Bee-uty!!
ReplyDeleteThese 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!
ReplyDelete$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!
ReplyDeletegetting 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 :-)
ReplyDeleteI.Am.Speechless. Your creativity never fails to astound me. Yes, you should have bought them ALL.
ReplyDeleteThese 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!
ReplyDeleteLove them! You are so creative... I think my favorite is the sewing box... but I like the little tea shop one too!
ReplyDeleteWow! 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!
ReplyDeleteLove them !!!! My fav is the Fairy Box. So cute !
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't you buy more ? ;-)
Happy Creating !
OH Diane, they are WONDERFUL all,
ReplyDeleteso 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!!!!
ReplyDeletekaren
oh wow.. fabulous all this great pieces!
ReplyDeleteI know what your talking about when you talk abouat hoarding findings. I do that also.
ReplyDeleteYour 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
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh those are so cool! Your amazing! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone...these are so wonderfully creative!!! And I cannot get over howamny antique doll heads you have!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bargain on the boxes. You made them into wonderful treasures.
ReplyDeleteWhat truly beautiful work these are xx
ReplyDeleteStunning boxes, Diane!!!!
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