Sunday, June 13, 2010

Never grow up.

Now that I’m all moved in and settled down a bit, it is time that I post pictures of my first crafting adventure! I’ve had this idea for a loooong time…An empty animal cracker box has been sitting on my window seat in my room for over a year, I’m sure. I knew I wanted to do something with it, but I just didn’t know what…I decided to make a small purse out of it…and bling it out so people don’t think I have a snacking obsession. Sorry for the poorly-focused pictures, I just snapped a few and then left the purse at home. I’ll get better pictures eventually but I wanted to get this up for ya'll



























So
I started with a regular animal cracker box and painted it with a few coats of Mod Podge. I added some glittery nail polish to accent the animals and glued circusy fabric with spray adhesive (we have a love/hate relationship). I looooved adding snaps, I think they’re so fun. The rest are buttons (you can’t see em all because of the limited angles in my crappy pictures) and I thought the yellow flower button was a good way to keep it shut. I didn’t think anyone else would like this quirky thing but I thought it was cool so I went ahead with it. The first time I used it I got comments from boys who noticed it and were impressed (I didn’t know boys could even see accessories) and every time since then I have heard some compliment about it…so I’m quite proud of my first project. It’s the perfect size for my coin purse, keys, and phone…learn to live minimally =)