Re-purposed Decoupage Boxes

This is just a quick little project that I worked on yesterday.

I had these little boxes set aside with some other Christmas things that I no longer use, so I decoupaged them for my kitchen.

Here is what I started with:

They are nice, sturdy boxes, but I haven't really used them to decorate for the past couple Christmases because although I used to collect and display snowman things, I have since changed the way I decorate, and nothing blue really matches anymore. 

Supplies I used:

Homemade Mod Podge....1 cup Elmer's Glue to 1 cup of water stored in a jar

A couple pages from an old Betty Crocker cookbook I haven't looked at in years

A 1-inch foam brush...actually I used 3 of them

Americana paints: Light Mocha and Calico Red

The first thing I did was to give the boxes and covers a quick coat of Light Mocha. Not enough to coat the boxes, just a sloppy coat to cover some of the blue on the boxes so it wouldn't show through the pieces of pages I applied.

The cookbook pages I used have little red and black illustrations, and the recipe names are printed in red, so I tried to use as many of those pieces as I could, for a little color. I selected a few pages, and just tore them in pieces of different shapes and sizes. 

There was no rhyme or reason to how I glued on the pieces...I just applied them at different angles, overlapped some of them and made sure every surface was covered. I then gave the entire box another coat of glue and let them dry. Each cover took about 3-4 coats of paint to cover.

Here are the finished boxes. I have them sitting on a shelf, and I'm using one to store tea bags in.

For a quick, inexpensive project...I think they turned out cute. I thought of spraying them with a clear spray, but I think I prefer the matte look.

Since I had the boxes, and the Mod Podge...after buying the paint, this project ended up costing less than $5.00 to make.

Comments are always welcome....hope everyone has a great day!  :)

Linked up to:

Between Naps On The Porch

Kammy's Korner

The 36th Avenue ~ Show Me Extraordinary Link Party 45

Thrifty Decor Chick ~ March Before and After Party

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