Rescuing Old Treasures

I spent a lot of my summer cleaning out my mother's house, as some of you know. With that came sadness, memories, good and bad, and many, many unexpected treasures, big and small. This little cigar box was rescued from the trash pile, knowing with the help of Prima, I would turn it into a pretty desk accessory.  I covered the outside in bits and pieces of paper from the Prima Songbird and Zephyr collections. I inked most of the edges and dry brushed gesso randomly over the papers after gluing to the box. I then embellished the top with lots of flowers and goodies from Prima as well as painting one of my chipboard girls from Leaky Shed Studios. I lined the bottom with more Prima goodness but decided to keep the inside lid as is because there's something very charming about an old box's roots, isn't there?

Prima Paper:

844080 Songbird Title It 

844493 Zephyr Zephyr

844479 Zephyr Celeste

844448 Zephyr Zanella

844486 Zephyr Tempore

Prima Embellishments:

555306 Songbird Chipboard Pcs

558311 Zephyr Wooden Trinkets

560331 Rondelle Crystal Swirls

559038 Zephyr Alpha Stickers

555474 Fairy Belle Essential petals

562489 Zephyr Roses

Other Products:

4" Classy Couture Girl from Leaky Shed Studio

Claudine Hellmuth paints; Blank Canvas, Painterly Pink, Modern Red, Classic Tea

Golden paints for hair; Ochre, Burnt Sienna

Buttons

Twine