Thursday, September 29, 2011

Altered Trinket Box for LESSology

Yesterday night, I wanted to play with my last month kit the Echo Park papers or this month kit Pink Paislee Nantucket but...upon opening the boxes I immediately changed my plan...I straight away took a cigar box that I have collected many many months ago and altered the box a little bit...

I did not use any patterned papers - I only used laces, poms poms, some tussle, spools, fur balls, bottle caps and a lots of buttons.  Thanks to Yvonne Yam, Amelia and Marina for the inspiration as they have done a stupendous "altered trinket boxes" and my eyes are wide awake looking at their boxes.

Here is mine...

Look how crazy I am, I put loads of buttons on top of the box and it is so colourful

 the blue poms poms kind of not matching...well who cares, it is an art







aha...I put my ATCs for my swap buddies this Saturday :)

 I used bottle caps as feet of this box

 
 can you see the bottle caps?





 this is the original cigar box


Since the colour of the box is so bright with those cigar papers, I decided not to put any paint and papers. Seeing those buttons, it reminds me of one incident - where my girl ended up in the ER in the middle of the night, screaming and the rest is history.  This box will be going to LESSology challenge.  Thank you for looking and I have a card, a canvas project and a layout to reveal.  Till next time see you again in my next entry. 



34 comments:

  1. absolutely Glorious...the buttons, the poms, the mini spools, the bottle caps...I adore everything! Thanks for playing with us at LESSology!

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  2. Oh wow!!!! Love the amazing burst of colours Yuzz! Those buttons are so yummy!Love the cute little spools of the edges and sooooo clever with those bottle caps! :) What a gorgeous upcycled box my friend! :)

    Thanks for playing along with us at LESSology! :)

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  3. Sooooooo BEAUTIFUL! I loveeeeeee all the buttons and the pompoms!! Thanks so much for playing along with LESSology! :):):):):):):):):):):)

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  4. Woowwww..look at all those buttons!!! It looks so pretty on that cigar box! and the spool hanging by the side is awesome idea. Love the box yuz! So pretty!!! :)))

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  5. OMG Yuzz, totally love what you did with this box. Canteknye! Putting elegant spools at the side of the box is brilliant. Hey those ATCs are gorgeous too!!

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  6. Oh wow wow wow!!! Glad you're on with us on the lessology challenge! So fun right? OMG you have alot of buttons heheh, love what you did with the spools and pom poms, everything is so exquisite! Ooh and I get a sneak of the ATCs, can't wait to see them :)

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  7. Wow what a stunning box Yuzz!! I agree that it is so lovely & bright that there was no need to cover it up with patterned paper & I love that you have given it it's own little feet too :)

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  8. So cute! haha...such a fun project!

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  9. oh babe... that is so adorable! i love the fact that you didn't cover the whole box with PP! :))

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  10. WOWZERS... this is beautiful!!! Love them all hugs...xoxo

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  11. how cool is that cigar box you dressed it up beautifully. Thanks for stopping by hunnie I love reading your comments they make me happy! P.S Yep my latest LO is digital ;) Have a great day!

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  12. Gorgeous creation Yuzz.. you've done an amazing job turning a dull old cigar box into a fabulous piece of eye-candy with all that glorious colour!! Have a wonderful weekend :))

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  13. Wow, such a rocking celebration of colors in this altered box!!! TFS :)

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  14. I LOVE the buttons...I'm kind of obsessed with colorful buttons and just seeing then makes me giddy! The little spools are adorable and the bottle cap fee...GENIUS!!

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  15. Love how bright and eclectic this looks!
    Just makes you smile when you look at it.
    Thank you for your lovely comments on my blog.
    Xx

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  16. Seriously awesome alteration project!!! It's so colorful and full of FUN !!!! cute stuff!

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  17. hi yuzz.. hope u're doing well! love this box.. the buttons n pompoms.. very creative!

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  18. wow!! This is just amazing!!
    Love all those beautiful colours :0)
    Hugs
    xoxo

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  19. Oh, how fabulous and fun this is! LOVE all those buttons. They just make me happy to look at. Love the spools of twine on the sides, too, and how fun are those bottle cap feet?! Thanks so much for playing along with us at LESSology.

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  20. I love what you did with the buttons!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They're not crazy; they're colorful and fun. This box is like a happy little piece of the rainbow.

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  21. Absolutely gorgeous!!! I love the little cotton/twine spools and all the fun bright buttons. So beautiful! x

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  22. That is wonderful! So bright, fun and colourful. The bottle cap feet are superb!
    Thank you so much for stopping at my blog and leaving such lovely comments too. You brighten my day :)

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  23. Awww, how super cool is this, love all that colour!!!! Thanks for visiting me all the time lovely xo

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  24. This is sooo cool! I love the buttons and the twine! What a fun and cute box! Well done!!!

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  25. Just adorable! Looks like lots of work! Just want to say thanks for all the blog love!

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  26. I love the adorable buttons and the spools of twine. Your altered box is adorable. Thank you so much for playing with us at LESSology. :)

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  27. This is so bright and colourful and so much fun, it makes me smile just to look at it. I love the little bottle cap feet, so clever. xx

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  28. oh wow... what a fun project here, love that buttons and twine :)

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  29. my o my YUZZ!!! This is fantabulous!!! Loving this to depth!!!

    love
    jaz

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  30. Cute, so cute, and I love the bright and cheery colors too, thanks for sharing it with us at LESSology!

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  31. This is so fun and colorful, with a touch of whimsy. Love it!

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  32. Yeah Yuzz, it's my oh my!! I was stunned when I looked at your project, wonderful job, indeed, Yuzz!! The colors are beautiful! Oh no I really need more than 24 hours a day ok, I realized I have missed a lot of things here :)))

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  33. Thank you all for the lovely comments, I am all smiling reading it. Happy crafting. Hugs

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