Have you ever started doing a craft project thinking it was going to be a fast easy one?
Yep....
Have you ever had that so called "project" stuff up in more ways than it seems worth it?
Yep....
Well that happened to me this week.What started out as me making the LM a tissue box cover for his room ended in tears and me threatening to smash it to pieces....
All over a little cardboard box !!!
I will start from the start...
I love hankies but for the LM to use at home I prefer tissues.LM takes a hankie to school everyday in his pocket (how cute) and at home he has a box of tissues on his bed side table.
The trouble is I hate the designs that the tissues come in plus having a 5 year old pull the tissues out really does put the pressure on the box to stay intact.
Well I started looking for a cover for his tissues everywhere but couldn't find one (now I know why no one is stupid enough to make them) then I remembered that I had one in my office that I never used anymore.So I went and checked it out and thought "yeah this is great just paint it white and add some washi tape around the bottom for added colour....
Yeah yeah yeah famous last words.......
The tissue box seemed to be made out of heavy card or 2mm mdf (Kevin thinks cardboard) it had crackle paint all over it and a stencilled heart on the front and a bit of antiquing around the edges.Old fashioned now but it looked really good when I had a country theme going on.....
The original tissue box...
Out came the white spray paint and mmmm looks good......I didn't take take a photo of the box sprayed white cause I forgot. Anyway it was just a white box nothing special YET!
Well that didn't work.....
When I saw that it had bleed through I could have kicked my self for not using primer...Oh No this was suppose to be an easy project.So out came the sander for a quick sand and then the primer was brushed on...
Problem fixed.......
That didn't work and it still bled through and because I sanded it and it was "cardboard?" it went kind of funny in sections...
ARRGHHHH!!!
OK what to do now???
So I got out my new favourite colour spray paint and sprayed it apple green...
BIG MISTAKE...
You can see how I was a bit heavy with the spraying and she ran about.
#$%^ I was so angry...
So I gave it a very light sand and then sprayed another light coat of the apple green paint and crossed my fingers.
It looked fine wet but I still had fingers crossed till it was dry...
OMG she looked OK. There was some weird spots here and there but I didn't care as I was going to put my washi tape there so it would hide the marks.(hopefully)
So out came the tape and I just went around with one colour then added another (I am crazy as I am too lazy to mark anything so I just eyed it .... out Yes I have no patience but hey it worked ha ha )
And around and around with more tape.
Thankfully I love spots so I had heaps of colours to use...
To finish off I had this thicker Chevron red tape and that look good. Then I added the bunting tape which is one of my favorites....
I even put two little pieces of this tape on the top just to finish it off....
So for all that crap that went one in the last couple of days I am really happy how it finally turned out...
I have learnt my lesson and will try some patience (fat chance of that happening ).If I had patience I would have given the box a couple of coats of primer (well I would have got Kevin to do it he he he )
that way it would have been done properly and the white paint would have gone on correctly.
So even though I wanted a white tissue box the apple green goes well with the room and the best thing is LM loves it and he will love it till he either breaks it or pulls the tape off...
Oh the joys of a frustrated crafter.....
Hey just for those observant people who notice EVERYTHING in pictures what do you think of the new colour on the LM's bead board and walls??
It is Dulux's Lexicon quarter and we are going to redo the whole house in this.More on this later...
These sample colours don't really show their true colours but it will give you an idea.China white is a beige and Lexicon quarter is a beautiful bright white.
Big difference but like I said more on this later....
Alot of hassels, but it did turn out lovely. Nice & bright.
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