Mod Podge Cigar Box

My Dad smokes cigars, we have tried everything to get him to stop, and nothing has worked so far...So he had me stop and get him some a couple of weeks ago and the nicest lady works there and she gave me a cigar box.  It has set on my entertainment center since then. The box is beautiful wood but I was not a fan of it saying that it is a cigar box on the top, so I decided that some Mod Podge would fix that little problem. I pulled out all of my scrapbook paper and found some really neat kind of tribal paper that would look great in my bedroom since I wanted to use it as a jewelry box. Its a really simple project and I'm sure that you can go into any cigar shop and get a box for free or just a couple of dollars.

Supplies:

Cigar Box

Scrap Book Paper

Mod Podge

Pencil

Scissors

Sand Paper

First trace the top of your box on the scrapbook paper

Then cut it out.

Coat the top in Mod Podge.

Then center your paper on the box and rub all the air bubbles out.

Then coat the top in another layer of Mod Podge.

Let that dry and then sand the edges of the box to make the paper flush with the box.

And now you have a brand new jewelry box!

Tissue Paper Art

This is my entry for CSI Projects Mod Podge week. I have been trying to come up with some art to go in Gracyn's room. I'm cheap so there is no way that I would buy art. Especially since I can paint just about anything, so I painted a butterfly, and I was not happy with the colors. Then  I remembered when I was in high school art we used this technique of ripping up tissue paper glued it to a piece of card stock to learn how cool colors recede on the page and warm colors draw your eye forward. 

 All you need for this project is a canvas or canvas board, Mod Podge, tissue paper (in what ever colors you need), and I used paint to do some detail work.

I free handed a rough outline of what I wanted my owl to look like. Then I tore up the tissue paper in smaller pieces. My parents would get so mad at me when I was little because I loved to rip paper up in tiny pieces.( Mom all that paper shredding came in handy.)

Then I Mod Podge a 4"x4" square of the canvas and stuck the tissue paper on it over lapping the edges. Then I went over the tissue paper with the Mod Podge. I didn't wait for it to dry because I do not have the patience for that. I like to see results. I did the background first. Be sure to finish the edges.

Here is the background finished I used green on the edges everything else I used light blue. I would suggest if you are not using colors that blend well together to go from light to dark so that the colors do not bleed together and make ugly colors. But since I didn't care if I had a blue-greenish color I did that green first.

After I finished the owl I let it dry over night and the came back with paint and put the eye lashes on her and the ruffles on her body. I think she is pretty cute. I'm going to make another on to hang next to this one. I can't decide if I want to do a butterfly or a sparrow. I will post it when I decide and finish it.