So - on my last trip to Michaels, I thought it was time to twist my thinking around a little, and I bought a few of these cheapy little pine boxes. I think they're awesome. (Who doesn't love to shift gears for a while and paint a little box??) Then I went through some little stitched things that were sitting in my Basket of Lonely Cross Stitch Projects.
What do you think?
I've also bought a wooden tray and I have a JBW Designs sampler from 1997 that will be happy to have a home. I'm looking forward to a productive weekend!
I think it's wonderful! Can't wait to see what other magic your productive weekend creates.
ReplyDeleteI love it and I look forward to being further inspired to finish finishes!
ReplyDeleteSo is using "any more" for "nowadays" (or "these days" or "today" or "now") a Pennsylvania thing? My boss says it all the time. But no, I think some people I know in OK do it too; it's an extraordinarily interesting regionalism.
I think your box looks great!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a relaxing and craft holiday weekend :o)
Well, I just don't know! It just trips off the tongue.
ReplyDeleteReally anna, since people judge us on how we speak, you'd better start speaking like one of us East Coasters. It's the best way to speak.
;)
What great finishes.
ReplyDelete"Any more" isn't limited to PA. It's also used in western NY.
But Lee, I'm born and raised in NH; we practically invented American East Coast English! Standard American English would have us use "any more" in the negative, "We don't talk like that any more."
ReplyDeleteLove the box finish, and the tray idea sounds good too. It's so good to get things finished up and out to display. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteI used one of those boxes, or a box very similar to it, for a jewelry box for my niece last year. I found it came out really nice if I sanded the heck out of it and coated it with a couple coats of paint. I also used a primer on it first which made the paint stick better.
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