I bought this old, wooden cheese box from the auction for $2.00 along with a few other items a while back. It has already sold at my booth for $6.00 (thank you buyer!)
But being such an easy makeover, I thought I'd share it in case ya'll come across any type of old, wooden boxes yourself.
But being such an easy makeover, I thought I'd share it in case ya'll come across any type of old, wooden boxes yourself.
Here it was before:
I gave it a quick dry wash in black. I call dry washing simply only putting a sparse amount of paint on a brush, where it is kinda rough to get a good coating. But going back and forth over it makes for good looking, old brush strokes. I usually never put much paint on a brush for this. Opposed to a thick, deep, wet coating of paint.
See, you can still see some of the old wood showing through. I don't want so much paint as to make it look like a brand new, black box. Just enough to give it a black undertone.
The Primitives: Blessings from our Past stencil was found on eBay.
And I used DELTA brand stencil paint, in the Heritage colors collection ,
with a makeup sponge for the wording and stars.
Super simple and now a cute shelf sitter for homes with the primitive theme.
Happy Crafting ya'll,
-Lisa
