What If Your Vintage Jewelry Box Has Stained Felt?
by
Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim
(IC: blogger)
I’m still in love with CeCe Caldwell’s Memphis Blue. I’ve already painted at least THREE tables in Memphis Blue with chalkboard tops (see my blog for those projects), a glass vase, and a vintage plastic mirror.
I did something a little different with this project. You can’t tell from looking at the outside. The outside just has one coat of CeCe’s natural chalk and clay paint. Then I wet distressed the edges and used my backup Minwax polycrylic.
I did something a little different with this project. You can’t tell from looking at the outside. The outside just has one coat of CeCe’s natural chalk and clay paint. Then I wet distressed the edges and used my backup Minwax polycrylic.
But when I bought this it was in really rough shape. The outside was scuffed up and the inside on the felt was stained and dirty. (I really wish I had taken BEFORE photos of it!) Before this I had avoided jewelry boxes and cabinets that have dirty felt. I’ve tried cleaning it before without very good results. I was decoupaging on another project when I thought, “Why don’t I just decoupage OVER the stained felt?”
This box had some dividers in it. They came out with a little work and I scraped off the remaining glue. I had some 7 Gypsies tissue paper that I’d been hoarding for a while. I tore it into pieces and glued it in with some Mod Podge. Then I gently covered it with another thin layer of Mod Podge and let it dry before I closed the box.
I was really happy with how it turned out. The photos above are from my booth at Treasure Island Flea where I used it to display my jewelry … and it sold that day!
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Published May 22nd, 2015 10:31 PM
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