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This week I have partnered up with 40 other bloggers for Swap It Like It’s Hot: Thrift Store Edition. So what is this all about? We all head out to our local thrift store with $10 in hand and find some unique items. Then we ship them off to another blogger who will turn them into something amazing! Sounds fun right?! I had a blast and actually can’t wait until the next round.
So who was my partner?! What did she send me?! My partner was Karen from Dragonflies and Lilypads and she sent me an awesome box full of goodies. Everything from nesting pumpkins to ribbon and frames and this fun upholstered jewelry box below.
I was a bit stumped at first on what to do with my items. I procrastinated a good week until my sister in law was over and we came up with the genius idea to make the jewelry box into a recipe box. So I took out the trays and realizing that the 3 drawers would separate out into different types of recipes.
The jewelry box is fabric which threw me a little bit for a loop. I knew I wanted to cover the dated pattern but wasn’t exactly sure how. Then I remembered this awesome blog post from Lucky Scarf where Candace painted her outdoor furniture cushions. How she did it was she used latex paint which I have a ton of and DecoArt’s Americana Fabric Medium.
All you have to do is combine the paint and the fabric medium together at a 2:1 ratio and mix well and you’ve turned your normal latex paint into fabric paint.
I decided to use a foam brush to avoid streaks. I painted the first coat on evenly and went ahead with applying a second coat to make sure the pattern was fully covered.
Now I was actually going to add a pattern or another pop of color to the box but the simplicity of one color really just worked with my kitchen. So I left it alone (which is very hard for me to do!) I let the paint dry overnight and I was off to design recipe card and dividers for the recipes.
Overall I am really excited with how this project came out. It is definitely something that I am going to use weekly if not daily. I am always in the kitchen cooking or baking up something. A few years ago my Grandma passed away and I have a few recipes that are truly near and dear to my heart. These were the first recipes to make its way into the box.
Download the recipe cards here.
My partner that I sent a big ole box of thrifted goods to was Charlotte from Ciburbanity. She is actually the organizer of the whole swap! I knew I had to send her something good for all her hard work. I found these matching metal candle sconces, This metal breakfast in bed tray and these scraps of leather. Want to see what she made? Hope on over to her blog here.
MONDAY
That’s My Letter / DIY On the Cheap / Run To Radiance / The Gathered Home
Two Thirty Five Designs / Chaotically Creative / Decor Adventures / Homemade By Carmona
TUESDAY
Thoughts From Alice / Reinvented / Confessions Of A Serial Do-It-Yourselfer / Restoration Redoux
Always Never Done / I Am a Homemaker / Black and White Obsession / Windgate Lane
WEDNESDAY
Town and Country Living / brepurposed / The Charming Farmer / 58 Water Street
Designer Trapped In A Lawyer’s Body / Year of Serendipity / White House Black Shutters / Desert Domicile
THURSDAY
Two Purple Couches / Like A Saturday / Finding Silver Pennies / Artsy Chicks Rule
Something to Be Found / Shades of Blue Interiors / Simple Designing / Our Southern Home
FRIDAY
Evey’s Creations / Dragonfly and Lilypads / Weekend Craft / Ciburbanity
A Designer At Home / Polished Habitat / Blue i Style / Addicted 2 DIY
I LOVE this! Aside from being my most favorite color, I would never have guessed what it was to begin with. And the recipe cards are excellent! Thanks for all your goodies! Hope you like what I did with them. 😉
Oh my goodness! Such a great idea to turn that into a recipe box! Love the turquoise!!!
Such a great idea!! Love that!
I love it! Thanks for using my tutorial! It’s so easy and I have seen fabric in a new light!!! Coming back for the recipe cards, too!
Cute recipe box! Love it!Nancy
Love this! Great idea flipping it to stand up!
Great idea for the recipe box! I love the color you chose too!
Michelle, It is so clever the way you came up with a functional design for your kitchen. Now I learned about fabric medium for paint. Best of all my friend has something in her kitchen which she painted one of my favorite colors. Happy Creating,,Karen Marie Dragonfly & Lily Pads
How clever to turn that jewelry box on its side! Great job!
I saw this on Instagram before I saw your post and I never ever would have guessed that it started out that way! I absolutely love it. It was so great meeting you at Wayfair! So glad we got to chat.