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Monday, March 14, 2011

Laundry Shadow Box

I was wandering through my favorite store, Home Goods, when I came across this beautiful shadow box.
It had a vintage feel to it with it's distressed grey finish and linen fabric lining.
I fell in love with this frame...and at $14.99 I couldn't resist it.  I decided I would make a vintage collage for my newly renovated mud/laundry room.
You can click here and here to check out the renovation.

I started by creating these letters on Picnik.
Then the layering process began.  I cut out two different papers...one I rounded the corners and the other I made into a diamond shape.

With letters in place, my next step was to go to the Graphics Fairy and pick out some vintage laundry prints.
I bought mini clothes pins from Michaels craft store and hung my laundry sign on my "clothesline" cut from the same scrapbook paper as one of the layers.  This also allowed me to hot glue the clothespins onto the paper rather than onto the fabric, in case I some day change this.  I also cut out flowers out of the left over paper and pinned those on as well.

So now I have a little art to look at hung right behind the washer and dryer.  What do you think of my little creation?  I love how it came out.
I always look forward to and appreciate your comments.  Hope to hear what you think of this shadow box.

-Judy

29 comments:

Colleen said...

I love this!!! Are those large frames from Ikea?

thanks for stopping by! love your blog - following you back! : )

Brandi said...

LOVE it Judy! Such a neat idea!!!

Unknown said...

this turned out great! i love it!

ℳartina @ Northern Nesting said...

Judy I LOVE IT!! Your are so creative. Martina

PS- I can never resist Home Goods either!

Life Without Whiteout said...

Soo cute!

Jennifer @ Rustic Renditions said...

Really cute!... love the color combo. The graphics are way cool too.

Pam@OurAdventuresInHomeImprovement said...

Judy, That is SO creative! I love it!

Pam

Anonymous said...

Great shadow box. Have a gal pal that just moved into a new house and decorates her laundry room. I love this idea. Thanx for sharing. Tiff at The Cranky Queen

Miss Char said...

I love the clothes pins holding the individual letters, a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

Krystine Stephenson said...

So cute! You did a great job!

Krystine

http://lucyluvinyl.blogspot.com/

Ivy said...

Very creative and so sweet.
Ivy

My Garden of Eden said...

What a cute idea!! Thanks for your sweet comments on my blog :) I am you newest follower:)!

Abbi

Simone @ Doberman's by the Sea said...

It is stunning.

At The Picket Fence said...

Hi Judy! That is just so perfect for your mudroom and I'm always so impressed with your creativity! :-)
Vanessa

Handy Man, Crafty Woman said...

Love this project! it came out great! I'm following you now. Thanks for visiting our blog.

Pinky at Designs by Pinky said...

ADORABLE!!!!! So creative. YOu really were thinking INSIDE the box:):) XO, Pinky

Tammy@Beatrice Banks said...

So cute! Looks perfect in your new laundry room!

Sam | Away She Went said...

That turned out so cute! What a great paper project without needing a fancy machine! I love it. I'm a new follower from the Homemaker on a Dime Swap. I'm a little behind because last week was so crazy. I'd love for you to stop by and follow back.

Sam
thejunkhouse.blogspot.com

laxsupermom said...

I love how that turned out! You're so creative! What a lovely addition to your gorgeous new laundry room.

foreverdecorating said...

This is just to darn cute for words...other than laundry!

Donene said...

I love how it turned out as well! I love the letters and the shadow box, thanks for following and your nice comments. I am following you back!

Blue Ridge Altered Art said...

Great idea. I love the laudry graphics you chose. So cute. ~~Sherry~~

sharpsfarm said...

So cute, love your new laundry. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of your blog!

Crystal @ Ordinary Days said...

Love this idea! What a clever, creative idea.

Marie Arden said...

Glad you found me and I you! I bought the same box but mine sits in a closet yet untouched! What a cute artwork you made for a functional area to make it pretty--very pink living in my book! Love it

Barb@curlywillowdiy said...

Dang, you sure do have a nice laundry room!!
Barb

abeach said...

Love this project, very creative! and your laundry room is adorable. Who wouldn't want to do laundry in this room???

Josiah's Mom said...

So cute! I wish I were so creative. Maybe some day in the not too distant future I can tackle a project like this!

Back2life bathrooms said...

This is awesome! I've been trying to do some laundry renovation, and this gave me some great insight for things to try. Thanks for sharing!

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