So my good friend Sherry, er, Cheryl has managed to infect me with an altering bug. I purchased a John Deere metal lunchbox at Walmart last year with the intention of altering it, which, naturally, I never did.
Until last night.
Or, more accurately, until the wee hours of this morning.
I wanted to make a gift for my friend Bonnie, who, like Cheryl, is an altering queen. I filled it with alterable items, hardware, doodads, whatnots and Whoppers. Bonnie, if you're reading - I guess it won't be a surprise, but I'm bringing it to you at work tomorrow, so don't call in sick . . . or else!
Papers are K&Co (spots), We R Memory Keepers (orange plaid), 7 Gypsies (black harlequin) and Wordsworth (inside walls). Stamps for "BOO" are Stampin' Up. Epoxy stickers are Creative Imaginations and the rest is just paint, ribbon, bottlecaps and a whole lotta decoupage.
I'm already scouring my house for other things to alter. Hello . . . monster!
Heh.
RMQOTD (I was totally fine. I've never even been to Mount Vesuvius.)
This is sooooo stinkin cute!....and you are right Cheryl is the queen of altered stuffola!
Posted by: marah johnson | October 29, 2006 at 05:52 PM
Okay girl you are going to put me out of a job...*snicker*
I love your little halloween gift - you did a fabulous job!
Hugs from sherry.
Posted by: cheryl mezzetti | October 29, 2006 at 08:31 PM
that is just TOOOO CUTE!
Posted by: Kelly | October 29, 2006 at 09:52 PM
WOW!! I have not checked here in a while and had a TON of reading to catch up on!! Your snow is beautiful and makes me SUPER homesick (sniff) and your GIRL book is to DIE for as well as your altered lunch box....you have serious skills girl...i think next class you do up here needs to be an altered item k?? :) T
Posted by: Tanya Webster | October 29, 2006 at 09:59 PM
soooooooo cool!!!! and girl what a snow!! unbelievable!
corinnexxx
Posted by: corinne delis | October 29, 2006 at 11:26 PM
Too stinkin cute, I could just eat it up, great job....and may you find many other alterable items on your search.
Posted by: amymarie78 | October 30, 2006 at 06:30 AM
That's so cute Karen. It's a good bug to catch. Hope you post more projects. I love them all.
Have a great day.
Michelle
Posted by: Michelle OKeefe | October 30, 2006 at 07:08 AM
Wow, that altered lunch box is super cute!
Posted by: Tanya | October 30, 2006 at 09:59 AM
So cool!
Posted by: Mimi | October 30, 2006 at 01:05 PM
OMG...Cheryl got to you too! It's a sickness I tell ya! She has this amazing way of making us look at everyday things differently. The lunch box is absolutely adorable!
Posted by: Michelle | October 30, 2006 at 03:32 PM
look at you go! LOVE this - halloweeny being our FAV holiday! bonnie will LOVE this for sure! cheers, rach
Posted by: rachel | October 30, 2006 at 06:23 PM
WOW girl,that is just adorable!!
Posted by: Fauve | October 31, 2006 at 01:08 AM
so adorable! I love that spider on the front. I love that you decorated the inside too. I'm not big into altering, but one of my favorite projects is a mini lunchbox I altered last year. I did it all up in pink papers with bronze ribbon and carried it around as at CHA. :) Every once in a while I still pull it out and use it as my purse, even though it's much too small.
Posted by: Amy B-perumbula | October 31, 2006 at 08:37 AM
Holy toledo, this is a cutie! Thanks so much for sharing, and I bet your friend LOVED it!
Posted by: paige | October 31, 2006 at 09:53 AM
That came out sooo cute! Did she like it?
Posted by: jenny lilac | November 04, 2006 at 07:43 PM
Very cool. I love how you did the inside as well. I also like the shape of the box you selected.
Posted by: Sibylle | November 05, 2006 at 09:44 PM
Seriously AWESOME! I love it!
Posted by: Juls | November 06, 2006 at 01:18 AM