Altered drawer...

Good morning!

Hope all is well with everyone!

Today I want to share a drawer that I found at an antique mall & altered.

I'm not much in a crafty mood these days

(depression & health issues can be such a pain in the rump)

 so I am trying to focus on cleaning, organizing and decorations for my home.

When I bought this drawer I didn't really have a plan, 

other than that I wanted to alter it in some way.

I bought it home and set it on the very messy floor in my office.

During one of my cruddy moods recently I decided that I was going to keep busy and the first place I headed for was that messy office floor!

(maybe I should do a post about that as well...we'll see)

In the midst of that cleaning spree I had my ah ha moment,

I was going to get rid of an unorganized mess on my desk and replace it with this drawer!

 

Woohoo,

Lookie, lookie....I took a before picture!

If you know me then you know I never remember to take a before picture of these things!

I used a Graphic 45 paper,

a Tim Holtz grunge board flourish, 

a piece of ribbon,

metal filigree flower, 

some mulberry flowers,

a yarn flower (made by me),

and some pearl trim bits.

After painting the drawer with cream (inside)

and black (outside)

I sanded here and there.

I finished off with a bit of vintage photo distress ink all over the paper.

Below you can see that I also sanded my flourish after painting it. 

Thank you for stopping by!

Wishing you all a warm, wonderful spring!

Stay dry!