DIY Jewellery Box

A couple of weeks ago when we went to Ikea to buy some new furniture, I bought myself the Moppe and decided to spice it up a bit, to my liking. Because Bron's Baby Shower came first, I didn't start on this thing until after.

Note: I do wish I had done a little bit more research and settled on something more solid before I had bought the materials and before actually doing it.

Materials Used:

• Moppe (4 mini drawers) - Ikea
• Acrylic paints. Colours: White (base), Dusty Pink, Coastal Blue & Wisteria (Purple) - Spotlight
• Paintbrushes (mostly used flat, liner and round shapes) - Spotlight
• Adhesive Stencil Stickers - Lincraft

I initially wanted that Victorian Vintage pattern all around - I also bought a piece of curtain material, which I though I could just paint over, like a stencil but didn't work. Then when I checked Lincraft out for different stencils, I came across the Adhesive Stencil Stickers, which was perfect! I bought the packet for under $4 each.

I painted the whole box white, 2 coats. Though it still came out really light, you can still see the difference from the original and the box looks a lot better white, than just that plain wood colour.

The waiting part for the paint to dry wasn't too bad and I didn't have to wait too long to do the second coat.

After my trial and errors with the curtains, was even going to attempt and make my own stencil (trace from the internet), I just went ahead and started painting with the stencils not thinking of the outcome. As I mentioned earlier, I initially wanted that Victorian Vintage Pattern, but as soon as I started using the floral stencils, I much preferred that and it was much easier to work with. Because of the change of mind with the patterns, the top part of my box is really odd compared to the rest of it, but it doesn't really matter as you can't really see it.

Because I was using various stencils and different colours for each one, I was able to start the next drawer and/or put another stencil elsewhere straight away. I only had to wait for the painting to dry if I wanted to overlap that pattern.

The following photos are the final results for my jewellery box. I organised the box as - 1st drawer: Necklaces, 2nd drawer: Fashion Bracelets, 3rd drawer: Earrings/Studs and rings, 4th drawer: bangles/bracelets

Painting

Today we bought Jaiden a couple of canvases, painting apron and 'My First' Crayola art set, which he even picked out himself! If he hadn't ran to it and told us to look, I wouldn't have have seen it and would've just gotten paint on its own. He was so excited when he saw his daddy carrying it, he wanted to carry it himself but was obviously too heavy and big lol.

When we got home, we changed him into some clothes that were okay to get paint on, put on his painting apron, put on a blob of paint on the canvas in each colour and then gave it to Jaiden to get started on it.

At first when he felt the paint, he was continuously looking at his hands and the paint, thinking 'what is this?' haha. I don't think he liked the feeling of it being all gooey and all. So I got his paintbrush and he was a lot happier with it. He actually painted with it, stroking it across the canvas and making dots with it. He even put paint all over my legs and started painting on me haha.

He even walked away, looked at something, come back and paint and then do it all over again. It was as if he was getting inspiration from something haha it was so cute. The canvas is now sitting on our verandah drying up. We'll be giving the canvas to Jeremy's mum as a birthday present, next weekend. Which was the whole point of doing it in the first place. I hope she likes it.

Tomorrow, I'm getting Jeremy to have Jaiden paint or draw me a picture too so I can put it up on my wall at work ♥

Renovations

Today I went to the other place to paint our new room while Jeremy went around to his friends houses to put invites for Jaiden's party in their mailboxes.

I started the day on an empty stomach so I was pretty much slow on painting the walls and I did it all by myself, with no help but I guess that was okay. I reckon I could've done it that little bit faster if Jeremy had only agreed to get me some Starbucks before starting but instead came back 3 hours later when I had to finish up with food.

But anyway, here are some progression photos

BEFORE

AFTER

The blue is specifically painted to be become a feature wall. So the others are a peachy colour. Though it looks creamy in the photo's. I can't wait until everything will be in place and furnished. I can go hard out on the decor stuff. My favourite! How exciting =P

Home time!

Aftermath of my hands