Treasures Past - Petaloo

It wasn't so long ago that when the holidays came around people dressed up their everyday items instead of buying things to decorate with.  I was thinking of watching old movies and seeing women pulling boxes out from their hope chests; boxes that held treasured memories and trinkets.  That thought was the inspiration behind this altered box. 

I took a plain box and painted it with crackle paint and then used an ephemera pack to create a collage around the box.

Would you look at those poinsettias!  They are so beautiful and I decided to cluster them around a cream mixed bloom to help them pop!  I added those gorgeous green Velvet Berry Picks to fill out the cluster a bit more and bordered the whole thing with that fabulous green Canterbury Vine spray.

I tore and distressed some kraft resist paper and using a stencil I added some molding paste to decorate the top.  

I also created a cracked glass tag to help give it a more vintage and worn feel.

I don't know why but when I look at this I think of Judy Garland in Meet Me In St. Louis when she was singing Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

Supplies Used:

Chantilly Poinsettias in red

Chantilly Velvet Berry Picks in green

FloraDoodles Mixed Blooms in cream

Canterbury Vine Spray in green

Here is a card I made using the same Poinsettias and Velvet Berry picks.

Supplies Used:

Chantilly Poinsettias in Red

Chantilly Velvet Berry Picks in Red

Chantilly Velvet Hydrangeas

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Hugs, Lisa