You know when you walk by something every day and you keep saying to yourself, "that's got to be painted!" Well, I finally painted that "thing" that I kept walking by - my mailbox!
Before...
After sanding off the rust and removing the 2 plugs from the front, I primed it with this...
A close up of the paints...
After it was primed and then painted, I cut up some craft paper and arranged it where I wanted it to be Mod Podged...
A nice coat of Mod Podge (Matte) drying on top to seal the papers...
Ta-Da!!!...
Pow - Bam - Zoom!!!
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In total, the project took me about an hour to complete.
Now when I walk up to my front door, I stop and admire the project that was just completed - not the project that I kept putting off for another day.
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Congrats on making an improvement on something that "bothered" you every time you walked by it! I think we all have that one thing that needs to be done that wouldn't be too difficult or take too much time to do, but we always put it off. I have way more than that one thing, but maybe I can follow your example and get something done like that and make it look fab like your mailbox does now! And thanks so much for the gift you sent me! You are too sweet, bloggy friend! <3
ReplyDeleteI love it! Is it mounted on your front porch? Such an appropriate them for a mailbox.
ReplyDeleteYes I have it mounted on the wall right by my front door. I could not get a good picture of it on the wall but it looks lovely and I now stop to admire the mailbox instead of avoiding it's ugliness :) Thank you for the comment Jeanette!!!
DeleteJaniene
Ooooooh that is the COOLEST mailbox I have ever seen!! What a fun idea using the scrap paper that looks like mail. I would totally be making excuses to go outside to admire it! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I just love the scrapbook papers you used.. such a beautiful vintagey feel! Thanks for joining in the under 300 followers blog hop!
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Amie @ Pinkapotamus
Great idea! I love the letter theme. You did a fantastic job! I'm hosting a linky party "One Creative Weekend" at OneCreativeMommy.com. I'd love for you to visit and link up this idea and/or anything else you'd like to share.
ReplyDeleteGreat makeover! I love the that you kept with the theme. Thanks for sharing at Etcetorize this week!
ReplyDeleteFound your blog through the blog hop. Awesome mail box. Love the paper you picked to cover your mailbox, keeping with the theme. You did a fantastic job. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh. My. Word. Janiene! This is amazing! I've got to do this for my classroom. Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteCheck out my post about our creative exchange here: http://justplainjade.blogspot.com/2012/07/miss-swaps-lot.html
ReplyDeleteThat mailbox is beautiful! I love old postcards!
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