beColorful Jewelry Box and Motivated Monday

When will I learn?

I forgot to take a before picture ...

again.

Sugar.

Well, I can tell you it was very simply a sweet but also rather ordinary cherry stained, three drawer jewelry box that I found at TJ Maxx.

I knew it had some beColorful potential so I brought it home.

I tucked it away to paint up for a future Traveling Door sale and forgot about it until a previous client called and asked me if I could create a jewelry box similar to one that she had bought from me months earlier.

This one would be for a gift and all she asked is that I paint it up similar to hers in a black and white color scheme.

Well that would be easy enough, considering that is one of my favorite color combos.

So I painted the entire piece with a black gloss spray paint and then added the details in a gloss white craft paint.

I love adding quotes to my pieces and thought the Coco Chanel quote was quite appropriate for a jewelry box. 

I printed the quote out on the computer and added some scrap paper embellishments on the edges.

I also added some beColorfulisms to the back of the piece with a white paint pen and then sent it on its merry way.

 

Thanks S. It was a pleasure to work with you on this.

 

 

 

I was away from my computer last night and tried composing on my iPad.

Hmmmm. Typepad needs to come up with an app for that.

Needless to say, it didn't work.

So today's post and Motivated Monday are a wee bit late.

Sorry.

There were some really really great submissions last week.

Thanks to all of you for your inspiration.

These are just a few that I thought were especially unusual or noteworthy.

I am absolutely in love with these Assembled Boxes from Can't Stop Making Things.

She shares a great tutorial so be sure and check her out here.

 

 

You should also see this paint chip art from Life Crafts and Whatever.

I love her oversized take on this look.

 

For the decorator in all of us I loved these two posts.

The first is Kirsten's chalkboard wall. I am really trying to figure out where to do this in our home. I'm thinking I will have to settle for a chalkboard door but I do love what she has done and how uber fab it looks against that red.

I also liked how she put her calendar right on the painted wall.

Then I was full of admiration and awe when it came to the great shopping scores along with Judy's eye for all the small details when it came to her Guest Room Makeover at DIY by Design.

 

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I have seen it before, but I am glad she reminded me of that great design trick of putting mirrors behind the bedside tables and lamps. Genius.

My mind is swimming with all of your ideas but I am like Lindsay Lohan at a party, I can't seem to get enough. :)

So keep those ideas flowing peeps.

Love you.

XOXO,

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