Today, I'm joining our hostess,Lisa from Tarnished and Tattered
for her Outside The Box Art Challenge.
All of the participants were challenged to purchase one of these
soap boxes and decorate it for this event. I hope you like how
I decided to transform my soap box.
This is what I did. Silk fabric and ribbons, pearls, roses, and an acorn.
I started with fabric which I embroidered with silk roses; (Yes, this is one of the images I teased you with last week.) I've been playing with silk ribbons and making roses A LOT lately. Are you surprised that I stitched a few up for the box? I glued a pearl bead to the outside edge of the opening before I mounted the rose needlework piece. I then mounted the rose, along with padding to a fome core base to create a pincushion that would fit into the oval opening on the front of the box, and also glued that in place. (Are you surprised that I created a pincushion?) 
A wrapped the box in duppioni silk remnants (which were also glued in), mounted the rose pincushion to the box opening and then added padded fillers to the inside. Now the inside can serve as a needle keep, too!
Of course, I added my signature Brynwood acorn. (This is another image I teased you with last week, when I was playing around with the macro feature on my camera. Not bad, eh?)
I completed box by making a raw edge, silk ruffle which I glued to the outside of the lid. I added a twisted silk cord on the lid, and a pearl bead edge on the base and voila! I was finished.
I hope you enjoyed my project and how I met the challenge. Please click on Lisa's Art Challenge button to see how other participants transformed their soap boxes. I can't wait to visit each and every one!
