Friday, October 15, 2010

Altered Matchbook

Painted decorative papers, died lace and "Artisans de Provence" label from a box of beautiful soaps I received as a gift
Matchbox painted in metallic acrylic, distressed with ink and highlighted with glitter
Interior holds a piece of toile fabric, Swarovski crystals and beads and a stamped and hand-written scroll on printed paper

Kristin xo

13 comments:

  1. What a beautiful little project.

    Small and sweet!

    Have a lovely weekend....

    Karenx

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  2. Just gorgeous Kristin...love this sweet little box...

    Jenny x

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  3. What a sweet little box! Realy cute!

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  4. these are so cute...i used to do this sort of thing when i was a little girl...for my barbie doll shoes...and i only had 2 pairs..l.ol....brought back lovely memories...thankyou...xxx

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  5. so feminine and dainty!! Really really beautiful!!! xo

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  6. love your artistic version,
    these are simply breath taking!

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  7. Lovely, or should I say tres beau!

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  8. ~kristin you are at it again...creating beautiful bits that behold such bliss...this looks like a fun little project i may have to try...much l♥ve and light upon you and yours~

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  9. Hi Kristin :)
    Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a lovely comment!
    Your altered matchbox is Gorgeous! I'm addicted to altering these lil matchboxes!! So if you ever want to do a swap in the future, just let me know!! ;)
    p.s. I'll be followiong your lovely blog/art too!

    Jan x

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  10. Wonderful!!!
    I want a bunch of these:)))

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  11. I really love your altered matchbox. I think I would love to make one of those one days.

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  12. this is very you..love the colours and congrats on being published in Somerset Studio..well deserved

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  13. Kristin, I love this little matchbox! As I am going thru your older posts I am learning that you like glitter and sparkle. Yay! The world is a better place with glitter on it! Thank you again for your nice comment you left on my new blog. I will post a link to you when I'm done browsing...sparkle on!

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