Friday, March 24, 2017

Paint Party Friday - Baby Merganser








Welcome to Paint Party Friday! I have a little art project to show you today. Sometimes I get these cute boxes from Shutterfly, containing cards that I order. Daughter L told me I should decorate the top somehow and reuse the box. I remembered I had some prints I had made of some of my art awhile back and chose this Baby Merganser duck that I had painted. It turns out I showed this for PPF in a 2013 post. 

Anyway, this leads me to our little project.  The box is approximately (4" x 5 1/2") so it was just a matter of trimming the photo slightly on one end.  I used a glue stick to affix it neatly atop the box as pictured.  Perhaps I can store some of my favourite ATCs inside, I used to make a lot of those small art cards.

31 comments:

JFM said...

What a great idea Christine!!!
So cute and adorable!!!
Happy PPF~

Gloria Baker said...

really cute and lovely Christine :)

Lady Fi said...

How very sweet!

Valerie-Jael said...

Lovely idea, the little box is great. Happy PPF. Hugs, Valerie

froebelsternchen said...

A lovely little box - nice! Happy weekend!

Lux G. said...

Hey, that's cute! :)

Lorraine said...

I really like how that turned out. What a wonderful idea to reuse the boxes in such a pretty way.

Mark said...

That little duckling is adorable, and I agree with your daughter. Putting a little decoration on the boxes and reusing them is a fantastic idea.

Jenn Jilks said...

How sweet! What a great idea...

carol l mck said...

I love the little baby merganser and your creative idea to recycle the box ~ lovely work ~ thanks,

Wishing you a delightful weekend ~ ^_^

Natalia said...

That is so cute☺

Faye said...

Baby merganser looks right at home on the little box. Great repurposing you are doing there!

Adam said...

cute art

start941 said...

Very sweet and a great testimony as to why we should never throw any of our art projects away.

Christine said...

Indeed! Thanks for stopping by!

Linda Kunsman said...

darling card and I love it decorating the box Christine!

Anonymous said...

They are really cute! Your daughter's idea is great. This is a lovely way to repurpose these boxes and decorate your home with them.

Wanda said...

That is just so sweet. Good advice and good results...

Lisabella Russo said...

Oh how sweet your bird is! What a great idea to decorate the box, it looks so pretty.

Anonymous said...

It's a nice job you did. Congratulations.

Giggles said...

Oh this is wonderful! Nice to know shutterfly cards turn out so well too!! Love the box..and great idea!

Hugs Giggles

John said...

Great idea to recycle the box. Wonderful art you've decorated it with too.

NatureFootstep said...

I love mergansers but have only seen a baby once. Love it!

Sue (this n that) said...

aw, that's such a clever idea Christine. Gorgeous painting too :D)

DVArtist said...

Christine this is so adorable and a fantastic idea. I love that you have created from something that may have been thrown away.

Lyn Bernatovich said...

Suweet!!!

Christine said...

Thanks for showing your watercolour technique Lyn, and for stopping by! I cannot comment on some Google+ blogs as I have not converted.

sandy said...

what a cute idea! it looks great.

denthe said...

I like the circle of green around your duck. And what a creative way to reuse those boxes! I'm all for recycling!

Lowcarb team member said...

What a very good idea. I really like the painting too.

All the best Jan

Nordljus said...

What a great idea! It looks gorgeous with the duck painting on top!