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:

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

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  2. really cute and lovely Christine :)

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

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  4. A lovely little box - nice! Happy weekend!

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

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  6. 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.

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  7. How sweet! What a great idea...

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

    Wishing you a delightful weekend ~ ^_^

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

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

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  11. darling card and I love it decorating the box Christine!

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  12. 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.

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

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

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  15. It's a nice job you did. Congratulations.

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

    Hugs Giggles

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

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

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

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

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

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  22. what a cute idea! it looks great.

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

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

    All the best Jan

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

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