SWAP FINISHED (Well almost)

This is something that I redid for a swap I 
participated in earlier this year.
I am entering this in the 
"80th Metamorphosis Monday"
hosted by
"Between Naps on the Porch"
Hope everyone likes it.
For more awesome projects
please visit:
http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/
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I finally finished (well almost, have a few things to iron out) on my swap.
I received this old blue overnight case from my swap partner:

As you can see it's pretty beat up

but structurally in good shape

Upon opening up the o/n case I found an array

of pretty things; lace, floral material and even 

a cute little pink chick

I started by ripping the inside lining out

A tedious job but one that had 

to be done and then I glued tissue paper

to the outside of the o/n case

(this is the tissue paper that my swap partner

wrapped up the smaller items in)

Wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the inside

but ended up using the burlap and the 

burlap strips with a red stripe

that was sent by my swap partner

I painted the hinges, lock and handle

with black paint

I then glued on this great little snippet of cloth

with a Paris scene on the top

and then coated the whole thing

with a few good coats of clear varnish

This is pretty much the finished product

I need to probably give it a few more good

coats of varnish and then it should be good to go

(to Paris, maybe?)

I haven't played with the other items yet (the lace,

ribbon, floral material and chick) but hopefully will sometime this

week and will post it when done.

This swap was so much fun, my first and

surely not the last! If you have not participated

in a swap by all means do it!

I want to thank Junk Market Style for hosting this 

great swap and my swap partner http://www.thatssoshabby.com/ 

for sending the great blue overnight case filled with all that great stuff.

Click on: http://www.junkmarketstyle.com/item/23159/junk-swap-project

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