suitcases

when i painted these SUITCASES last fall i used them without finishing the inside due to lack of time. i love the winter months for these kinds of projects! i started last week and somehow the project got dragged into this week.

if 'things' could talk, i wonder what stories these would have? 

grungy! before

pretty, pretty! after

i used a quilted bedspread and hot glued it, using the finished edging of the quilt to tuck up against the inside suitcase edges. it worked per-fect-ly!

 hot glued the trim to give it a nice finish,

 and folded, rolled and tied the doilies.

i used a thick sheet music to make the tags...

   giving both sides two coats of mod-podge and a coating of wax,

printed it with the words off the computer, added scraps of lace to tie it on

and...presto!

love!
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more later!

...blessedness!