Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2012

The Vintage Suitcase

My mom brought the train case that still held old doll clothes, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it, but knew it needed updating.


It sat in a room for six months before I was inspired to turn it into a traveling craft case. So the search began for different ideas on what to do with it.


I decided to paint it a burgundy/red. I used the Krylon Fusion spray paint for plastic.




I wanted a little detail added to the case, after all this is my traveling craft case. So I painted some detail and add script to it.



The script is "cre ate (kre'at)  - to produce through artistic or imaginative effort".


Of course the inside material was an old mustard yellow to go with the avocado green, so that needed updating.




I added a pocket and elastic for different tools that I would require.


Also, thanks to a friend's suggestion, I added a removable insert with handles that could hold other items that I would want separated.




The finished product. I love it and can't wait to use it!