Today I’m going to show you the best way to quickly paint paper maché boxes! Yes, you can paint a paper maché box in about 15 minutes, give or take a tiny bit of drying time, with my helpful tips! One of the most versatile crafts to do is to paint paper maché, whether it’s boxes,...

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Last month, DecoArt challenged several of us on their artist team to turn a plain, paper maché house into something wonderful using their DecoArt Media line of products. This was my first time working with this line, but I was up to the challenge! We were sent specific DecoArt products . . . . . . along...

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If you’re going to make your own wedding favors, you want them to be easy and inexpensive. That’s a given. What you also want is something that is thoughtful, useful, and pretty too. These Paper Maché Box Wedding Favors accomplish all of these things! I’ve done quite a few crafts with paper maché boxes, in...

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I’m a passionate gardener, and passionate about vintage images. Combine the two and I’m in heaven! Displayed in our library are a few of my favorite things . . . A vintage book about flowers with pansies on the front…and a cat-themed porcelain box (also with pansies) that my husband gave to me by Rosina...

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Crafting for the holidays need not take up large chunks of your time. Here’s a simple gift box craft that only takes 15 minutes to make! Holiday Gift Box DIY! You can use this box as part of your Christmas decorations, or as a gift box to hold a small present like jewelry, candy or...

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Here’s a fun project: painting premade paper maché acorn boxes! It doesn’t take long at all, and you can use these boxes in so many ways, whether as favors, ornaments, or display a bunch of them in a bowl! I was lucky enough to purchase these acorn boxes last year on clearance, but they can...

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When I first began painting paper maché boxes, I had to special order mine, as they were not a commonly-carried item in craft stores. Happily, these days you can find them at the big-box stores and even on Amazon. And now that they are so popular, you can find paper maché shapes in many sizes...

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It’s hard to believe that I’ll be able to actually celebrate Valentine’s Day this year! Last year? I had surgery on February 13th. That was fun. (You can read about it here in my post Surgery Hair and Other Random Thoughts… and the heavy dose of reality follow-up post My Ureter Hurts! How many people can say...

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I have a small confession to make: I don’t have any patriotic decorations – except for some outdoor American flags in my planters – for the July 4th holiday. I never really thought about it until recently, when I saw many of my craft blogger friends sharing tips and tutorials filled with patriotic style. I needed to do something,...

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