My Magpie Shadow Box ......

I decided to do myself an altered shadow box . It`s going to hang in my crafting room , as i am getting one at last ! We have to clear and decorate the room , but i`m so excited about getting it ready ! ;o) I`m gathering things for it , even though it`s not done , but i like to be organised ;o)

Here`s how i did it ......

This is the box , bought from a charity shop , looking a bit sorry for itself ! It did have fake shells and dried flowers in , but i forgot to take a before photo of that !

I painted it in an acrylic colour pink , that i mixed myself , with a first piece of paper in the middle box . .....

Stuck some pink lace at one side of the box .....





Hand sewed a little pillow and added a lace bottom ........

Stuck some vintage buttons on , ready to sit on top of the lace decorated side of the box ........

Glued a small bird playing card in the middle box .......

A pink feather and a piece from an old necklace , that looks like an egg , finishes that side off .....

The same paper on the bottom with a piece of pink ribbon ......






Pinned a brooch onto a piece of handsewn indian paper which is glued down ...... With a fabric scrap tied together with a ribbon remnant ......

All three boxes finished ......

I then filled the gaps in the frame with filler , sanded it down a little , and gave it a coat of off white acrylic paint ... .



The finished shadow box !! .......

I gave it the name Magpie shadow box - to represent most things that i love collecting , vintage lace , fabric , buttons , jewellery and bird themed items .