Mosaic box

We are having a lazy, sick Sunday.  I am wheezing and sneezing but again enjoying the slowness that comes with illness.  Poor J is coping with a fever and has dragged our bed cover to the kitchen and is buried under it.



Yep, he's somewhere under there.  M is feeling fine and decided to go fishing for whales this morning.  The yellow bone is her bait.



Now she's brushing the whales.



G decided to go to church without us.  C is playing with her Barbies.  So while everyone is occupied, I thought I'd take some time to show you my latest finished project.  What is it, you ask? (oops, I guess the title of this post gives it away!)





A little closer, please.





Okay, enough teasing, here it is.



A wonderful mosaic box.  Cost?  Some elbow grease.  Results?  Beautiful storage and a ton of satisfaction!



This box was oodles of fun to work on.  It is such a simple idea, suitable for adults and children alike.  M got quite excited about this project and dove right in.  Her box is not quite finished but here's what she came up with.



All you need is a box, some old magazines, some Mod Podge or white glue, some paint (if you like), some lace (if you like) and a glue gun (optional).  I used a random cardboard box that I found in the cave of doom (the basement).  I thought it was a little tall so I cut it down a bit with a knife.



Then I ripped up magazine pages into 1 inch or so squarish shapes in the colors I liked and glued them on with Mod Podge. 





As you can see in the picture above, I made sure to make the pieces wrap around the corners of the box.

I found some interesting images and cut them out to mod podge on top of the mosaic pieces on each side.



Then I put a coat of Mod Podge over the whole box to make it shiny and seal it well.



The inside of the box wasn't looking so pretty so I decided to put a few coats of white paint on the inside.  After I'd done that, I still wasn't 100% happy because the edges looked rough. 



So I went hunting in my stash of lace and found the perfect piece to finish off the edges.  I hot glued it down with just a bit showing on the mosaic edges and the rest folded onto the inside edges.





The perfect finishing touch.



While the rainbow colors of yarn look lovely in my box, I think I'll use it to store the cds that were strewn messily on the bookshelf a minute ago.





It adds some pizazz to the shelf doesn't it?  Ignore the messy basket on the left,  pretty please.  I'd love to make more of these.  I'm thinking different sizes, perhaps playing around with fabric liners?  The possibilities are endless!