Vintage Suitcase Makeover Into Shabby Craft Show Sign

Hello Everyone..

I've been getting ready for the craft show this weekend.

I have been so busy but I wanted to share

with you all this little project

I found this vintage 60's suitcase at a thrift for 

2 dollars. It was an ugly blotchy gray.

I have misplaced the photo of it's original color.

But here it is primed and ready to paint.

 The name of my business is 

The Shabby Gypsy.

I had ordered this Genie font

stencil and thought it would be perfect for

the lettering style that I wanted.

I had originally wanted to hand paint it.

I even drew the letters on but decided it would 

take too long as I'm still learning

the hand-lettering techniques.

Well then I had to figure out how to get the pencil

off! I tried erasing it. But that didn't 

work very well. So I tried

the Mr Clean Magic Eraser. 

It was a life saver!

I just rubbed the pencilled letters

with a baby wipe to moisten the writing

and then rubbed the Magic Eraser 

over it. I had it all off in ten minutes!

I was so thankful!! 

 Here's the work in progress.

I had a lot of fun making the shabby flower.

Here's the finished sign.

I used Calypso Sky acrylic paint for the

lettering. I then dry-brushed the letters with a little

bit of Vintage White. After that dried,

I brushed the letters with some tacky glue and

glittered them up a little.

I also used a  flourish stencil and glue to put

a pretty glittered area in the top right hand corner.

This was a fun project. And now I have a sign

to use.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

I'll be back with some photos of my projects next week.

I made some Christmas ornaments and

did some paper crafting.

Thank you for coming by.

Blessings,

Tamara XO