decorated paper mache box

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A local craft store was going out of business, with everything 1/2 off, and luckily no one else was buying their paper mache boxes [which are the sturdiest i've ever come across] and after 2 trips left with a little over 20 of them, mostly large ones. I think i floated out on a cloud.

This is one of the little ones, after decoarting:


one side




the other side


inside of the top and bottom


top of the top


bottom [signed by moi in my chicken scratch. at least today i could spell my name right.]

and a picture of everything i bought:



pictures taken from the 'stretch and sew sewing book' from the 70's, w/ vintage pattern pieces layered over it. Painted green on the outside, purple on the inside. glued and sealed with matte finish mod podge. [and yes, it amuses me that when you take the top off you decapitate the ladies.]

none of the box is actually blurry or wonky, i was just lazy and took the pictures on the auto setting, which gave me a small dof.