Friday, July 18, 2014

Gentleman's Pandora Box - Meg's Garden


Hi there everyone,
Thanks for stopping by today, I have
a project I created using the wonderful papers from 
"Meg's Garden of Papercraft delight" paper, 
The Gentlemen's Collectiondesigned by Kerry-Jean Watson.

These papers are great for all your Vintage Projects.
So, as many of you who follow my blog and my
projects, will know that I love vintage and altering things.

I have a collection of old boxes, which are screaming to be
altered to some way, and are too good to throw out.

So, I have created, a "Gentleman's Pandora Box"
a place for a gentleman to collect little things and tokens along his travels. 

There is a little draw at the bottom of this box, so I also
created a very small notebook, which one
can hold photos, a collection of notes and memories.

So, sit back and relax, let me take you all back in time to around 1915, 
a time of simple things, where ladies wore long dresses with petticoats and 
men wore suits with tails and top hats. 

I decorated the outside as well as the inside of the box 
Here is the side view of the box.
All the metal elements are available from Meg's garden 

I lightly painted a little gesso on the metal elements to
make them look older.

Now I chose not to decorate the outside too much,
because these papers are so wonderful as they.
They have textured finishes, which is great.
I just inked around the edges to hide any white bits.






the front view of the box deocrated with
metal elements from Meg's Garden embellishments.









For inside of the box,
I decorated the lid and compartments.
Here I decorated it with washi tape,
Metal and chipboard cogs.
All available from Megs Garden Website







Now I want to show you what the box looked like before
I altered it. It was very blue and has a lid that lifts off, 
I think it was a jewel box.
It has little compartments inside and a little secret draw on the bottom.



















Inside the lid. I altered all the metal cogs with
distress paints and ink.
Making them look very old and rusty.








The little draw pulls out to reveal a mini notebook inside
which I also created with The Gentlemen's Collection






Some little treasures a Gentleman collects on his travels. Mini Glass bottles
a little compass, some coins and metal keys...





The mini Notebook with some of
the inside pages.








List of Materials used from Meg's Garden website
here are the links to all the products
Please check out all the wonderful products 
and see all the design team members inspirational work at

Thanks for looking, till next time :)
Cheers Adriana XX

9 comments:

Cathy McGrath said...

Very inspirational Adriana. These projects are fabulous!

Lizzyc said...

This looks wonderful! Love the outside of your box and fabulous inside creating too!

Lizzy Hill said...

WOW! This is an amazing transformation...it looks totally fabulous now...much better as a gentleman's box!!! This is a really fabulous range of men's papers, too:):)

Margaret Mifsud said...

This is awesome Adriana!! The outside of the box looks wonderful with the 'Gentleman' papers and the inside is fabulous too!! Love the gears inside the lid and all the bits and pieces you've put into the compartments, and your mini book is wonderful too. Absolutely stunning project!! ox

Gayle Price said...

Wow Adriana ! Amazing. So much work and so beautifully put together. I love every little detail, so gorgeous. xx

Tracey said...

This looks fabulous....wow, love all the detail. What a beautiful keepsake!

Janice Nicholls said...

Looks amazing Adriana...love the colours and details....Just Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing! :)

Paula J Atkinson said...

Stunning album!

Jody said...

Wow! this project is fabulous.