I use this old "champagne" hatbox to store a stack of vintage doilies and handkerchiefs.
Several craft stores sell plain white totes for decorating. I bought one thinking I might use some fabric paint on it. Then I thought of my vintage bits and pieces.
I'm showing you my basic idea here. The hanky and doilies aren't attached to the tote at this point. I'm just in the "thinking about it" stage. Of course there would be other embellishments like buttons and ribbons and so forth. What do you think?
Or maybe I'll go with my original idea and paint something.
While we think about that lets go visit Elizabeth and see what the rest of the Tea Tuesday people are talking about today.
I hope you don't take this wrong, but I'm not sure I care for any of the options. The background color (white) interferes with the doilies. The hankie is nice, but it is just not right for that tote. The two bottom ones would work great if they were dyed a different color, but the last one gets lost on the tote and the yellow one just is the wrong color. Having said that, I LOVE the champaign inspired hat box you keep your doilies in.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these ideas and your lovely hat box with us for T this Tuesday.
I love the idea of decorating totes like that! Your champagne hatbox is gorgeous! Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteChampagne first thing in the morning works for me (I wish).
ReplyDeletewhat Comes to my mind actually... why not use the doily as a stencil and spray? so you could make a good contrasting Color without great effort. and then embellish to your hearts desire... i´m looking Forward what you´ll decide to do...
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I like the idea. With the embellishments they can be very attractive and make nice gifts. You're headed in the right direction just play with more color and the embellishments and go to town ♥
ReplyDeleteDarla, I noticed you hadn't linked, so I am off to do that for you. Just wanted you to know, I got your package of napkins today, along with that vintage postcard. How sweet of you to include it, too. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
ReplyDeleteOh Darla I love your new project! and I really love your vintage box-too cool Happy T Day Kathy
ReplyDeletelove that box and my fav bag is the last one..nice and elegant looking
ReplyDeleteYour champagne hat box looks wonderful. a perfect place to store pretty linen and treasured items.
ReplyDeleteGood luck and enjoy decorating the tote bags.
Happy T day wishes.
Yvonne
Customising your own tote is a wonderful idea! Maybe you could combine the two and paint something that allows you to add some of the vintage elements too 😁. I love vintage and using the doily, ribbons, buttons and such really appeals to me. Have fun with your new project, I can't wait to see what you create! Wishing you a Happy T Day! J 😊
ReplyDeleteI like any of them on your tote. You can really dress it up and make it special for sure! And if you have a little orange juice, you could celebrate with mimosas. :) Happy T day. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeletedarling champagne hat box. I see more plain white totes in your near future so that you can play with a variety of ideas:) happy T day!
ReplyDeleteI missed T Tuesday completely this week, but saw your post and your box reminded me of the sweet little handkerchiefs I have tucked away in a box. I never see people carrying them any more, but I used to have one in my purse all the time when I was little :)
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