crafting withdrawl

I haven't shared a craft project in a while.  That has a lot to do with the kids being home now, and unless I want to allow them to be couch potatoes and play Wii all day or watch TV, I do not get the time to really dive in to my projects. My crafting idea's might have to wait till September. This one I actually started before school let out and I put the finishing touches on the other day while Nathan was at Cub Scout camp and Kaitlyn had a friend over.

It's nothing spectacular....anyone can do it.  But I thought it was worth sharing. 

My bread box makeover:

Step one:
clean the dust and grease film off the wood, and lightly sand the surface.

 Step two: I gave it a couple coats of spray paint.  I believe the color was eggshell.  Then lightly sanded the edges to distress it a bit.

 It looks nice like this, but because I like to label things, I had to add one final touch.

 Step Three: Since I didn't have stencils in the size or font that I wanted, I printed it out from the computer and used carbon paper to trace it onto the box.

I used a paint pen  to fill in the letters.  Easy Peasy! 

Oh and if you would like a chance to win a Silhouette Craft Cutter check out
Thrifty Decor Chick's post today.  That would have really come in handy with this project.  I could have just cut me some vinyl  letter's and stuck them on there.


My  focus now is turning our "junk room" in the basement into a make shift guest room for our relatives coming from Tennessee in a couple of weeks. 

If I can pull it off, I will share it with you!