leaning in to fall.

Published on by Quandie

Today I’m switching it up just a little.  OK, OK, not by much.  Instead of a toolbox, today’s project is a tackle box.  I know I’ve done a lot of toolboxes/tackleboxes/lockboxes lately, but for whatever reason, those seem to be coming my way these days.

Not only is this one a tackle box, but it’s a double decker tackle box.

Or to be precise, it was a tackle box.  There was no way I was going to mess around with painting those trays though.  So I had my handyman Ken drill out the hinges and take them out (they are already out in that photo above, I’ve just placed them on top for the photo).

Once that was done I gave this one a good clean, and then I sanded the rusty spots with some 220 grit sandpaper.  Next I gave it two coats of Dixie Belle’s B.O.S.S.  I really wanted to try and prevent that rust from coming back through my paint.

When I initially began to work on this one, I wanted to do something using autumnal colors.  I’m stepping a little bit outside of my comfort zone here.  I don’t typically like browns, oranges, or yellows.  But I wanted to lean in to fall (fall the noun, not the verb, get it?).  You know, fully embrace the season.

That being said, I didn’t have any fall themed transfers on hand.  Conveniently, at that very moment, re.design with prima came out with a new release that includes a transfer called Harvest Hues.

It looked perfect for my needs, so I ordered it.

While waiting for my transfer to arrive in the mail, I painted the inside of the tackle box in Dixie Belle’s Mojave.

Whenever I see this color I automatically think ‘Harvest Gold‘.  If you were around in the 70’s, you know what I’m talking about.

Next I painted the outside of the box in DB’s Drop Cloth and waited for my transfer to arrive.

I was so excited when it came, but when I pulled it out of the tube I was startled to find that it came in two long strips.  I’ve gotten so used to using both I.O.D. and Dixie Belle transfers that come on smaller sheets.  I was a little flustered about how to manipulate the sheets to fit my tackle box.

Then tragedy struck when one of the sheets rolled up on itself without the backing paper while I was handling it.  Argh!  Has that ever happened to you?  That basically ruined about half of one strip as it stuck to itself.  Thank goodness I wasn’t planning to use the complete design on a bigger piece, that would have been a real bummer.  I really appreciate that the I.O.D. transfers now come in flat packaging, thus eliminating the whole rolling problem.

Anyway, that left me with trying to figure out how to make the remaining long strip work for my tackle box.  It also left me somewhat frustrated, so I set the whole thing aside for a couple of days.

I then realized that autumn was getting away from me, and if I didn’t get this one done soon I was going to miss the entire season.

Once I started working with the transfer, I realized it wasn’t much harder to fit it to the box.  I just had to play around with placement a bit, and do a little creative trimming here and there.

Once I had the Harvest Hues in place, I added some bits of wording from the I.O.D. Label Ephemera transfer in the blank spots on the top (sadly, this transfer is retired and getting difficult to find) …

I also added some Label Ephemera to the front …

The Harvest Hues transfer is wrapped around one side quite a bit.

But on the other side I added the color chart from the end of the transfer.

Those dots were transferrable, so I thought, why not?

In the end, I think it turned out nicely.  And I was able to stage my photos outside and capture some of those beautiful fall colors in the garden before they are gone!

How about you?  Are you a fan of harvest hues?  Or do you tend to lean more towards summer pinks or corals?  Then again, how about jewel tones?  Or maybe deep, dark navy?  Leave a comment and let me know.

In the meanwhile, this harvest hues toolbox is for sale.  Be sure to check my ‘available for local sale‘ page for more details.

Thank you to Dixie Belle Paint Co for supplying their products used for this project.

25 thoughts on “leaning in to fall.”

  2. What a beaut! The inside and outside of this box are just lovely! Would be awesome to get this filled with some pumpkin bread or really anything. Love it! Your ability to combine these transfers is just so good!

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  3. I love this box. I love the transfer that you used on the box. I love Fall and the colors. I love the various kinds and colors of pumpkins. Bright orange persimmons on a tree. Beautiful red tones of a crabapple tree. Summer colors are great as are jewel tones. Navy has always been one of my favorites. I love the Black and White decor too. Really there aren’t too many colors that I don’t like. 😊

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  5. I love everything you create, I love autumn colors! This box makes me want to order that transfer. Nope, own far too many aready. I use a lot of Redesign transfers. I had the barn one roll up on itself. Yes, tears were shed! I now tape the ends of the tranfer sheet and the protective layers together, when I first open one. I can easily cut these away when I use them.

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  7. Another winner! Love it! I just looked at this transfer earlier, it is lovely. I am so glad to see what it looks like on a project. I love your thought process…have I told you that before?, lol Great job!

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  8. I love that you give us a variety of pattens and colors on the toolbox/tacklebox/wooden box series! I am a lover of subtle colors so the white with black wording and French linen/off white combo and the beautiful subtle florals are my favorites. But I do enjoy seeing all of the different colors you choose and this one is lovely for Fall

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  9. I love the fall colors,obviously trees not on me!I tend to the blues and greens. But love all the spring and summer as well. Love how your box came out. Lovely as usual. Take care

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  10. Very nice! I especially like that you used the color dots on the side. These look to be comparable to the selvage edge of fabric, which is usually cut off and discarded. However, some quilters save selvages until they have enough for a project – even a quilt. Seeing how you used the dots made me smile!

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    1. Oh, I hadn’t even thought of that, but now that you say it, of course it totally does remind me of selvage. They also do that on wallpaper sometimes. I’ve never seen a quilt made of the selvages, so I had to google it and I came across this interesting article about projects made with selvage.

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