Yep, I still have more toolboxes that I’m making over, and I have one to share today.

I picked up this toolbox at a late summer garage sale.

Nothing too exciting, right?

After giving it a good cleaning, I removed that Cramer label from the front of the toolbox.  I was able to pry it off quite easily, and I thought it would be better to have a flat surface for adding a transfer to the front.

Next up I sanded off any loose paint and/or chunky rust and gave it a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss inside and out.

I followed that up with a lovely shade of grey green from their Silk Paint line called Highlands on the inside.

Once that dried, I added a sweet little bird transfer from I.O.D.’s Santa’s Hollow transfer.

Next up I painted the outside of the toolbox in Ecru, which is rapidly becoming one of my favorite colors.

Then I pulled out this page from the Winter Botanist transfer from the 2025 Holiday Collection from I.O.D.

Isn’t that lovely?

In my attempt to research what the wording said, I came across this …

Apparently the design of this transfer is based on the cover of a book in Dutch called The Wonders of God in the Least Esteemed Creatures that was originally published in 1762.  It contains 50 engraved plates featuring butterflies and you can buy it from Abe Books for a whopping $9,600.

Or you can buy the Winter Botanist transfer for around $22.

I feel like this particular transfer isn’t super Christmas-y, but instead is only just slightly winter-ish.  It does feature holly and pine, but it also has quite a few butterflies (and I guess the Dutch thought they were the least esteemed creatures).  I don’t know about where you live, but here in Minnesota we definitely don’t have butterflies in the winter.

But let’s just go with it.

I customized the transfer to fit my toolbox by cutting out the wording from the middle to allow for the latch.

I then applied that cut out wording to the top of the toolbox.

Then I felt like I needed the transfer to spread out a bit more, so I added in some extra bits of foliage and some extra butterflies from the Winter Botanist here and there.

I also added some bells to the upper corners of the top that came from the I.O.D. Santa’s Hollow transfer.

So, definitely not overtly Christmas, and only slightly winter-ish in feeling, here is the least esteemed creatures toolbox.

For you locals who may be in need of a toolbox dedicated to God’s least esteemed creatures, I took this one in to Reclaiming Beautiful in Stillwater this week.  This is the perfect time to head towards the St. Croix Valley to check out the fall leaves as well.  According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fall Color Finder, today they should be at 50 – 75% fall color.

As for the rest of you, how’s the fall color where you are?  And what do you think of today’s toolbox makeover?  Leave a comment and let me know.