Category: toolboxes.

the cape cod box.

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I’ve got another holiday tacklebox for you today.

If I remember correctly, my friend Sue found this one for me.

And now that I think about it, it’s probably not a tacklebox.  It doesn’t have a pop up tray inside like your typical tacklebox.  Perhaps it’s just a lockbox or strong box of some kind?

Regardless, I gave it the usual treatment.  I scrubbed it with soap and hot water, then gave it a light scuff sanding, followed by a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear Bonding Boss.

Then I painted the interior in Dixie Belle’s Barn Red.

Next I painted the outside in DB’s Ecru.  Once that was dry, I taped off a wide stripe down the middle and painted it in more of the Barn Red.

After sanding to distress the paint a bit around the edges, I added some pretty florals from the I.O.D. Winter Botanist transfer.

The little bird is also from the Winter Botanist.

The wording is from an old re.design with prima transfer called Classic Vintage Labels.  I’d forgotten how some of those first generation transfers could leave that faint halo around them when used over a darker paint color.

But it’s far more noticeable in that close up photo than it is with the naked eye.

I used another portion of that Classic Vintage Label on the front of the box.

I finished the box off with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

While I had my paint out, I also decided to paint up another trio of thrift store books.

They are also painted in Dixie Belle’s Ecru, and I used that same I.O.D. Winter Botanist transfer on the spines.

I was in a bit of a hurry to get these items photographed and into the shop before I left for Mexico, so I only managed one final photo.

I’m fairly sure that the box has already sold, but I’m not sure about the books.

With Christmas fast approaching (is it really only two weeks away?), I’ll probably only share a few more holiday projects this year.  But which ones have been your favorites so far?  The toolboxes?  Painted books?  The sleds?  Or maybe the ice skates?

Leave a comment and let me know.

the charcuterie toolbox.

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I ended up bringing four Christmas themed toolboxes into the shop for the holiday season this year, and much to my surprise they have all sold already.

I really felt like I was taking a chance with them.  After all, if they didn’t sell I’d have to hang onto them for a full year before I could try again next year.  Well … maybe that’s not entirely true, I could have tried selling them at my occasional sale in the spring.  But typically holiday items don’t sell well in summer.

I really just wasn’t sure if people would get it.  I mean, I know you can use a Christmas toolbox in a variety of ways, but does anyone else?

For example, you can use one to display your non-collection of vintage tree toppers.

You can also use one to store your favorite fragile glass ornaments.

How about using a tacklebox to corral your Christmas card writing supplies (does anyone even do cards anymore?).

They also make fantastic gift ‘boxes’.

I’ve done a couple of different toolbox gifts over the years.

And that brings me to my latest toolbox creation.

But let’s start at this story at the beginning.  I wanted to create more Christmas toolboxes for the shop, but I was all out of the raw materials, ie. some toolboxes.  So my friend opK and I stopped in at our favorite Habitat for Humanity Restore.  I have had good luck finding toolboxes there in the past, so we headed in with fingers crossed.

Sure enough, we found two of them!

Yee haw!

I decided to start with the slightly smaller one.

After using a razor blade to scrape off the “Powr Kraft” label, I gave it a good scrub with Dawn dish soap.  Unfortunately, my garden hose is put away for the winter so I had to do this in my kitchen sink this time around, rather than out in the back yard.  It’s so much easier in the back yard.

But I got it done.  I followed that up with a good scuff sanding and another rinse, and then I added a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear Bonding Boss.  I won’t paint a toolbox without it anymore.  It keeps any rust from leaching through my paint, and it also aids in the adhesion of the paint to a metal, and quite likely still a little greasy, surface.

Next up I painted the inside in my new favorite Christmas red, Dixie Belle’s Barn Red.

I added a transfer from the I.O.D. Clementine set to the inside of the lid.

Does that just pop on the red or what?

As for the outside, I painted it in Dixie Belle’s Ecru and then added a few more Clementine transfers.

I had to get creative with cutting and re-arranging a few of the various Clementine designs to fit my toolbox.

But I was able to take two 12″ tall sheets and rework them to fit the front of my 7″ tall toolbox.

It wasn’t until I was adding a topcoat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax that I realized how perfect this toolbox would be as a gift box.  Just fill it with all kinds of delicious charcuterie board ingredients.

Perfect for Christmas, but also perfect any time of the year.  The Clementine transfer doesn’t scream Christmas, but has a bit of a wintery look with its deep green foliage and those bright red flowers and berries.

By the way, if you didn’t see my blogiversary giveaway post last week, go back and check it out.  I’m including the Bonding Boss, Barn Red, Ecru and clear wax in that giveaway.  Everything you need to create your own Charcuterie toolbox except for the toolbox itself and that I.O.D. Clementine transfer (you can still find it online at The Painted Heirloom, which is where I ordered all three of mine!).

As for this Charcuterie toolbox, I took it into Reclaiming Beautiful last week before I left for Mexico.  I’m not sure whether or not it’s still there, but if you’re local and in need of a fun, unique gift box you may want to pop in and see.

déjà vu.

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You might get a bit of déjà vu with today’s post.

Sometimes I just like to go with what has worked for me in the past (OK, maybe a lot of the time), and such is the case with both of today’s toolboxes.

Well, technically this first one is a tackle box.

My friend Jackie gave me this one last summer, and I actually began work on it right away while the weather was still warm enough to clean it up with the garden hose, and also to spray paint.

After my usual prep of cleaning, scuff sanding and a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss, I gave the inside a few coats of Rust-Oleum spray paint in Leafy Green.

Those tacklebox trays can be a bit putzy to paint with a brush, so I have two methods of dealing with them.  I either spray paint them while it’s warm enough to do that outside, or I have my neighbor/handyman Ken remove them entirely.  He does this by drilling out the rivets that hold them in place.

I think I sprayed this one back in August and it’s been waiting in the wings for the rest of its makeover.

I pulled it out a couple of weeks ago and gave the outside a couple of coats of Dixie Belle’s Chantilly, which is one of the new Silk colors.  It’s a bit brighter of a white than my usual Drop Cloth or Ecru, without being so bright that it stands out.  After the paint dried, I sanded to distress the details and then wiped away any dust.

Then I basically copied a look I’ve done twice before.

I used two Dixie Belle transfers.  All of the black typography is from their Vintage Post transfer, and the red and green florals are from their Evergreen and Holly transfer.  You won’t find either of these on their website because, sadly, I think they are both retired.  But you can still find them online, try Etsy or just simply google them.

I thought the address of ’41 Winter Street’ was a fun little detail for a Christmas tackle box that probably no one will notice except me.

As per usual, I finished off the tackle box with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

My 2nd repeat for today is another red toolbox (why are so many of them red?).

This one goes way back to the windfall of toolboxes that I got from my friend Kathy back in 2024.  It had gotten tucked away upstairs in the carriage house and I forgot all about it until I was cleaning up for my recent sale.

After my usual cleaning, sanding and Bonding Boss, I gave this one a coat of Dixie Belle’s Barn Red on the inside.

I also added a bird transfer from the I.O.D. Winter Botanist set inside the cover.

I painted the outside in Dixie Belle’s Ecru, and then repeated a design I’ve used twice before.

The wording is from the I.O.D. Cosette transfer, and those florals are from the Dixie Belle Evergreen and Holly transfer.

As many of you already know, I like this design so much that I have one I’ve kept for myself.

I fill it with my non-collection (‘non’ because I’m in denial that I collect anything) of vintage glass tree toppers.

Both of these ‘repeats’ went in to Reclaiming Beautiful before I left for Florida.  When I get back this week, I’ll have to head in there to see whether or not they have sold.

an unmatched pair.

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A short while ago my friend Jackie gave me some toolboxes.

I’m not sure what those two shallow red boxes in the front were meant for, maybe just to hold a few screwdrivers and a hammer or two?

Regardless, I decided to give them both a makeover for Christmas.  I started by removing the labels and then giving each one a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss inside and out.

Next I gave the inside of the first one a quick coat of DB’s Barn Red.  It really just required one careful coat since I was painting red over red.

The outside, however, required two coats of DB’s Ecru to cover up the red.

Before the final coat was dry, I added one of I.O.D.’s Twelfth Night paint inlays to the top.

After spraying that with some matte spray sealer to keep it from smudging, I applied some holly from Dixie Belle’s Evergreen and Holly transfer on either side of the inlay.

The little bit of holly just under the handle is from one of the I.O.D. Christmas transfers.

Now it’s perfectly Christmas-y.

The 2nd toolbox got a coat of Dixie Belle’s Rusty Nail on the inside.

As the name implies, this is more of a rusty or brick red.

I chose it because it worked beautifully with this row of sweet little birds from the I.O.D. Yuletide transfers.

I believe the Yuletide transfer was from the 2024 holiday collection and was then retired, but you can still find it online.

And by the way, I did paint the outside of this toolbox in Ecru as well.

I went back to my old favorite I.O.D. Label Ephemera for some of the wording on the front and top.

Then I also added some numbers and more wording from the Tim Holtz Eccentric Remnant Rubs transfer.

As for the handle, it was a rather pitted chrome so I gave it a new golden glow using Dixie Belle’s Gilding Wax in Antique Gold.

After adding a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax over the paint and transfers for protection, I decided to add a little more depth using a product that is new to me, DIY’s Decrepit Dust in Warm.

This is very similar to Dixie Belle’s Dixie Dirt …

except the Dixie Dirt doesn’t come in a rusty color.

I used a small artist’s brush to apply some of the dust around the latch immediately after adding the clear wax.  The dust will stick to the wax, and I just use the brush to blend it in a little.

It’s a subtle detail, but I think it adds a lot more depth and helps ‘age’ a newly painted item.

I have to confess that I personally prefer the toolbox with the birds on it, but the first one is a bit more Christmas-y.

Which one do you like best?  And what would you keep inside it?  Leave a comment and let me know.

Meanwhile, I brought both of these toolboxes in to Reclaiming Beautiful along with many more holiday items.  They are hosting their Holiday Open House this Thursday, November 6, 2025 from noon to 7 p.m. (while I’m away in Florida).  If you’re local, be sure to stop in!

the odds and ends toolbox.

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A while back my friend opK found a toolbox for me at an estate sale.

Apparently it was ‘The Odds and Ends Toolbox’ for someone.

And to keep track of what was inside, that previous owner liked to add labels.

It had a little bit of rust, plenty of dirt, and A LOT of labels.  I started by using some Goof Off to remove the labels, and they actually came off quite easily.  Then I gave it a good scrub with dish soap.  After it dried, I sanded it to remove any flaking paint or rust and then gave it a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss inside and out.

Next I painted the inside in Dixie Belle’s Highlands.

I followed that up with two coats of Dixie Belle’s Ecru on the outside.  Once dry, I scuff sanded to distress the edges and after wiping away any dust, I was ready to add some transfers.

For that I pulled out a retired I.O.D. transfer called The Botanist.

I used this transfer in its entirety back in 2023 on this headboard.

But I’d also used just the typography section from the middle on a box top back in January 2024.

FYI, the florals on that box are from a different I.O.D. transfer called Floral Anthology.

A while back I noticed that The Painted Heirloom has a sale price of only $22.05 on The Botanist, so I ordered another one.  For that price I felt like I could choose to just use the typography portion on a smaller item again rather than using the entire transfer.

But then I studied those swags of flowers and decided that maybe I could modify them to work on this toolbox.

Keep in mind, the full design comes on four 12″ x 16″ sheets.  So it’s quite a bit larger than my toolbox.  But after a lot of cutting, trimming and rearranging the swags, I came up with a pretty good layout.  I’m so glad I took the time to try this.

The florals are so pretty, so it was nice to find a way to use them other than on a full sized piece of furniture.

And of course the typography is a perfect fit for a toolbox.

I finished everything off with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

Now, if you’re wondering what you would do with a toolbox like this, well … obviously … you would just keep your odds and ends in it.  Right?

This toolbox is for sale locally (check out my ‘available for local sale‘ page for more details).

the least esteemed creatures toolbox.

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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.

the queen’s glory toolbox.

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I actually completed the project that I’m sharing today more than a month ago.  It was one of the several projects that I cranked out before our trip to Canada, and it’s this toolbox …

I purchased this toolbox way back in January at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and it has been sitting in my stash ever since.

Since it was already black, I decided to go ahead and keep it that color on the outside.  That being said, I did scuff sand it, clean it and then give it a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss to both help my paint stick, and keep any bits of rust from bleeding through.

Once that prep was done, I painted the inside in Dixie Belle’s Cottage Door.

After all, who doesn’t love a gorgeous pop of color on the inside?

Next up I gave the outside just one coat of Dixie Belle’s Caviar.  Since I was painting black over black, just one careful coat was all that was needed.

Next up I applied some of those gorgeous florals from I.O.D.’s Saint Germain transfer.

I wrapped them around each side.

Next up I pulled out the Queen’s Glory transfer from re.design with prima.  This is another gold transfer, but it isn’t like the gilded transfers from I.O.D. that I’ve been using lately.  It goes on like any other transfer, whereas the I.O.D. gilded transfers require a bit of a more delicate touch when applying them.

It isn’t as ‘gilded’ looking though either.  The gold is a bit darker and not quite as shiny.

But I also think the smaller details are much better defined.  For example, compare the re.design with prima transfer above to the I.O.D. transfer below …

Another plus to the re.design with prima version is price point.  I paid around $20 for two 12″ x 12″ sheets of the Queen’s Glory transfer (so two sheets of the same design, I used just one of them on this toolbox).  The I.O.D. Etiquettes gilded transfer is around $50 for four 12″ x 16″ sheets.  So granted, yes, you’re paying about the same price per square inch, but if you just want to do one project, the Queen’s Glory would accomplish that at a much lower price.

So, six of one, half dozen of the other.  Both products have pros and cons.

And both products are fun to use to add a little bling to your project.

I finished off the toolbox with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

FYI, the final waxing step really brings out the richness of the Caviar paint, and it also helps add contrast between the transfers and the black paint.  So if you decide to try something similar, don’t panic if it doesn’t look great right away.  Adding the wax really pulls it all together.

Normally this is where I would say that this toolbox is for sale locally.  However, I already sold it at my Carriage House Sale.  But I hope you enjoyed seeing it here anyway.

Have you tried both the re.design with prima and I.O.D. gold transfers?  And if so, which one did you like better?  Leave a comment and let me know.

seeing double.

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Earlier this summer I picked up this black toolbox at a garage sale.

While giving it a good cleaning, I noticed that there was a pretty blue/green/grey color underneath that black paint.

So that inspired me to use one of the new Dixie Belle colors on the inside, Oxford Fog.  Since this color is from their Silk paint line and thus has a built in primer, I thought I could get away with skipping my usual Bonding Boss.

But I was wrong.  If you look closely in the photo above, you can see little pin points of rust bleeding through the paint.  See them?

So that’s just a heads up for you if you like to paint rusty metal, you’ll want to use the Bonding Boss to prevent that rust from bleeding through your paint, even when using the Silk paint with its built-in primer.

All is not lost at this point, I went back and applied a coat of the Bonding Boss over the Oxford Fog.  Keep this in mind if you ever run into a similar problem, you can apply Bonding Boss over a coat of paint, you’ll just have to add another coat of paint over it.

So I could have then added another coat of Oxford Fog over the Bonding Boss, but instead I decided to pivot.  I realized that this particular toolbox wax almost identical to one that I painted back in 2022.

Remember this one?

It’s one of my all-time favorites, and in fact I even kept it for myself and have since used it to display my vintage glass Christmas tree toppers.

I also found that I could still order both of the transfers that I used on it, the I.O.D. Cosette transfer for the wording and the Dixie Belle Evergreen and Holly transfer.  Both are older transfers, but I was easily able to find them online.

So I decided to simply copy my own work and make another one just like it.

It’s not an exact duplicate.  This toolbox has two latches rather than a single centered one like the first toolbox.  But otherwise they are pretty much the same.

I also switched up a couple of other elements.  The older toolbox was painted in Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth, this newer one is painted in Ecru.  The Drop Cloth definitely has more of a yellowish cast to it and you can really see that with them side by side.

I also opted for a different color on the inside.  The original toolbox has Dixie Belle’s Honky Tonk Red on the inside, and I painted over that Oxford Fog with Barn Red on the new one.

It’s a subtle difference, but the Honky Tonk Red (top toolbox) is a bit brighter than the Barn Red.

By the way, I’m not sure that you can really see it in this next photo, but the Bonding Boss did do its job and prevented the rust from bleeding thru that Barn Red.

For those of you who may not be familiar with this product, it’s a combination of two of Dixie Belle’s original products, Slick Stick and B.O.S.S.  The Slick Stick was a product that improved adhesion over slick surfaces, and the B.O.S.S. ‘blocks odors and stops stains’.  Now one product does all of that, the Bonding Boss.

There is one other significant difference between the two toolboxes, the first one had a tray that I painted up.

This newer one also came with a tray, but I didn’t bother with painting it.

That’s because I’m planning to keep this 2nd toolbox now.  Since I always used the previous one for those glass toppers, I didn’t have a use for the tray.  I suppose I could have come up with some sort of use for it, but I never did.  It really was just something I had to store somewhere while the rest of the toolbox was in use.

So now I plan to sell the original with the tray, and keep the 2nd one with no tray for myself.  I will definitely be pulling it out again this Christmas to display my toppers.

By the way, I fully realize that this is WAY too early to be sharing Christmas decor.  However, I plan to have some holiday merch at my upcoming occasional sale which is precisely one month away (Saturday, October 4).  So I am getting cracking on some things for that and I hope you’ll forgive me for the early holiday post.  But then again, this gives you guys plenty of time to order these transfers for yourself and make your own Christmas toolbox, so maybe early isn’t such a bad thing.

What do you think?

the oxford fog toolbox.

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I’ve been patiently waiting to share today’s toolbox with you guys!

You see, Dixie Belle sent me the new colors from the Countryside Collection of their Silk paint in advance of the release.  So I immediately went and painted a toolbox in one of them, and then realized I wouldn’t be able to share it for weeks!  I should have read the fine print first 😉

In fact, I painted this one before any of the toolboxes that I shared during toolbox week!

And then I had to keep it hush hush until the new colors were revealed.  And I’ll let you in on a secret, I’m not good at keeping secrets.

But I made it!  And now I can share, so let’s start with the ‘before’ of this toolbox.

It was pretty basic, in good shape but a very drab color.

After my usual prep of cleaning it well, lightly scuff sanding it and giving it a base coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss, I painted the interior in DB’s Blue Grass.

Then I painted the outside in the new Countryside Collection color called Oxford Fog.

I just knew these two colors would pair up beautifully.

They are two different styles of paint.  The Silk paint is a water based all-in-one acrylic paint with a built in primer and top coat.  On the other hand, the Blue Grass is from DB’s line of chalk style paints.  Chalk paint doesn’t always require a primer, but I like to add additional protection from bleed-thru with the Bonding Boss when painting over rusty metal with both styles of paint.  In addition, for durability the chalk paint should be top-coated with hemp oil, wax, or a clear water based sealer.  I used Dixie Belle’s flat clear coat to seal the interior of the toolbox.  Furthermore, although the Silk paint doesn’t require a topcoat, the transfer does.  So I finished off the outside of the toolbox with some of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

While technically you could mix these two paints together since they are both water based, I’m not sure I would recommend that.   However, you certainly can use both on the same project like I’ve done with this toolbox.

Once my paint was dry, I added some florals from the I.O.D. Saint Germain transfer.

Gosh those florals are gorgeous, aren’t they?

I wrapped them around the sides …

and up over the top.

Next up I pulled out my precious stash of I.O.D. Label Ephemera transfers.  For those who aren’t familiar, I call them ‘precious’ because this transfer was retired several years ago and is very hard to find now.  I have a steadily dwindling stash of them, but unfortunately it’s not going to last forever.

Anyway, I chose some sections of text from Label Ephemera and applied them next.

I followed that up with that coat of clear wax that I mentioned earlier.

I staged my photos of the toolbox in the shade garden, but I also placed a couple of watering can flower arrangements behind it for added color.

I think the Quick Fire Fab hydrangea, hosta flowers and some verbena bonariensis made a pretty combo.

With fall just around the corner, followed closely by Christmas (I know, way too early, but they will be here before we know it), I’m wondering if I need to lay off the florals for a while.

Or do you think florals can be used year ’round?  Leave a comment and let me know.

Meanwhile, this toolbox is for sale.  Check out my ‘available for local sale‘ page for more details (sorry, I don’t ship my items).

Thank you to Dixie Belle Paint Co for providing the beautiful new Oxford Fog and Blue Grass paints used for this makeover.

all that glitters.

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A few weeks back my friend Jackie gave me some toolboxes.

Well, I’m collectively calling them toolboxes, but really there were a couple of toolboxes, a tackle box and even a lunchbox.

The outside of the lunchbox was black, and when I opened it up I found that the inside was a shiny gold.  So with that combo in mind, I decided to take some inspiration from the books that I recently painted …

After giving it a good wash, I touched up the interior color with a fresh coat of Rust-Oleum Metallic Gold spray paint.

Then I freshened up the exterior with a coat of Dixie Belle’s Caviar.  Once dry, I pulled out the I.O.D. Wilde Bloemen transfers and started adding florals to the front of the lunchbox.

Once those were all in place, I added some gold typography from the I.O.D. Étiquettes transfer.

To play up the gold a bit more, I used some of Dixie Belle’s Gilding Wax in Gold on the latches (after having painted them with Caviar along with the rest of the lunchbox).

I followed all of that up with some of DB’s Big Mama’s Butta as a top coat.  I found that the Big Mama’s started removing a bit of that Gilding Wax though.  I’m not sure if that was because I didn’t wait long enough for the Gilding Wax to harden, or if the Butta and Gilding Wax aren’t compatible.  To be on the safe side, perhaps adding Gilding Wax last would be the way to go in the future.

Either way, the problem would be easy enough to solve by adding more Gilding Wax to the latches.  But I think I kind of like the worn look that resulted so I’m leaving them this way.

They say that all that glitters is not gold, but in this case it is … well, shiny metallic gold anyway.

What do you think?  Leave a comment and let me know.