The Altered Paper's Vintage Egg Challenge

Here's my entry for The Altered Paper's Vintage Egg Challenge:

Altered Matchbox Challenge - March - Birds

I decided to do a Hummingbird matchbox.  First, I covered the matchbox with -- MATCHES!  LOL!  I have been wondering for some time what to do with all of the matches I am accumulating from making these little altered beauties.  I think I have a lifetime supply!  So I decided to attach them to the matchbox in an artistic design.  Here is the bottom:

After gluing the matchsticks to the box, I used walnut stain to give them a realistic look.  I wanted the whole box to have a somewhat weathered, outdoor look.  I arranged matchsticks on the top in a different pattern, which is difficult to see since I added the hummingbird and flower.

The little flower is home-made and covered with stickles.  The drawer pull is actually a wooden bead from my jewelry supplies.

I glued popsickle stick pieces to both sides of the box and stained them with walnut stain.  I made a leaf border using bread dough clay and glued it to the sides, then painted the leaves with acrylic paint.

What's inside?  I won't post that until my trading partner receives it.

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3D Collage of my Grandmother

The subject of this collage is my grandmother, Hazel Davis, the mother of my father.  This picture was taken prior to 1917.  I used two types of fabric and three types of paper to make the collage background. The picture has a 3-D effect

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