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The many ways to decoupage a cigar box!

Posted by Jacqueline Arroyo on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Crafting 
For the past year and half I've been quite obsessed with cigar boxes.  I had no idea how diverse and versatile cigar boxes could be until I started working with them.  I've made a lot of different styles of purses, and I'm still amazed at how many different things I can do with them.

In the beginning, I tried to do some simple decoupage with wallpaper remnants, magazine paper, calendar paper, scrapbooking paper, etc.









I've since graduated to add more embellishments on top of the existing decoupa...

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When life gives you buttons...Put them everywhere!

Posted by Jacqueline Arroyo on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, In : Crafting 
That seems to be my state of creating lately.  I was fortunate enough to inherit quite a collection of buttons through a friend.  She knew this lady who used to do a lot of sewing projects and had collected all kinds of sewing supplies, from buttons, to fabric, to upholstery trim, lace etc.  When the lady approached my friend asking if she wanted to take some of the stuff she had because she was trying to clean up her closets, my friend right away thought of me and let me have first dibs in l...

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