French Themed Shadow Box: A Fun Project!

Bon Jour Mon Amis!
I hope that you all are enjoying your holiday weekend!  We are having some wonderfully cool weather today, such a relief from the hot & muggy summer!  I am so looking forward to fall!  Here on the lake, summer is always kind of crazy (luckily we don't live directly on the lake, so we have some peace & quiet and privacy!), so things really start to quiet down after this weekend.  Love that!

Today I wanted to share with you a shadow box that I just finished.  I just love shadow boxes!  I got the box itself from Michael's.  The round wooden base can be picked up at Michael's or Hobby Lobby, and the wooden finial can even be found at hardware stores.  I ended up using a smaller finial than the one I have pictured here.  I saved that one for a larger shadow box that I am working on now.  The candlestick was picked up at a garage sale, I am always on the prowl for them!

I joined all of the pieces together with Loctite epoxy.  Then I primed the entire piece, and followed with several coats of Rustoleum spray paint in aqua.  Love the color!  After a bit of Ralph Lauren antiquing glaze in "smoke", I was ready for the fun part, the inside of the box!!

I began by decoupaging pages from a vintage French book to the inner backing of the shadow box.  The image of the Eiffel Tower is a reproduction vintage postcard I picked up when we were in Paris this past spring.  And of course I had to add this adorable little metal Eiffel Tower that I bought on our trip, too!  I used some spray mount adhesive to adhere the card, then followed with a coat of Mod Podge.

Here you can see the wooden base.  I always seem to have a bunch on hand, you never know when you might need them!

Notice the Eiffel Tower clock?  Love it!

A close up of the Tower.  Cute!! I am putting the shadow box in my Etsy shop, and now I think I need to make one for myself!

Have a great night, and hope you have a safe and fun Labor Day!
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