A A PRETTY ALTERED EYEGLASS CASE FOR MOTHER'S DAY

Hi, everyone!!!  I'm so glad to be back at Sheila's again this month presenting another little project for you there!

Today's project/tutorial is a quick and easy altered eyeglass case that I've been wanting to do for some time now:

My BFF loves fancy sunglasses, so I'm getting her a nice pair for Mother's Day, and I thought this would be a wonderful way of presenting them to her.

I found the eyeglass case at a General Dollar Store for $1.99 and grabbed several pairs.  Here's what they started out looking like:

I know my girlfriend loves gold, so I began by painting the case a metallic gold.  I used three (3) coats of paint, allowing each coat to dry about 30 minutes between coats:

I found some pretty gold and cream trim, so I glued it to the bottom lip of the case:

Next I decided on how I wanted to embellish the case, then gathered all the necessary materials together:

Wired Beads (Cream)

Gold Buttons

Gold Beads

Gold Wired Ribbon Double Bow

Cream Roses

Rhinestone "Bling" Embellishments (Bronze and Gold)

Skeleton Leaves (Cream)

Gold and Deep Bronze Stickles

I arranged all the embellishments to my liking, and finished the case by gluing/attaching them all to the case and used a bit of the Stickles on the flowers to highlight them -- all done!  Here's another view of the back and top:

I love this, and hope you like it too!  I think I'll be giving quite a few sunglasses or reading glasses away for Mother's Day... lol!!!

Well, as always, thanks so much for coming by, and I'll be seeing you next month!!!