Vintage tool box makeover + Cricut fun

This is the large-and-in-charge vintage tool box I got at the flea market last weekend. It was the end of the day and before I could even haggle, the lady dropped the price from $15 to $8 and said, "Take it. I want it gone." SOLD! I liked the raw wood look a bit, but for some reason I always think of tool boxes being red. I sprayed it with Krylon cherry red spray paint (about 3 coats), then used the sander to give it that "old thing I found in a barn look." I wanted to use this in my kitchen, so I thought it needed a little more pizazz....enter my new Cricut machine! Oh yeah :)

I printed out the word "Bonjour" because it made me feel happy. Hello! Good day! French is such a pretty language. Anyway, I printed it out using the basic font that came with my Cricut (which for some reason doesn't have lower case letters, but oh well).

I traced around the paper letters with a pencil.

Then I used some black craft paint to paint on the word. I made a few adjustments to the font (that ninja sword looking "J" was yucky), but other than that it was pretty simple.

I sanded the letters a bit so they didn't stand out too much. I definitely wanted to be able to read it, but I didn't want it to look like it didn't belong there.

And here she is folks!!! In all her old red tool box glory!

She lives on top of my kitchen cabinets in a place I like to call WAY TOO MUCH RANDOM EMPTY SPACE! Ha ha. What the heck is supposed to go up there anyway!? Geez.

I think she looks pretty sitting up there, greeting us from above, don't you!? Bonjour, hello, good day! See, HAPPY!

Linking this bad boy up to Sew Chatty :)

Linking up at Embelishing Life too :)