Goodwill Shadow Box Fall Decor Makeover

October 13, 2021

Welcome to the monthly Thrift Store Decor Team party!

My project for today began with this white shadowbox from Goodwill. I paid $2.99 for it.

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Photo of a shadowbox spray painted with off white chalk paint.

After giving the shadowbox a good cleaning with hot soapy Dawn Dish Soap water and rag, I spray painted the piece outdoors, in N95 mask, using Krylon Classic White Chalk Spray Paint, clips, label frames and all.

The shadowbox was made of MDF with very white paint finish. The spray paint gives it a matte finish in an off white.

Photo of fall decor transfers from Redesign with Prima.

Next, I pulled out my Foliage Collector Decor Transfers by Redesign With Prima.

There are three 6" x 12" transfer design sheets in the package, priced at $12.99.

Photo of a white shadowbox with fall decor transfers in the back.

I applied three of the transfers with the flat rectangular stick enclosed in the decor transfer package.

I scored the transfer along the grooves in the shadowbox, and sealed the chalk spray paint and transfers with Painter's Touch Multi Purpose Clear Matte Spray. Spraying the piece was a much easier option than wiping on wax.

Photo of a paper tag with a fall decor transfer.

I added a small transfer to a paper tag from Michael's. A piece of jute was strung through the tag's hole, and the tag was hung on one of the shadowbox clips.

Photo of fall words printed on paper in different sizes and fonts.

I then printed out some fall object words on Picmonkey in different sizes and fonts.

I didn't have any card stock on hand, so I printed the words on plain paper, traced cardstock tags over the words and cut them out. I placed the the paper words and thicker file tags into the metal label frames. The paper labels were so thin that they did not stay in place. With the thicker tag behind them, the paper words stayed in place.