Cookie Jar

When I became a mom my dream was to have a cookie jar on the kitchen counter for my son to sneak cookies out of...well that dream never materialized because my son hated cookies.  No matter how I tried, he refused to eat them. :(

Twenty-one years and still no cookie jar, well that is until I came across this

I know you're thinking, why now?   Well, I've been wearing lots of ponytails lately, and I needed something to put my ponytail accessories in, when I spotted this I thought it would be perfect for my needs.  Who says a cookie jar has to be for cookies...

I wasn't too sure how I wanted to paint it, but I knew I wanted something rustic.

I based coated using my homemade off white chalk paint,  and then afterwards painted it using metallic blue.  I later plastered it, leaving open spaces added streaks of cranberry for additional color, and then applied  raise stencils.   Here's what it looked like so far...

Although I liked it, I wanted something with color.  So, I then played around with more paint to get the look I wanted ...

So, 21 years later, after the birth of my son, I finally got my cookie jar.  It's  not on my kitchen counter and yeah, it's a little rustic and a little old world, but it's a cookie jar! 

I guess this proves, it's never too late to LET YOUR CREATIVITY FLOW!