Traveler

Repurposed shadowbox with vintage cigar and household advertising labels, a vintage chalkware depiction of Infant Jesus of Prague, Mardi Gras beads, an old lock, a cabinet card from the late 1800's, and some Christmas ornaments to round off the piece. The background is of a vintage Catholic postcard.

Odd Moments

Sorry for the poor photo quality. At the time I didn't have a proper camera to take a picture of this. 
Using a cigar box painted a bright devil red, I cut a hole out of the lid for the plastic frame and glued glass to the frame. The background is map paper. A graphic of a head from an older medical book, a falling boy illustration from an old Reader's Digest Condensed book (keep your eyes peeled for these as they often contain some great graphic illustrations!) and some skulls rounded out the inside of this piece. I glued the Odd Moments pieces onto the glass using a light layer of silicone - the Odd Moments labels are actually vintage cigar label graphics. The devil was cut from a comic book. If you'll notice, the 3 dice read "666."
This piece's theme was a way to poke fun at superstitious beliefs about an imaginary enemy and its symbols.

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Spectacular

Here's a shadowbox I made from an older cigar box. I cut a hole for the frame out of the lid and glued a piece of glass to the underside of the frame. The cigar box was painted bright red. A couple of spiders from the dollar store were added and little rhinestones were glued on their bodies. Inside the box is a graphic of a startled woman and a hand and arm I found in a comic book with the spider glued onto his hand. This was a fun piece to make. 

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Morris' Internal Astronaut

This is a shadowbox I was lucky enough to find at a thrift store. Shadowboxes seem to be difficult to find in thrifts so I was happy to find a couple of these.
Morris' Internal Astronaut has a vintage astronomy page as the background with a nice bright planet to shine some light on the astronaut. The anatomical man running is from a vintage book as is the moon rocks piece glued onto the glass with a light layer of silicone. The rocket was found in a science book. The astronaut in the background is from an old vintage paperback. The radio tube is also vintage paper as is the spaceship in the lower right hand corner. The toy compass was found in a Dollar Tree store. I really enjoyed creating this piece and am happy that its new owner loves it so much.

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Drink Double Cola

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Here's another cigar box modified with map paper sanded down to give it a vintage look. I used Yes Paste to glue down the map paper. It works very well and I highly recommend it for projects like these. I found a Double Cola advertisement in a 1950's Life magazine I had lying around and decided to create my own piece in honor of Double Cola. Glass was cut and glued with a light application of silicone and then the men's smiling faces were glued on, also with a thin layer of silicone.

Cabinet of Curiosities

In this shadowbox, I used a variety of different graphics to make a veritable cabinet of curiosities. The background is a vintage cover from an old 1940's Popular Mechanics magazine. Most of the other graphics come from vintage books as well except for the bat to which I glued 2 red rhinestones. At the top is a La Mira vintage cigar box label glued onto the glass. Below the anatomical man with the blue ribs and heart is an old sanding block. In the middle of the block was a hole that fit a glass lens perfectly. I attached an old graphic of an eye into the glass lens. The U.S. Club House is also a vintage cigar label.