For Coca Cola Lovers

I am a Coca Cola lover, for me it goes awesome with meals, with pop corn, with a piece of cake, and many other things, but my favorite combination of all times is a can of coke and a bar of snickers while watching TV, ahhh it’s perfect, is it not?.  My choice is always Coca Cola and if for some reason it is not available, then as second choice I drink any other of the flavors of Coca Cola Company.

I know few other people who love coca cola like me, and my friend Marcia is one of them.  One day she asked me to make a box for her inspired in coca cola.  I gladly did it and here it is:

A Vintage Coca Cola box decorated with old and retro advertisements.

With a photo editing software I placed the coca cola advertisement images on top of an old photo template I had, simulating the old Polaroid films for that vintage/retro look I was searching for.

I also used some old cameras and ephemeras to complement the design. 

I decided to paint the background black, so the images would stand out.

Did you know that the first coca cola sales were at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on May 8, 1886?  It was initially sold as a patent medicine for five cents a glass at soda fountains, which were popular in the United States at the time due to the belief that carbonated water was good for the health.

 

I also applied a stencil of a sun in the lid and some text in red color in different parts of the box.

This decoupage project was made using the wonderful and versatile ModPodge.  The materials you need are:

Materials:

• Cardboard box or container that you want to use

• Cuts of Vintage Coca cola advertisements, old cameras and ephemeras

• Acrylic paint in black and red colors or any other color that will suit your design

• Mod Podge

• Stencil of a sun *optional

• Alphabet Stamps (acrylic or wooden)

• Buttons for the front of the lid *optional

• Spray Fixative

This is how the box looked before.  It was a simple cardboard box containing a cd and other computer software, same type I used in one of our previous projects, the Vintage Classifieds Memory Box:

Step by Step:

1. Prepare the surface.  If the box is been previously used and it has glued paper, remove it completely.  If the box is brand new, leave it as it is, it does not require further preparation. For this particular box, I cut a piece of the lid, to make it shorter.

2. Paint the whole box with the black acrylic paint, as it is cardboard it will dry quickly.

3. Use the stencil to draw the sun in different areas of the box using the red acrylic, and also use the alphabet stamps to write words like “tasty” “enjoy”, etc. 

4. Print the advertisements and other images and spray them with a fixative if necessary, to prevent the ink from running.  Let it dry and plan their distribution on the box.  Then cut and keep.  

5. Glue the images on to the box with ModPodge, at the moment apply it on the back of the images (not the front).  Once all the cuts are glued and dried in the outside then proceed with the inside of the box.  

 

6.  As decorative touch, add two buttons on the front of the lid or any other embellishment you would like to add.

7. Once all is dry give the whole box 2 layers of ModPodge to seal it and protect it. And then viola! the job is done.

Here it is my friend Marcia looking happy with her coca cola lover box.  She is currently using it as a jewelry box.

Coca Cola is definitely my favorite drink, what is it yours? 

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Link party @ The Girl Creative 

Making Monday marvelous @ C.R.A.F.T.  
Boggieboard Cottage @ Masterpiece Monday 

Mod Mix Monday @ Mod Vintage Life  
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Calling All Crafters Monday @ All Things Fee  
CraftOmaniac Monday @ Craft O Maniac 

More the Merrier Monday @ DIY Home Sweet Home  
Make-it-Yourself Monday @ An Original belle 

Make it Pretty Monday @ The Dedicated House
Under 300 Followers Blog Hop @ Pinkapotamus  
The Cure for the Common monday @  Lines Across

Tuesday:

Get your craft on @ Today'screative blog 
Knick of Time tuesday @ Knick of Time 

Tell it to me Tuesday @ Creatively Living 
Tutorials & Tips Link Party @ Home Stories A2Z  

Cowgirl up Linky Party @ Cedar Hill Ranch 
Tuesday’s Treasures @ My UnCommon Slice of Suburbia

Trash 2 Treasure Tuesday @ Kammy's Korner 
Be inspired link party @ Elizabeth & Co

Coastal Charm @ Nifty Thrifty Tuesday 
Power of Paint Party @ Domestically Speaking 

Take the Time to Challenge @ Raising 4 Princesses 
Turning the Daunting into the Do-Able @ Project Queen

One project at a Time @ A Bowl Full of Lemons
Linking Pary @ Passionately Artistic

Take a look Tuesday @ Sugar Bee crafts 
Open Call Tuesdays @ Salt Tree
Show me what you got @ Our Delightful Home 

Wednesday:

Wow us Wednesdays @ Savvysouthern style 
Primp your stuff Wednesday @ Primp

White Wednesday @ Faded Charm 
Share the love @ http://verymerryvintagestyle.blogspot.com

It's a Party @ DIY by Design 
Whatever goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts 

What is it Wednesday @ http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com
Whatever you want Wednesday @ Free Pretty Things for You

Wicked Awesome Wednesday @ Handy man, crafty woman 
Show & Share @ Southern Lovely 

Show and Tell @ SNAP 
It's a Party @ CreativePrincess
Wildly Original Round Up @ I Gotta Create
Waste Not want Not Wednesday @ Pretty Shabby UK 
What We Wore and Made Wednesdays @ Rae Gun Ramblings
Time for a Party @ Fine Craft Guild   

Thursday:

Catch as Catch Can @ http://www.myrepurposedlife.net
Open House Party @ No MinimalistHere

Vintage Inspiration @ Common Ground 
Hookin' up with @ House of Hepworths

Time Travel Thrusday @ Brambleberry Cottage 
20 Below Thrusday @ Cristinas Adventures

Home and Garden Thrusday @ A Delightsome Life 
Made you Look @ Maid in a Day 

Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From my front porch to yours 

Show off your stuff party @ Fireflies and Jellybeans

Friday:

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Weekend Bloggy Reading @ Serenity Now 

Inspirational Friday @ At the picket Fence 
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Friday feature @ Redoux Interiors 
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Friday Fun Party @ Craftionary 
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It's a Hodgepodge Friday @ It's a Hodgepodge life 
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Fridays Unfolded @ Stuff& Nonsense 
Simply Link Party @ SimplyDesigning

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage   
Happy Hour Friday @ Happy Hour Projects 
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home
Rustic Restorations Weekend Linky Party @ Homespun Happenings  
Feture Friday Linky Party @ Blissful and Domestic

Saturday:

Spotlight Saturday @ Classy Clutter 
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Site Nite special @  Funky Junk Interiors 
Get schooled Saturday @ Too much time on my hands

Scrappy Saturday @ CandaceCreations
Weekend Wrap Up Party @ Tatertots & Jello

Check me out Saturday @ Iam only 1 Woman 
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Saturday Seven Party @ Positively Splendid 
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Sunday:

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Weekend features @ Sisters of the Wild West

Simply Klassic Sunday @ Simply Klassic Home 
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DIY Project Parade @ DIY showoff 
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Creative Bloggers's Party & Hop @ Homemaker on a Dime
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