The Train Case Transformation

As some of you know, I am getting married in October:) I wanted to find a way to ask my bridesmaids to be apart of this in a special way. I finally came up with "upcycling" vintage train cases. It goes perfect with my theme, and 3 out of 4 of my bridesmaids will be traveling to be in the wedding!!

I started out by finding the train cases. Luckily, I found all 4 at my favorite antique store:)

 And what they looked like inside...

I started with Mandy's and Chelsea's cases. First, I ripped out what was inside. I also cleaned the cases pretty good, they were kinda dirty.

Inside Mandy's...

Inside Chelsea's...

I chose some fabric and went to work!

 I used some fluff and a hot glue gun for this part...

The outside! I used Mod Podge and scrapbook paper to cover the cases.

And some pictures of the finished products!!

Mandy's

Cortney's

Chelsea's

(Sorry Seester, for some reason I only took video of the outside of your box)

Inside of Chelsea's

Inside of Mandy's

Inside of Ashley's

Thank goodness they all said yes:)

Wingback Complete!

It only took about 4 months, but I have finally finished my wingback chair!

There was some serious time put into this project. Taking on this advanced piece was all trial and error! I am so happy with the way it turned out:)

I decided to some-what tuft the back, so used the white buttons. You can get these buttons from a fabric store. Just a warning, putting them together makes your fingers hurt!

I wanted to blog more with the step-by-steps, but with this being such a drawn out project I didn't really get to do that:( 

HERE IT IS:)

And, a little reminder of what it used to look like!