hey guys i'm doing another thrift store makeover today this one's not gonna be
another modern spooky makeover done enough of those for now
going back to basics today i picked up this mailbox at the thrift store
2.99 i know the dollar store has a ton of mailboxes this time of year but they're
all made of cardboard this one's made of wood so it's a bit better quality
and i and i like that now that's quality it has a
strange smell to it scent with love
i don't know if they meant to misspell scent or if it's actually a play on words like maybe this was
used to store dog poop in that would explain the scent or maybe it was a flower vase of some sort
i'm just guessing it was because it's covered in butterflies and flowers oh the creativity i'm not
entirely sure why there's two openings it's open from up here but you can also open it from the
door in the front convenience perhaps if you're in a rush you don't even have to open the mailbox
you can just throw stuff in here i like that efficient so this comes with this little flag
thing that mailboxes always have very realistic i appreciate that it also has a little tourney
thing to help the door stay closed which is necessary because if that wasn't there the
door would just kind of flap down no one likes a flappy door it's pretty spacious but not too long
so it can only really fit like short letters don't try sending santa a whole grocery list
just one or two things three if you've been extra nice this year i'm starting off by pulling out my
tool kit this is my toolkit it's all it consists of it's one of those little multi-tools that
contains everything you need this time i'm using the baby screwdriver to disassemble everything
or at least as much as possible i just didn't want any paint getting on them it was pretty easy
to take them off here's the loot just gonna save those for later upon closer inspection of the door
i realized it had this piece of tape stuck to it not sure what purpose that serves those flowers
aren't going anywhere so i pulled the tape off next i turned my attention to the body of the
mailbox looking pretty good just has some stickers stuck to its buttocks that i'm pulling off
i pulled out the acetone to really get a good scrub it actually started removing some of the
paint on the mailbox worked a little too well it almost looks like the mailbox is made out of
cardboard or that cheap kind of chipboard but i assure you it's not no it's made of nice premium
oak or some kind of tree i'm going in with white for a base coat i'm not using gesso on this one
just kind of using my white multi-surface paint i think since it's multi-surface it might double as
a primer not sure i honestly think it worked just as well as gesso sealed in everything
if the box deteriorates or something later on then i'll let you guys know and we can bring it
back to the goodwill but for now things are going great good for you there's some little crevices
and stuff inside the mailbox wasn't too hard to paint though especially since the top is open
really gave me plenty of different angles to work with i imagine it would be harder to paint if the
top was closed i've seen enough butterflies and flowers for a lifetime honestly their appearance
is just offensive at this point the dark side is having none of it so i'm just covering that up
no one wants to see that sadly i can't do too much about the little flower design on the flag
i'm just kind of hoping it'll blend in with everything my red background got a little
dirty so i just switched to green still fits with the christmas mod so i hope there won't
be any complaints this whole thing is in pretty good condition the only thing i'd say is that
there's a bit of texture on the box my old enemy i tried covering it up with enough layers of paint
but it's still kind of peeking through a little bit not too much i can do about it but i'll add
enough distractions to make it presentable i want this mailbox to be a nice moody gray not the most
christmasy color but i was going for more of an evil moody christmas vibe i honestly didn't even
need to paint it white to begin with but you know maybe it helps the inside was too bright and white
and pathetic so i painted that black much better more suited to the dark side so now that all the
background colors are done i can finally move on to the good stuff it already looks more evil
if i do say so myself i'm going to be painting a big christmas scene wrapping around the mailbox
starting off with the door this one's going to be the center piece of the design i actually
drew it slightly off-center that was intentional i guess i've never drawn sprinkles before he's made
a couple in-person appearances hey everybody but he's never gotten to be the main character
so today i'm giving him some time to shine i wanted it to look like he's kind of jumping
into frame he has some outfits in his wardrobe more outfits than i'm comfortable admitting
i got a little carried away whenever i come across an 18-inch doll outfit i just kind of snatch it up
get that let me get that oh let me get this this too they just fit him so perfectly and he just
looks so funny so i can't help myself today he's dressed up in his santa gear standard red attire i
drew him in this pose where he's holding christmas lights in front of his face he's really partying
it up this season the christmas lights are kinda gonna tie the whole mailbox together they're just
gonna be wrapped around the whole thing the next character i chose to draw is boo boo one half of
the honey and boo boo dynamic duo in all her baby ogre glory boo boo is the crazier of the two ogres
she's feisty and she definitely bites i'm gonna bake your face if you're new here and you don't
want a couple booger bites you should consider selling your soul to me by subscribing to my
channel and ringing that bell thing so you don't lose me on the internet i post new videos every
friday you don't want to mess with booboo she's always overwhelmed with how cute sniffledorf is
i mean who could blame her so she just kind of pounced on him and is cradling him like a baby
he loves that honestly booboo and sniffledorf have a lot in common with their biting tendencies and
all sniffledorf is a mostly black cat it can be kind of hard to draw all his little outlines and
facial features especially on such a small scale but he's got his little beard and his oversized
crazy eyebrows and whiskers so hopefully you can tell it's him booboo wasn't entirely watching
where she was going she never really is a little clumsy so she tripped and got tangled
in all the christmas lights just another day on the dark side i thought it needed something up
in the corner so i added a little thought bubble coming from sniffledorf he's a pretty quiet cat
doesn't really talk much or meow but he makes it apparent that he doesn't like to be grabbed
he's not a cuddle cat so i imagine he's just laying there thinking probably pretty accurate
alright on the opposite side i wanted it to be a scene of a couple characters putting
ornaments on my spooky tree my spooky tree isn't a typical christmas tree it's more of a
dead withered looking tree that doubles as my halloween tree and christmas tree versatility
saving money trevor's at the top of the tree he's honestly doing most of the decorating work
i don't know where the dark side would be without him thanks again trevor for all your hard work
this scene is kind of like one of those group projects where trevor just does everything
of course i couldn't separate honey and boo boo boo boo would never allow that to happen
so honey's here too he's just kind of sitting there having a good time really able to enjoy
the festivities today since boo boo's tied up at the moment i also drew a little green goblin
he's trying to fit in at the christmas party so he wore his ugliest sweater and reindeer ears
some people have those ugly sweater parties for christmas this isn't one of those parties though
a little overkill for the occasion he's new not really familiar with everyone so he's just
standing there awkwardly smiling politely trying to fit in but he sticks out like a sore thumb
mostly because he's overdressed and most of the people at the party aren't wearing anything at all
it's not that kind of party it's just that ogres and ghosts don't really need to wear anything
anyways moving on i put green and red ornaments on the tree on my actual spooky tree there are gold
ornaments too but i left those out i try to avoid the gold posca pens whenever possible they just
take a while to build up the color and they're kinda annoying sorry pasca pens i still love you
and of course the lights would be wrapped around as well on the back of the mailbox i didn't really
want to do more characters i wanted to break it up a bit with some words so i wrote seasons
creepings felt evil i tried my best to write it in a sort of spooky font i'm trying my best here
on the bottom i drew a wonderful little motif of two little skulls it's like a mistletoe type
thing i definitely wanted the christmas lights to continue on the back like i said it's supposed
to tie the whole thing together so i just wrapped those around keeping with the continuity i almost
forgot about the flappy flag i knew i didn't want to leave it plain gray i just painted it
red i still wanted to add something to it it needs a little something something so i just went around
and wrapped lights around it they're just tangled there it's a big mess but it's a beautiful mess
i did some touch-ups here and there and cleaned up some outlines and whatnot i had to put all the
hardware back in its place luckily i didn't have to clean those up since i removed them earlier
it's not hard acetoning the paint off at the end i just think this gives it a cleaner look lastly i
didn't want the paint chipping off so i went over everything with a few layers of glossy varnish
i wanted it to have that nice shiny look makes it look professional not that i'm a professional
here's the finished mailbox i'm gonna go ahead and place my letter to santa in it
i called my mom and she assured me santa's coming this year so that's a relief
santa's getting so many letters i'd hate for your letter to get lost in the fireplace
click on the top right or bottom left to assure your letters safe passage