My most recent thrifted find was this lovely little vintage suitcase. I can’t imagine why anyone would make, let along buy, such a small suitcase. Perhaps it’s just me who can’t leave home without the kitchen sink! Anyway, it’s made of cardboard and lined with paper and I thought it would be a perfect backdrop for my photographs which I’m really trying to improve this year.
It needed a bit of cheering up though so I purchased some Orla Kiely wrapping paper, featuring my favourite colourful stem print. The paper is reversible – small stem print on one side and large stem print on the other.
It was easy to cut the paper to cover the original lining paper and I stuck it in place with some mount spray.
Voila, my very own Orla Kiely-inspired suitcase. What do you think?
You may also be interested in my Orla Kiely stem print biscuits.
26 Comments
Vintage Sweetheart
August 28, 2011 at 12:19 pmA lovely make over! Maybe it was a school case??
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Lea
August 28, 2011 at 1:57 pmPerfect!
Pickle-Lily
August 28, 2011 at 10:23 pmOooh it’s lovely! Why can I never find things like this?
Jo x
Martha
August 28, 2011 at 11:16 pmgreat idea to jazz up your suit case! i love the print. scandinavian style.
how about embellishing the top of the case with some stickers or prints? 🙂
Caroline
August 29, 2011 at 6:15 amA brilliant recycling job and looks so much better, love the smell of old suitcases wonder what tales of travel it could tell you.
Wendy
August 29, 2011 at 7:23 amI love it. Maybe it was a child’s suitcase?
Florence @sunshineofmyloves
August 29, 2011 at 9:46 ami love the suitcase and now that you have added the lovely orla kiely paper (I so love this pattern, i could cover my whole house with it!!) it’s divine. i’m going to be in the uk next week, whereabouts can you buy this paper?
jenny
September 2, 2011 at 3:48 pmYou should be able to buy it in any John Lewis Department store, good stationers or an Orla Kiely shop. I live in London where it’s pretty easy to find it so hope you are able to get your hands on some!
Anne - Imagination Beads
August 29, 2011 at 10:22 amIt looks great following your make-over – the paper goes perfectly with the case.
Maria
August 29, 2011 at 12:08 pmI love the lining paper, the case looks fab. It may have been part of set and you have found the vanity, hand luggage case.
Tilly Mint Boutique
August 29, 2011 at 5:11 pmOh my its lovely! what a great idea using the lining paper!
RosMadeMe
August 29, 2011 at 6:47 pmI love old suitcases and have several that belonged to my mum… they are filled with black and white pics… One thing always puzzles me though, they are so small what did people actually put in them?
Kate
August 29, 2011 at 6:55 pmThere is a good makeover. Well done you
Molly
August 29, 2011 at 7:19 pmIt’s lovely! I have some sheets of that paper too, it’s nice and thick as well which I like. It looks absolutely perfect lining your suitcase! Thanks for linking up with Magpie Monday – it will be back to being hosted at Me and My Shadow next week.
Amanda @gidders1
August 29, 2011 at 8:12 pmI can imagine it will be a great prop for your photography!!
Great choice of design too…I have a brolly in that design lol x
Ana
August 31, 2011 at 7:22 amI love vintage suitcase! I currently have 3 in my craft room, they add such character to the room 🙂
Mummy Matters
August 31, 2011 at 10:30 pmWow I love this what a clever idea, I love OK so gorgeous, it looks like it belonged their all along. I hope you aren’t planning on using this as your hospital bag 😉
Shabby Vintage Junk
August 31, 2011 at 11:25 pmHello over there…. :o) !!
I LOVE your little suitcase….I collect these & would agree that it’s a childs suitcase….Also by the look of your pics, it appears to be a LEATHER case…?!
The Orla print is DIVINE & looks WONDERFUL inside….**sigh**….Orla ROCKS….!!!!!
Cheers from ‘Down Under’,
Tamarah :o)
Minibreak Mummy
September 3, 2011 at 5:58 pmWow – what a cool idea!
I saw some lovely suitcases and vanity cases in a local Retro shop today, but thought my husband would disown me if I came home with any of them 😉
Liz Burton
September 5, 2011 at 12:06 pmSo cool – I love it!
I have a ‘thing’ for suitcases!
Celeste Stevenson
November 25, 2011 at 6:07 ami love the suitcase and now that you have added the lovely orla kiely paper (I so love this pattern, i could cover my whole house with it!!) it’s divine. The Orla print is DIVINE & looks WONDERFUL inside….**sigh**….Orla ROCKS….!!!!! Perfect! So cool – I love it!
Tamara Boone
December 8, 2011 at 9:23 ami’m going to be in the uk next week, whereabouts can you buy this paper? A lovely make over! I live in London where it’s pretty easy to find it so hope you are able to get your hands on some! There is a good makeover.
Cornelia Duke
February 18, 2012 at 5:37 ami’m going to be in the uk next week, whereabouts can you buy this paper? great idea to jazz up your suit case! Oh my its lovely!
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