Brand-new Etsy sellers finalapproach take vintage suitcases and reinvent them with with paint, collage, and decoupage.

Take this clever creation, dubbed “The Longest Road Trip” by the crafty Tennessee couple: Who doesn’t remember those interminable, sticky summer driving trips with mom and dad singing along to AM radio and all the kids piled up in the back of the family station wagon? (Even if you never actually took such a trip, they’ve sort of become part of our collective consciousness, haven’t they?)

The customized hard-shell suitcase, which measures 23 by 17 inches, is $40 while it lasts. –Leah H.

See more of Leah’s great finds on her blog, More Ways to Waste Time.

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