Matchbox Book

These are photos of a mini sketchbook I made from instructions found in the book, Book Play by Margaret Couch Cogswell.

The paper of the box was taken from newsprint that I used to cover my art table. It has splotches of paint, hand-carved stamp "tests" and also felt tip pen marks when I was checking to see if they still had ink in them.

 The little book is made from past paper I made and has a little accent from the newsprint paper. It is bound with a pamphlet stitch. It was pretty easy and fun to make.

Skull Box

This is a little box my earrings came in. I liked the color so I decorated it with a skull rubber stamp I carved and used acrylic markers for the white and brown lines. The black lines were made with a rapid-o-graph.

Making a box

This box was made from instructions found on the lovely design blog the instructions are here. It was a fun project and the intructions are very easy to follow. I decided not to make a lid although it was tempting. The paper used on the outside was given to me by my friend Rachel. (thanks Rachel and Sharilyn)

The book is 5 inches square with 2 inch sides.

Bottom of the box

little box

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